HAS has you firmly in its grip I see, Brent
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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
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This Stetson Twenty Five is interesting due to its markings of being one of the last hats made by Stetson. Presumably, this was made just before Stevens took over manufacturing the brand.
Mighty44
One Too Many
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Well there it is in black and white… er. Gold rather
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Well ... that's different! A bit fatalistic ... but the reality at the time.
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HAS has you firmly in its grip I see, Brent
No use denying it. I didn’t break 200 last year, but it was a close run thing…most of those were catch and release.
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Catch and release LOL.
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I know your a eat what you hunt kind of guy… but some are undersized and you let them swim on.
It's not always about the catch, but it is certainly about the hunt! You're in good company here, Brent.
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I threw a bid out on this Adam AdaMajestic but I really didn’t expect to win. The two-tone ribbon is the only reason I bid at all.
Snowman
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I was watching that one. Can’t believe it went at that price. Great catch!
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I really didn’t expect to win. I’ve decided that when it comes to buying hats to flip I want to stick with 7 1/4 or larger; this hat just looked too nice.
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Quite nice
Very nice, Brent. Some steam, some brushing and some conditioner on the sweatband and it'll be as good as new.
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If you have a Resistol "Plains" in a Stetson box you can put "Boss of" in the title, right?
Randall Renshaw
Call Me a Cab
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Hilarious! I saw the listing and wished I had said it like that here!
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Randall Renshaw
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A serious victory! Have to share with y’all!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/255360928624
I looked up Imperial Open Road in here and didn’t find any others and read an old post from 2012 where Alan @alanfgag , had said something to the effect that he has seen many quality levels, but didn’t think he’d ever seen an Imperial grade OR.
Is this a true unicorn?
Either way, this is one very special OR in size 7 1/2!! Incredibly soft, flimsy and thin, but holds her shape. Awesome felt! Reminds me of a Shudde Brother’s OR clone that I bought from Professor Randy. It had superlative and floppy but shape holding felt qualities, as well.
With this beaut I merely reflanged the brim and shaped the crown a bit.
Love the ribbon bow. A bit different from the usual OR.
That and being a Fifteen OR at Imperial level with onion skin liner tip might make this hat a 47 to 52 model? Haven’t looked behind the sweat, but I’d bet it’s got the red and orange tags. Stopped doing that on hats that I plan on selling.
She should reel in the big bucks!
Was able to talk the seller down from $64 shipping charge to a reasonable $25.
All together special victory, indeed!
May just keep her even though she don’t fit my 23” brain bucket.
Makes me want to ask you guys if an OR in Premier quality level exists?
Or is that what’s called a 7XCB OR?
Though this Imperial Fifteen is sweet I can’t imagine any 40s OR being any better in felt quality.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/255360928624
I looked up Imperial Open Road in here and didn’t find any others and read an old post from 2012 where Alan @alanfgag , had said something to the effect that he has seen many quality levels, but didn’t think he’d ever seen an Imperial grade OR.
Is this a true unicorn?
Either way, this is one very special OR in size 7 1/2!! Incredibly soft, flimsy and thin, but holds her shape. Awesome felt! Reminds me of a Shudde Brother’s OR clone that I bought from Professor Randy. It had superlative and floppy but shape holding felt qualities, as well.
With this beaut I merely reflanged the brim and shaped the crown a bit.
Love the ribbon bow. A bit different from the usual OR.
That and being a Fifteen OR at Imperial level with onion skin liner tip might make this hat a 47 to 52 model? Haven’t looked behind the sweat, but I’d bet it’s got the red and orange tags. Stopped doing that on hats that I plan on selling.
She should reel in the big bucks!
Was able to talk the seller down from $64 shipping charge to a reasonable $25.
All together special victory, indeed!
May just keep her even though she don’t fit my 23” brain bucket.
Makes me want to ask you guys if an OR in Premier quality level exists?
Or is that what’s called a 7XCB OR?
Though this Imperial Fifteen is sweet I can’t imagine any 40s OR being any better in felt quality.
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That is one absolutely sweet hat Randall. Congratulations
Randall Renshaw
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Thanks, Joe!
Rounds out my few but fine OR collection well.