Stetson crest dating

[Lefty]

I wasn't sure where else to put this. While I've seen the crest, I've never seen a sweat with this wild pattern.

on this hat

 

[alanfgag]

I'm glad you asked Lefty... inquiring minds think alike. From sweat stitching I was thinking a nice condition 1930's Stetson. But I've not seen that embossed sweatband before either.

 

[rlk]

I wasn't sure where else to put this. While I've seen the crest, I've never seen a sweat with this wild pattern.

Groovy Sweatband!
Strange pattern on this Select too.

Very thin and starting to come apart, looked great until I touched it.

 

[Lefty]

It looks like the texture of the sweat may have been a selling point at one time.

from my derby

 

[alanfgag]

I wonder if those 1920s textured bowler sweatbands were embossed or a pigskin leather with natural texture? They look like a football.

 

[Lefty]

Could be. There have been some ads posted that touted different leathers as a feature. I can't recall pigskin being one of them, though I don't doubt that it was used. Russian reindeer was the most exotic. I seem to remember something buler or rlk posted recently said that, at the time, Stetson's sweats were high quality roan (sheep) leather, but that the best Stetson hats had calf.

 

[danofarlington]

It looks like the texture of the sweat may have been a selling point at one time.

Anything to increase the classiness of the appearance, is my guess.

 

[fluteplayer07]

I'd like to see one of those reindeer sweats.

I thought roan was the best. Stetson had a different opinion?

 

[fluteplayer07]

Here's the thread on sweatbands.

 

[Lefty]

"Best" can be a pretty touchy subject. These days, kangaroo is sometimes described as the best. It's used on the AB Deluxe.

 

[Dinerman]

'50s and '70s Last Drop.

 

[Joshbru3]

Stetson Supper Club Homburg

Mike posted these pics of the Supper Club before he sold the hat to me, but I had a question about this though. I know that Stetson used this "old time" script for a bit with different crests, but does anybody know when the transition took place from this Stetson script:

Stetson Supper Club

to this script:

Stetson Royal Deluxe "Open Road"

Both of these hats have the "newer" re-order tag.

Stetson Supper Club

Stetson Royal Deluxe "Open Road"

 

[rlk]

Mike posted these pics of the Supper Club before he sold the hat to me, but I had a question about this though. I know that Stetson used this "old time" script for a bit with different crests, but does anybody know when the transition took place from this Stetson script:

Its in the early-mid 40's but I don't know if we have had enough hats with precise dating to pin it down.

 

[Joshbru3]

Its in the early-mid 40's but I don't know if we have had enough hats with precise dating to pin it down.

Thanks, Robert! I thought it may have been around that time, but wasn't sure if anybody had any definitive dates. It doesnt seem like that "old time" script was around for a very long time. Its interesting that on the Supper Club, the actual sweatband crest is very plain.

 

[HatsEnough]

My Stetson 100 Open Road-Style has a mix.

My Stetson 100 Western is the same. Stars on the sweatband, leaf in the liner.

 

[HatsEnough]

Well, I just looked at my 32 Stetsons to see about this leaf/stars rule on the logo. For the most part, I agree that the ones I have with a leaf in the logo are 50s era models. I have a few with a mix, too, but even those seem 50s-ish.

But naturally, like everything Stetson, no rule ever works. Here is a Royal De Luxe from either the 70s or even the 80s, with a liner having the leaf in the logo and a sweatband with stars in it.

So what does this mean? Who knows?

Stetson is such a pain in the ***.

 

[carouselvic]

Mike posted these pics of the Supper Club before he sold the hat to me, but I had a question about this though. I know that Stetson used this "old time" script for a bit with different crests, but does anybody know when the transition took place from this Stetson script:

Stetson Supper Club

to this script:


I was thinking the DeLuxe came out around 1948.

 

[rlk]

Mike posted these pics of the Supper Club before he sold the hat to me, but I had a question about this though. I know that Stetson used this "old time" script for a bit with different crests, but does anybody know when the transition took place from this Stetson script:



I was thinking the DeLuxe came out around 1948.

I thought ads might help, but...

 

[randooch]

So I bought this on Ebay and spent at least an hour gently sanding down mothing, trying Scout's spot remover on its many faint stains (with mixed results), steaming, brushing, and sponging. It still looks embattled, but way better than it did, believe it or not.

Anyway, after reading this thread and the other main Stetson dating thread, I place a guess: 1930's? Set me straight if I'm off, because I'll be selling it (it's a size 7), and I want to be as accurate as possible with my description. Thanks in advance for your input!

I took photos of all its problems, too, but here are the germane pictures:

 

[Dinerman]

Looks more '20s to my eyes.