The School of Hard Knox

[moontheloon]

Knox Vagabond. Nice and light for summer.
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money bro ... on point like a needle
gorgeous !!!
... I'm in awe

 

[1mach1]

Holy smokes! Another beautiful Knox, my friend. Great color.

 

[40Cal]

Thank you Anthony, Thanks Harv.
It's a nice one for sure.... I'm lucky I have a pin-head!

 

[dh66]

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[Hurricane Jack]

That Flying Cloud liner looks great!

 

[RJR]

That Flying Cloud liner looks great!

+1

 

[dh66]

That Flying Cloud liner looks great!

Thanks Jack. I think it's about the coolest one in any hat I own.

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[alanfgag]

1930s (I believe) Knox soft hat from Raleigh Haberdasher in Washington, DC. Blue/black felt with a rolled unbound edge in the homburg curl. Midnight blue and purple liner and uncommon black sweatband give the hat a formal appearance. Large for me, but will be wearable with a deep center dent and side pinches on a windless day.

 

[Frunobulax]

Well, it would fit me!

The felt on that looks great.

 

[alanfgag]

Thanks... very nice formable felt, typical of hats before the second World War. The seller was very accurate in her description and measurements. I was hoping it might be smaller. At 5 7/8" crown height there is plenty of room for a deep dent that rests on the top of my head. I don't have much hair there to muss up.

 

[moontheloon]

that is really something Alan

 

[Joshbru3]

1930s (I believe) Knox soft hat from Raleigh Haberdasher in Washington, DC. Blue/black felt with a rolled unbound edge in the homburg curl. Midnight blue and purple liner and uncommon black sweatband give the hat a formal appearance. Large for me, but will be wearable with a deep center dent and side pinches on a windless day.

FANTASTIC, Alan!!

Could you please let me know what the brim measurements are? It looks like 2 1/2 inches wide plus another 1/4 inch for the curl. So 2 3/4 including the pencil curl? Pictures can be deceiving.

 

[alanfgag]

Hi Josh,

Good to hear from you. Thanks for the question. It was interesting to measure the brim width. The brim edge appears to be a D'orsay curl, without the brim binding. I actually looked carefully to see if a ribbon binding had been removed but I see no traces that it was ever there. The brim width is dimensional - 2 3/8" front and back and 2 5/8" at the sides. After curling, the brim projects about 2 1/8" on all sides.

 

[Joshbru3]

Hi Josh,

Good to hear from you. Thanks for the question. It was interesting to measure the brim width. The brim edge appears to be a D'orsay curl, without the brim binding. I actually looked carefully to see if a ribbon binding had been removed but I see no traces that it was ever there. The brim width is dimensional - 2 3/8" front and back and 2 5/8" at the sides. After curling, the brim projects about 2 1/8" on all sides.

Thanks, Alan! Very interesting......a dimensional brimmed lords hat. The D'orsay curl definitely would need a bit more brim width on the sides to make that larger sweeping curl, so it makes perfect sense. Thanks very much for the measurements. It just proves how deceiving photos can actually look. I would have never guessed that the "finished" width of the brim was only 2 1/8 inches wide. It definitely looked wider than that in the photos, but it makes perfect sense for an early 30's hat. Perfect proportions!

 

[Rogera]

1930s (I believe) Knox soft hat from Raleigh Haberdasher in Washington, DC. Blue/black felt with a rolled unbound edge in the homburg curl. Midnight blue and purple liner and uncommon black sweatband give the hat a formal appearance. Large for me, but will be wearable with a deep center dent and side pinches on a windless day.

Gorgeous hat Alan! That leather looks very nice and comfortable

 

[1mach1]

1930s (I believe) Knox soft hat from Raleigh Haberdasher in Washington, DC. Blue/black felt with a rolled unbound edge in the homburg curl. Midnight blue and purple liner and uncommon black sweatband give the hat a formal appearance. Large for me, but will be wearable with a deep center dent and side pinches on a windless day.

Wow. Thats super, Alan. Great form and color.
Washington DC? That hat is from my neck of the woods!

 

[alanfgag]

Here are a few additional photos of the Raleigh Haberdasher Knox... it showed its navy side more in the daylight after vacuuming and steaming and brushing.

 

[buler]

Awesome Knox, Alan! I love it when a black hat goes blue.....

B

 

[1mach1]

Fantastic.

 

[alanfgag]

Awesome Knox, Alan! I love it when a black hat goes blue.....

B

Right?!