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[jeffgarf]

...that would be one Mr. @Bill Hughes - and Mr. @jeffgarf much to my eternal frustration and to the detriment of the overall quality of my hat collection.

I am literally between those two sizes.

 

[jba972]

I am literally between those two sizes.

By any chance are you a round oval?

 

[jeffgarf]

By any chance are you a round oval?

It seems all fit me. In my collection (and the ones I sell), I have regular, wide, and long. Any custom ones I had made were just regular, so I guess, round, oval.

 

[The Hatted Professor]

One more from my buddy @jeffgarf.

This is a cool one. Stephen L. Stetson - related to John B. Stetson, but John wasn't happy about him starting his own hat company, so he sued him about it - thus the disclaimer he was required to put on every hat after the court decision. According to Jeff's marketing copy, which I'm trying not to explicitly plagiarize, Stephen L. Stetson produced hats from about 1933 to about 1947, which is the year he died.

Sometimes I stop and think, "Jeez this hat is like 80+ years old" and stops me in my tracks for a minute. I love that we can see the value in this things.

Stephen L. Stetson - "The Manhattan" 7 3/8 - I hit it with a little steam and put it on a four-way hat jack just to encourage it to fit me a little better.

love this one - thanks Jeff
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Stephen L. Stetson hats were produced until around 1979. They didn’t stop production when he died. This one seems to be late-1960s, based on the label and sweatband.

 

[Judgmentalist]

Stephen L. Stetson hats were produced until around 1979. They didn’t stop production when he died. This one seems to be late-1960s, based on the label and sweatband.

Ah - good to know. That’s annoying - something I read somewhere said they basically shut down soon after he died - now I have to figure out where.

 

[jeffgarf]

Ah - good to know. That’s annoying - something I read somewhere said they basically shut down soon after he died - now I have to figure out where.

He and his company seemed to have an agreement to have a third party produce the hats during his lifetime (the court reports it was Hutt & Wasserman). I'm not sure anyone, has actually identified whether the company continued or was taken over by HCA or another company to make the hats through the 60's.

 

[Judgmentalist]

He and his company seemed to have an agreement to have a third party produce the hats during his lifetime (the court reports it was Hutt & Wasserman). I'm not sure anyone, has actually identified whether the company continued or was taken over by HCA or another company to make the hats through the 60's.

Stephen L. Stetson hats were produced until around 1979. They didn’t stop production when he died. This one seems to be late-1960s, based on the label and sweatband.

Yep, a bit more research and I found the problem - I'm gonna edit my original post to remove the inaccurate bit

 

[Pellie]

Working on it, but that will take a while lol.

I see you and I are the same size - maybe I can start working on buying you out next.

If you like to pay a lot of shippingcosts? :-(

 

[blewnote]

Who's between a 7 1/4 and 7 1/8?

Raises hand (but more towards 7 1/4).

 

[jba972]

Raises hand (but more towards 7 1/4).

Keep me in mind for anything that you have grown from.

 

[jba972]

Also this came in today from Gannon

 

[Judgmentalist]

Also this came in today from Gannon

Very nice. Interesting ribbon. I want one.

 

[jba972]

Very nice. Interesting ribbon. I want one.

Thanks. It's a Burgundy ribbon with the same pleating as on the 'Venture' hat.
I think it started at 1.5 or 1.75 but ends up at 1.25 in.
Lightweight FEPSA Steel colored felt.

 

[moontheloon]

1950s 3X Stetson made for VIP members of the American Royal Livestock & Horse Show in Kansas City.
The sweatband has been replaced with a comfy new one but I have the original stamped Emery Bird Thayer which was a department store in KC.
Beautiful piece.
Always loved the embroidered Last Drop liner

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