Stetson Sweat Stamps/ LOT **XX

[alanfgag]

Brown Clear Nutria

LOT 5XXX

 

[splintercellsz]

Great hat! It is such a pity that there is no LOT # on the Expo I have.

 

[alanfgag]

Great hat! It is such a pity that there is no LOT # on the Expo I have.

Yes, it would be great to have that one. I usually find them near the front of the hat. They are sometimes very faint, as in this hat.

 

[splintercellsz]

20s Stetson Select. The hat is black, not blue. Looks to be LOT 3588

 

[Dinerman]

 

[splintercellsz]

1900s-1920s Stetson

LOT: 300 or 308

*Note the "2 1/2", and the "KETTLE"

 

[alanfgag]

Excellent, Justin... only the second three digit lot number that has surfaced on this thread. Attaching a hat CSI photo - perhaps 800?

 

[splintercellsz]

Might be. I'm going to take a wild swing and say three digits makes it older?

 

[alanfgag]

You'd be on the mark with regard to everything I've seen thus far, save for the one red herring (with hypothesis) that Robert posted previously.

Certainly seems likely that this hat and most of its parts date from the first decade or two of the 20th century.

 

[alanfgag]

ps... reference to Kettle Finish, which I've always assumed referred to felt rather than sweatband:

 

[splintercellsz]

Very nice logo!

This one doesn't have the fancy add-ons. Just the raw boss logo.

 

[alanfgag]

They hadn't invented kettles yet.

 

[splintercellsz]

 

[carouselvic]

early 30's lot#6770

 

[splintercellsz]

1900s Stetson Expo Long Hair.
LOT# 5805

 

[splintercellsz]

Pre-WWI Marshall Fields & Co w/ Stetson Lot #5442

 

[splintercellsz]

1900s-1920s Stetson Nutria

Lot# Looks to be: LOT 8169

 

[alanfgag]

Looks like a great one... and appears to be 6XXX, which would be a good fit for the marks, circa 1930. This is the tiny one?

 

[splintercellsz]

Very tiny, which is upsetting to say the least. I wish it fit, I really do... 6 3/4.

 

[ofcoursemyhorse]

Heres the innards of the Royal Stetson Longhair.