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Call Me a Cab
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A couple of months ago I purchased a brown Stetson Stratoliner. The felt was perfect, the leather sweatband was good, but the liner was terrible. Recently there was another stratoliner on ebay in a small size (7). The hat wouldn't fit but the liner was like brand new. I got it for $10.00. So now my brown stratoliner is looking good on all fronts. The small stratoliner was the color of coffee after you put some cream in it. I decided to experiment with it since I only bought it for the liner. I put a 1 3/8ths brown ribbon on it and pulled out the leather sweatband. To my surprise with the sweatband out it fit perfect. Now mind you this hat was like brand new, the felt is like butter and I love the color. I can now wear this hat for the variety. Having the sweatband and liner out obviously doesn't make it a collectors item, but it has the "LOOK" and it is a sweet looking hat. I don't recommend buying a nice vintage fedora and just gutting them, but on the other hand nobody else was going to buy this hat and now it has a new lease on life, (sitting on my head.)
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