Nice score!I just can't post today without following someone's outstanding hat. I'm talking about you @Randall Renshaw .
This was a new one for me. A Chelson. It appears to be from the 1950s, but that is just a guess based on the sweatband color. @DaveProc has ads from 1927 to 1946 in the Vintage Hat Ads from Newspapers thread, but I don't know if that covers all the range.
The lineage goes back to at least 1911 when they made straws as Charles Levy's Sons.
View attachment 488860
View attachment 488861
View attachment 488863
View attachment 488864
View attachment 488865
View attachment 488866
View attachment 488867
View attachment 488868
Note the "CLS" in both logos. Perhaps "Chelson" is a play on Charles Levy's Sons.
1911:
View attachment 488869
1920s: Note the "Exclusively Hand Made" that is also in the logo of the hat above.
View attachment 488871
Nice score!
These lesser known makers are always fun to research.
When did the printer's bug on the union label go to the diagonal position? That might help to narrow down the date.
J. Hückel´s Söhne "Flexible", FP 6, 157 grams, possibly later 1920s early 1930s. The Form has less taper so straighter sides. This Stiff Felt was made for Czech market. Post WWI JHS Stiff Felt Paper Label Type 1a.
Randy, JHS also made "Flexible" Soft Felts.I love those stiff felt hats that are also "flexible"!
Nice find David! Looks great on you. I have my eye open for a Strat someday too.View attachment 490703
I have really been trying to stay off EBay lately but fell off the wagon this week and ended up with a hat I’ve wanted for awhile—a tan 1950s Stratoliner. It’s got a few miles on it, which I like as it makes it easier to slide it into the everyday rotation and not baby it too much.
Enjoy the weekend!
David
I think most of us would have fallen off any wagon to get that one, David.View attachment 490703
I have really been trying to stay off EBay lately but fell off the wagon this week and ended up with a hat I’ve wanted for awhile—a tan 1950s Stratoliner. It’s got a few miles on it, which I like as it makes it easier to slide it into the everyday rotation and not baby it too much.
Enjoy the weekend!
David
Nice find David! Looks great on you. I have my eye open for a Strat someday too.
Thanks, guys!I think most of us would have fallen off any wagon to get that one, David.
Nice catch!
Very nice.View attachment 490703
I have really been trying to stay off EBay lately but fell off the wagon this week and ended up with a hat I’ve wanted for awhile—a tan 1950s Stratoliner. It’s got a few miles on it, which I like as it makes it easier to slide it into the everyday rotation and not baby it too much.
Enjoy the weekend!
David
Two cool additions to the collection, Steve. Great finds!J. Hückel´s Söhne "Flexible", FP 6, 157 grams, possibly later 1920s early 1930s. The Form has less taper so straighter sides. This Stiff Felt was made for Czech market. Post WWI JHS Stiff Felt Paper Label Type 1a.
Would have been tough to stay on the wagon with that one tempting you! Nice.View attachment 490703
I have really been trying to stay off EBay lately but fell off the wagon this week and ended up with a hat I’ve wanted for awhile—a tan 1950s Stratoliner. It’s got a few miles on it, which I like as it makes it easier to slide it into the everyday rotation and not baby it too much.
Enjoy the weekend!
David
Never had a Peschel disappoint me. Good score, Marcel.Black Peschel. Pictures from the seller....
View attachment 490708 View attachment 490709 View attachment 490710 View attachment 490711 View attachment 490712
Excellent additionView attachment 490703
I have really been trying to stay off EBay lately but fell off the wagon this week and ended up with a hat I’ve wanted for awhile—a tan 1950s Stratoliner. It’s got a few miles on it, which I like as it makes it easier to slide it into the everyday rotation and not baby it too much.
Enjoy the weekend!
David
Stefan, Thank you! The Carl Kellner / Wegener ended up being a sizing mistake on my end.Two cool additions to the collection, Steve. Great finds!
Nice find! Good luck not looking at the auctions. I just let a sweet Knox go because I had already bought three hats in the past week. My wife checks the mail and says “What’s this? Looks like another hat…”View attachment 490703
I have really been trying to stay off EBay lately but fell off the wagon this week and ended up with a hat I’ve wanted for awhile—a tan 1950s Stratoliner. It’s got a few miles on it, which I like as it makes it easier to slide it into the everyday rotation and not baby it too much.
Enjoy the weekend!
David
I know, thanks. It’s not the hat buying I mind so much it’s the time spent endlessly surfing eBay.Nice find! Good luck not looking at the auctions. I just let a sweet Knox go because I had already bought three hats in the past week. My wife checks the mail and says “What’s this? Looks like another hat…”
My wife checks the mail and says “What’s this? Looks like another hat…”
Good to know I’m not the only one. I could used to beat her home and grab the package, now with a ring door bell it’s useless. She’s the porch police.My wife checks the mail and says “What’s this? Looks like another hat…”