The Cavanagh Club

[alanfgag]

Maybe bought on the way to the 64/65 World's Fair in NYC... that would be about right.

 

[Brad Bowers]

You guys called it, I got nothin' to add.

Brad

 

[rlk]

Walnut Cavanagh

2-5/8" brim. Unfortunately the ribbon was replaced during some cleaning. Felt is clean and beautiful. The sweatband is quite thin. Sold by Capper & Capper in Chicago.

 

[Rodkins]

2-5/8" brim. Unfortunately the ribbon was replaced during some cleaning. Felt is clean and beautiful. The sweatband is quite thin. Sold by Capper & Capper in Chicago.

Very nice. Great color.

 

[carouselvic]

Very nice. Great color.

+1

 

[cookie]

2-5/8" brim. Unfortunately the ribbon was replaced during some cleaning. Felt is clean and beautiful. The sweatband is quite thin. Sold by Capper & Capper in Chicago.

One of you best... extraordinary colour.

 

[AnotherOne]

I picked up this Cavanagh Homburg on Ebay a couple weeks ago. Being a greenhorn, I probably paid too much. But, as the saying goes, they don't make 'em like this anymore.

Charcoal with black grosgrain ribbon and brim trim. From extensive reading of this forum, I'm guessing late 50s-early 60s, but correct me if I'm wrong.

It's my size (7 3/8) but doesn't sit right on my head. Doesn't seem to sit down quite far enough. Maybe it's slightly the wrong oval for may head (though I can't find a marking indicating what type of oval it is). What's the solution for this? Should I have it blocked and stretched?

Another question: This is my first Homburg and it is quite a firm hat, in terms of the brim and inside the band--almost like a derby. Is this standard for a Homburg? (The crown, however, is not firm like that.)

Many thanks for this great forum!

 

[Brad Bowers]

Welcome to the Lounge, AnotherOne!

Great color on the homburg.

If the hat was anything other than a regular oval, it would say so on the size tag. You could be a long oval, extra-long oval, or wide oval, it could be the wrong size for you, or it could have shrunk, though it doesn't look like it's seen much where, so that's probably not the case. Where on your head does feel tight, front and back, or on the sides? You could always purchase a wooden stretcher and slowly stretch it up to the needed size.

Yes, a homburg brim is typically stiff, though not quite as stiff and a derby, while the crown is softer for creasing purposes.

Brad

 

[EggHead]

AnotherOne, welcome! 7 3/8 is a little tight for you? Let me get it off your chest then

But seriously, try a different crease, it may change the shape of the hat and fit better.
Nice homburg.

 

[Brad Bowers]

John Cavanagh's house in 1939. I believe it still exists today. It backs up to the Shorehaven Golf Club's course, which Cavanagh helped start.

Note the caption for the garden pool. Even the local paper mistakenly added the U! At least they got the first caption correct.

Brad

 

[randooch]

Too funny! I bet that made him mad as a hatter.

 

[Joshbru3]

Its been a while since my last ebay hat ad "purge", but I decided to go through again and try to find all the ads that havent been seen yet. I'm SURE there are going to be duplicates of some, but some I have never seen before.


1945

 

[zetwal]

Note the caption for the garden pool.

Yep! that is amusing ...

 

[syzygywon]

Good morning, I'm an inadvertent member of the cavanagh club. I picked up a hat at an estate sale last year on a whim. Nice looking hat in a stetson hatbox and I couldn't pass it up. I've enjoyed reading everyone's posts and I'm trying to learn a bit more about the site and the different types of hats everyone is sporting here. The band is 2 inches tall and the rim is approx 2 1/2 inches wide. Of course I didn't try it on until I got home, it's a 7 1/2 and way too big for my gourd. I tried posting pictures, but I'm not allowed yet.

 

[alanfgag]

I tried posting pictures, but I'm not allowed yet.

Welcome Syz. I think you are... try the tutorial here.

 

[syzygywon]

Let me see...

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Thank you Alan, that was relatively painless!

 

[zetwal]

Thank you Alan, that was relatively painless!

That's the ticket ... :yo:

 

[rlk]

Cavanagh Hats NYC Matchbook

 

[TipTop]

Ad on eBay: Tailgating Cavanagh style...


And an eBay misspelling of a Cav miniature hat box Actually Dobbs and Cavanagh boxes.

 

[rlk]

Cavanagh Ltd. 1931 ads