Recent content by James Linnehan

Because I don't know what I'm doing and thought I might exceed permissable volume.

I also got a Lembert Hunter/Hiking hat from Germany. Very luxourious and list as seal and feels like it. Also got a Woodrow of Picadilly London, Coffee color (dark burgandy) that Frank Sinatra would have loved. Perfect condition. And an Elegant Straw from Italy in very very nice...

I got these 5 hats from Goodwill for $2.50 each plus shipping. The reason I bid was because one was listed as a genuine panama. Sure enough the poor thing was marked Made In Ecuador. And after a fews hours cleaning and shaping, a very nice Panama. Not a Superfino (Or Fino?)...

Resistol "San Antonio" Found this San Antonio 5X Beaver on Ebay for $30. Brushing, cleaning, reshaping just like new. The color is Palomino. I was expecting the color of Roy Rogers Golden Palomino "Trigger". Seeing it on arrival, if somebody had told me the color was silverbelly I would believe...

Saving a Dobbs Twenty Found this Canadian Dobbs Twenty on Goodwill for $5. When delivered I found it pockmarked with moth bites. The felt is so thick and luxurious that after a lot of judicious sanding, brushing cleaning and steaming it looks close to new.

Dobbs Canadian Found this on Goodwill for $5.99. 1 1/2 inch brim. Trilby? Made under license in Canada and has the Dobbs liner tip usually found on their premium hats. Felt is very thick and luxurious. Anybody know what company made these? Fantastic condition.

The BORG Resistance is futile.

TWENTY FOR TWENTY Found this fantastic Dobbs Twenty on Ebay for BIN $ 19.96. Punched the buy button so hard my finger is still healing. Looks brand new except a few spots on the liner, trolley and all.

I'm not sure I would trust anything Robert Blake had to say. (Bogie has 1 G)

Buy the wrong hat and you'll end up like this:

Wow. I thought there was every possible bow type listed here but here is my new Resistol.

Just received a Westchester model Cinder color, xxx beaver with Kitten finish in the box from Goodwill for $3.00. Although the box is a little worn the hat looks brand new.

I can't afford a new superfino but I found this Dobbs on Ebay. Some cleaning, shaping and making a new hat band and I have a Panama.