What hat are you waiting for today?

Blare said:

Thanks... looks like it is gonna need a good steaming to get it back in shape as the guy shoved it in a small box and the brim is a little wonky. Also the front edge of has a weird bent crease right near the front.

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M Hatman said:

You will find that hats can be quite resilient!! Lots of brushing and a litte steam can work miracles!! You showed us that with that nice Borsalino!
Best,
Mark

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deadlyhandsome said:

It looks to have good bones and I’m sure you’ll whip it into shape. It’s a lovely hat.

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deadlyhandsome said:

The second stray 7 3/8 that followed me home this week:

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Trade fodder...anyone have a 7 5/8 or 7 3/4 laying around?

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Zombie_61 said:

I'm no expert, but I don't think water and most straw hats go together well if the plan is to keep the hats for a while. I do have a few ball caps that could probably withstand a good dunking though.

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OldStrummer said:

Whew! You may have just saved me from making a big mistake. I read about dunking and shaping straw hats and thought this might work for my old Stetson. I've tried the steaming method several times, but nothing seems to work. The bring continues to look "wavy," as if it were a hobo's hat!

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Blare said:

Stetson Twenty The Sovereign

I had to pay “sticker price” but Couldn’t resist this cool color combination

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Tukwila said:

I have a Sovereign that's similar.

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Blare said:

Stetson Twenty The Sovereign

I had to pay “sticker price” but Couldn’t resist this cool color combination

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AbbaDatDeHat said:

Cool colors.
Sunlight shots?
B

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Blare said:

Thanks Bowen. These are the seller photos. Finally arrived about 6 tonight. Weather here has been crappy. When We get some sunshine I’ll get some new pics.

Any idea on age? There was unfortunately no tag under the sweat.

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Blare said:

Thanks Bowen. These are the seller photos. Finally arrived about 6 tonight. Weather here has been crappy. When We get some sunshine I’ll get some new pics.

Any idea on age? There was unfortunately no tag under the sweat.

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Tukwila said:

As a general rule, when I see the sweatband change from a tan/medium brown to a dark chocolate brown color, I see an early 1960's hat. I'm sure there are cases where I'm wrong about this, but in the hats I've seen that's what I've experienced.

That is not to say these early 60's hats are inferior. On my Sovereign Twenty there's a leaning toward stingy brim, but the felt is fantastic and the hat came with the Mode Edge (aka Cavanagh Edge). You just don't see that kind of quality in modern hats.

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Blare said:

Thanks Doug... I was getting an early 60s vibe as well. The shorter brim. Plastic liner tip. But Also an oil skin liner behind the sweat. The felt is great. And being a twenty combined with that ribbon made me go for it.

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Tukwila said:

This one shipped yesterday. This is the replacement for the one that got stolen just minutes before the mailman came to pick it up.

Can Michael Gannon make a hat or what?

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Tukwila said:

I think the only difference between your 20 and mine is the color of the ribbon/bow treatment.

I'm a sucker the the Mode Edge. Mine was super duper covered in dust when I got mine. I brushed it for a long time, but it came around real nice.

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