My first vintage hat

[HeyMoe]

the wife and I stopped at an antique store yesterday and I picked up a Stetson Eagle Medalist made with the vita-felt process. The felt is a taupe color with an olive green band. This thing is unbelievable when wearing it. I am solidly hooked on vintage felt now!

The hat band does have some wear on it. Never thought I would like this color combo. Turns out I love it!

Liner is a bit dirty

 

[buler]

Excellent first hat! Congratulations and condolences (for your bank account).

B

 

[Lefty]

Excellent first hat! Congratulations and condolences (for your bank account).

B

+1. It's a Vita-Felt as well, which makes is pretty rare, and dates it to between 1940 and 1945 (maybe 1946). Fantastic find.

 

[alanfgag]

Beauty!... good shoppin'.

 

[Alex]

That hat is awesome! Congrats on finding it.

 

[Bourne ID]

May we ask what it set you back! The wife and I love the summer flea market and antique shop forays, allways so much fun to search for interesting items.

 

[HeyMoe]

$40.00

 

[hatophile]

That's an excellent starter vintage hat. Great find, Moe.

 

[HeyMoe]

That's an excellent starter vintage hat. Great find, Moe.

Thank you sir, I can see this becoming my daily lid until I fall in love with another one!

 

[scottyrocks]

A beauty of a hat at a fantastic price. Congrats and wear it well!

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

An so it begins I had the same thing happen for me many years ago. It's a great start down a life long road.

 

[randooch]

HeyMoe! It's not supposed to happen that way at all. You're first supposed to flounder through a series of crappy hats, then slightly "off" hats, then gradually intensify your search, and -Finally! -after many near-misses, land the quality hat you now have. You went about it all wrong.

Well done.

 

[HeyMoe]

HeyMoe! It's not supposed to happen that way at all. You're first supposed to flounder through a series of crappy hats, then slightly "off" hats, then gradually intensify your search, and -Finally! -after many near-misses, land the quality hat you now have. You went about it all wrong.

Well done.

It was dumb luck I assure you.....dumb luck.

 

[Atterbury Dodd]

Stetson pre 1960 is my favorite brand. Nice hat!

 

[Bourne ID]

HeyMoe! It's not supposed to happen that way at all. You're first supposed to flounder through a series of crappy hats, then slightly "off" hats, then gradually intensify your search, and -Finally! -after many near-misses, land the quality hat you now have. You went about it all wrong.

Well done.

Or...spend countless hours, days, weeks and months sitting behind the screen of your computer, scouring pages of horrid little ball caps and doo-rags looking for that priceless gem that someone incorrectly listed only to have a snipper shoot you in the back with his bigger wallet!!! At least that's how the last 50 hats have gone for me!!!

 

[azshawn]

Beautiful hat, congratulations! Now it's my turn...

 

[hatophile]

Thank you sir, I can see this becoming my daily lid until I fall in love with another one!

Good thing it's not like that with women, eh?

 

[Alex]

Or...spend countless hours, days, weeks and months sitting behind the screen of your computer, scouring pages of horrid little ball caps and doo-rags looking for that priceless gem that someone incorrectly listed only to have a snipper shoot you in the back with his bigger wallet!!! At least that's how the last 50 hats have gone for me!!!

Same here man, unfortunately. Maybe it is for the better though, since I have more money in my pocket than I would have.