Date Confirmation on Strat?

[TomS]

Hi Folks:

I've read some of the threads on dating vintage Stetsons, and my guess is this one is probably from the late 1950s. Here are a few pics, and I'm hoping some of you guys will offer your thoughts on it's vintage.

I appreciate any thoughts the hive might have...

Thanks,
TomS
http://i736.photobucket.com/albums/**2/tjs112/IMG_0441-1.jpg
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http://i736.photobucket.com/albums/**2/tjs112/IMG_0437.jpg
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http://i736.photobucket.com/albums/**2/tjs112/IMG_0443.jpg
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http://i736.photobucket.com/albums/**2/tjs112/IMG_0438.jpg
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http://i736.photobucket.com/albums/**2/tjs112/IMG_0440-1.jpg
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http://i736.photobucket.com/albums/**2/tjs112/IMG_0439-1.jpg
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http://i736.photobucket.com/albums/**2/tjs112/IMG_0442.jpg

 

[barrowjh]

I'm no expert, but you are probably guessing about as well as I can. The plastic tip and the sweatband look 1960s, but the liner is so nicely tacked in, and I would expect liners to be glued in by the 60s, but I could be wrong about that. The sweatband rules out early 50s (imho), so I would put it late 50s and possibly a decade later.