Hat Corporation of America Block Profile Numbers

[dutchroo]

Knox Comet 4 Block #459, Depth 5 1/2"

Adding my eBay acquisition to the list: an early 1960s Knox Comet 4 Block #459, with a measured depth of 5 1/2"

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Need anything else?

Andrew

 

[Purplesage]

Dobbs Golden Couch Westward Block 600, Crown Depth 5 1/2

Block 600, Depth 5 1/2 is already on the list.

Here are some other Block 600, 5 1/2 HCA hats posted earlier on this thread which show how varied brim widths and ribbons/trim can make the hat appear almost completely different.

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?67433-Hat-Corporation-of-America-Block-Profile-Numbers

 

[Brad Bowers]

It reads block # 006, which seems really strange.

Brad

 

[Purplesage]

Block 006

My mistake Brad. I looked at the old list and saw Block 600 and just inversed the number. Block #006 would be a new block number on the list. What in particular do you find strange about the number? I'm not sure if I have a block #600, if I do I will have to compare the two. The hat also has a liner material (see my original post) I haven't seen on a Knox until this one.

 

[Brad Bowers]

I just haven't run across a block number that starts with zeroes. It essentially makes it a number 6 block, and I haven't seen a single-digit block, either. Makes me wonder if whoever printed up the label also changed up the digit order, and it really should be 600. It will be interesting to compare to a 600, if you have one.

Brad

 

[TheDane]

Makes me wonder if whoever printed up the label also changed up the digit order, and it really should be 600.

Would that place it post prohibition?

 

[Brad Bowers]

lol

 

[Purplesage]

Knox Block #5170, 5 5/8

Add Block #5170, 5 5/8 to the list.

 

[Purplesage]

Dobbs Block #5096, Depth 5 3/4

You can add Block #5096, 5 3/4" to the list.

 

[Joshbru3]

UPDATED LIST (Effective 10-10-2014, 12:13pm Central time)

Profile - Depth
28 - 5 3/4
54 - 5 3/4
62 - 6
68 - 4 1/8
82 - 5 3/4
91 - 5 3/4
105 - 5 3/8
151 - 5 1/2
164 - 5 1/2
302 - 4
417 - 5
419 - 5
461 - 5 1/2
511 – 5 1/2
600 - 5 3/8
600 - 5 1/2
600 - 5 3/4
824 - 5 1/2
824 - 5 5/8
925 - 5
1020 - 5 1/4
4605 - 5 3/4
5025 - 5 1/2
5064 - 5 1/2
5064 - 5 5/8
5064 - 5 3/4
5067 - 5 3/8
5096 - 5 3/4
5170 - 5 5/8
5181 - 5 3/4
5193 - 5 5/8
5205 - 5 5/8
5233 - 5 3/4
5233 - 6
5234 - 5 7/8
5251 - 6
5262 - 5 5/8
5288 - 5 3/8
5330 - 5 3/4
5330 - 5 7/8
5339 - 5 7/8
5361 - 5 1/2
5361 - 5 5/8
5361 - 5 3/4
5364 - 5 5/8
5616 - 5 1/2
5725 - 5 5/8
6165 - 4 1/8
8825 - 5 3/8
8825 - 5 1/2

 

[splintercellsz]

1930s Dobbs Cross Country

5181 - 5 1/2

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[splintercellsz]

c.1915-1917 Dobbs

3003 - 5 1/2(?)

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[RJR]

1930s Dobbs Cross Country

5181 - 5 1/2

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Good looking.

 

[alanfgag]

Nice additions Justin... the early Dobbs predates HCA of course. Here is the label from the Knox I'm wearing today. Late 1930s...

 

[hatsRme]

Wow.... More evidence of your time travel machine, Alan.

 

[splintercellsz]

Knox
54 - 5 3/4

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[splintercellsz]

1940-1945 Dobbs Cross Country

 

[MikeinRome]

I think this is a new block number for you, 5022. It's in this Peters Bros hat I've just posted in the Amon Carter Shady Oaks thread. The hat has a 3 3/4 inch brim. The crown is 6 1/2 inches open and 6 inches as blocked. The tag looks like there may be numbers etc at the left above "Oval", but if so, they're about worn off

 

[MikeinRome]

Another new block number is #5187, 5 3/4 depth, for a 1933-35 Cavanagh I bought earlier today but hasn't arrived yet. Photos are from seller's ad, which alleges that this fedora has a 3 inch brim, but I'm not sure I believe it.

 

[MikeinRome]

Block 600, 5 5/8. 1940's Dobbs Twenty.