Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

[HatsEnough]

Nuts. I forgot that one was going!

 

[Rick Blaine]

A couple of new stretchers

Just because I do not have enough hats, I got these to increase my options!

Deep w/ a wide flange.

Don't have this one yet in hand... looks interesting though.

 

[randooch]

Cool! I'm having trouble visualizing how that bulbous flange would interact with the hat, though. [huh]

 

[Rick Blaine]

Cool! I'm having trouble visualizing how that bulbous flange would interact with the hat, though. [huh]

About as you would hope, the brim sits on the flange & heads off at a more or less 90 degree angle. The tension on the interior seems to aid this. I'd take a photo of it in My AB now, were I not so wiped... and today is only Monday! :eusa_doh:

 

[Neophyte]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/170685948359?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

I'm having good luck with these Resistol westerns. The winner of the auction flaked, so the seller reduced shipping and put up a second chance offer. I wasted no time lol.

 

[scooter]

Well, I don't know your intentions with that hat, Neo, but you could make that a killer conversion to a fedora.

 

[Neophyte]

Oh, I plan to reshape it. The current crease isn't that attractive to me. It was the liner and the "25" description that caught my attention.

 

[randooch]

Nice one, Neo! I like the shipping charge, too.

 

[hatophile]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/170685948359?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

I'm having good luck with these Resistol westerns. The winner of the auction flaked, so the seller reduced shipping and put up a second chance offer. I wasted no time lol.

You're going Cowboy on us, Neo. That looks like a radical RCA crease in that one.

 

[Neophyte]

Well, Hatophile, there's significantly less competition on Ebay for the westerns, and they appear more frequently in my size.

It's pretty difficult with my budget to win the good fedoras on Ebay. Hell, none of the three dress hats I've won so far have fit. That won't stop me from trying.

 

[gtdean48]

... That looks like a radical RCA crease in that one.

Brick crease = rough stock riders especially saddle bronc & bareback riders...

 

[hatophile]

Brick crease = rough stock riders especially saddle bronc & bareback riders...

Seems there's a crease for everyone, eh?

Keep trying Alex, you are getting some great fur!

 

[bowlerman]

Nice pull, Neo! Straight from Folsom, too-- so you know it's the real thing.

 

[gtdean48]

Seems there's a crease for everyone, eh?
...

Most definitely & if not the crease then the brim shapes come in...

 

[Neophyte]

Who won the Hamburger Homburg? Congratulations! That sweatband looked magnificent.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/300589240950?ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1435.l2649

 

[wgiceman]

Who won the Hamburger Homburg? Congratulations! That sweatband looked magnificent.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/300589240950?ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1435.l2649

I was leading ....... up until the end ......... then I got blown out of the water!!!!! Looked like one fine hat, though.

 

[Neophyte]

I was winning that bid for 5 days straight. Then the suprise attack came. I didn't have a chance. lol

 

[randooch]

I was leading ....... up until the end ......... then I got blown out of the water!!!!! Looked like one fine hat, though.

I enjoy the occasional mystery photo thrown into the lineup. #11, for instance. What the heck??

 

[wgiceman]

I enjoy the occasional mystery photo thrown into the lineup. #11, for instance. What the heck??

Perhaps he was the seller?

 

[wgiceman]

I was winning that bid for 5 days straight. Then the suprise attack came. I didn't have a chance. lol

Yeah, I saw that the same person was the front runner. I thought I would slip in in the last few minutes and perhaps get the win. But that last attack got me, too. Much too rich for me.