Recent content by Scott257

It arrived today. I am out of town on travel but my wife seemed pretty impressed by it. I have a campdraft that is new. I purchased it as my first hat based on the good comments I have read on this forum about the akubra hats. I also have an old stratoliner that is in pretty good shape but...

Question What is the deal with the auctions where the hat is described as a low quality piece of junk? Has anyone else noticed these?

Thanks Thanks for that info. It would be nice if those types of observations were all under one post so nubs like me can learn.

Hat Age What is it that would make you believe it is from the 80's? Is the age of a hat just guesswork or is there something that would help a novice figure out what is a good old hat other than the description? I am sure that some can be put into a ballpark just based on the type (such as...

Purchase I just won the bid on a Stetsonian on OFAS, Sunday. It hasn't arrived yet but I am curious about how to date it when it does arrive. The brim appears to be larger than the brim shown on the 61 advertisement, so would I be correct in assuming it is older than that? It is my first old...

Stetsonian question What distinguishes the Stetsonian? It almost looks as though the dimensions have changed over the years but it is hard to tell from the advertisements posted. Does anyone have any idea when they quit making the Stetsonian?