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    Hat Prices

    Where to buy a hat! All these posts give great tips! Remember....your not going to just buy one...take me, for example I have over 15 hats and I am always buying more. Try to pick up a hat box too. I love them for storing my beauties! Oh yeah....EBay all the way...Vintage for sure! Much...
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    Very Very Old Stetson On EBAY Opinions Pls

    Old Stetson It looks so much like a civil war slouch hat but the hat band is much wider. There is no leather sweat band that I can see and it appears to be a cloth sweatband. I have seen lots of hats in my life but this is by far appears to be the oldest Stetson. It appears to be stiff and...
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    Very Very Old Stetson On EBAY Opinions Pls

    Pls check this hat out! Your thoughts and opinions please! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8334227705&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 I emailed the guy and here is his reply to dimensions and provenance. I was specific about what info I needed and this is what I...
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    Flattening Brim & Stitching Sweatband?

    Big Brother Funny...I posted an ad in "Classifieds" and "POOOOFFFF" it was gone...Hmmmm. No comment of why it was deleted...which I assume! Nothing...just GONE!!! There are people on here who have extensive knowledge and share it with the likes of me and others. They promote and tout their...
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    Looking for a Felt Miracle Worker

    LOL....I was just thinking the same thing while reading this thread. Shave the dog...Love it. I like the idea of shooting the dog but you will have to live with that the rest of your life and you still won't have the hat. Things come and go and unfortunately we get attached to things which in...
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    Johnny Depp, Fedora Ambassador

    I think he's ok...good actor!
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    Fine Old Linen Handkerchiefs - READY - Pictures

    Want some Let me know when you have them sorted out!
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    Vintage Wool Sport Coat w/leather coverd buttons and patches

    Really nice quality and if I were a 40 I wouldn't be selling it. Take a look. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8324616265&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1 Sorry....SOLD
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    Matching hats with suits?

    Matching hats with suits! British site... Tips on what color hat to wear with what suit and more on this site. http://www.thehatsite.com/toolsandtips.html
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    Matching hats with suits?

    Styles have to match As Matt said...proportions relative to hats. I have numberous hats from vintage Stetsons from 1930's to new hats bought a couple of years ago and in my opinion, as an accessory, the brim width of hats and to some degree the style of block has mimiced most trends in fashion...
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    Matching hats with suits?

    Styles have to match Hats should match the style of suit. Suits in the 30's up to the early 50's for the most part had wide lapels, wide padded shoulders and trousers with pleats and wide legs. If you wore a snap brim with those suits it wouldn't look right. From the mid 50's onward to the...
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    What's going on with vintage prices?

    Vintage Hat prices I have to go with size having some impact on hat prices. Everyone, including me, has gotten bigger and 50 years ago people were thinner and smaller. There are not a lot of vintage hats in sizes larger than 7 3/8 out there. I talked with a woman at an antique store and asked...
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    What happens w/hat rehab?

    Rehab a Vintage Panama? Ok, here goes! I have a panama, early 50's, that is very stiff. The weaving is perfect and appears tight and there are no holes or breaks in the staw. The sweatband is toast...very brittle. I want to wash out the stiffener. What's the best way to do this? It will need...

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