TRIMBLE HAT MAKER - FIFTH AVE. NEW YORK

[aliados]

I got REAL lucky on eBay for a chnage! Can anyone tell me anything about this one? The sweatband is perforated, marked "floating fit," and has a beaver logo.

Contrary to the eBay post, it's really a sage rather than gray, and, contrary to the picture, it's in nearly perfect condition.

The felt is similar to older high-beaver Stetsons, or an old Borsalino. It's soft yet firm, and, although there's no wire in the brim, both the brim and crown can be molded as if made of clay!

One of these days I gotta figure out how to post pics, but in the meantime, check it out on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...MEWN:IT&viewitem=&item=190101348836&rd=1&rd=1

 

[RBH]

Nice hat! Look forward [I hope] to see what you do with it.

try this for your pic posting...
http://www.imageshack.us/

 

[Dinerman]

Trimbles are nice hats.

 

[aliados]

try this for your pic posting...
http://www.imageshack.us/
Aha! Looks easy enough -- I'll try it tonight.
This hat apparently was never steamed -- it's amazing how it holds whatever shape I give it!
I find it interesting how the lesser-known brands of yesteryear often were made of the same or better quality than "name" brands. And I find it depressing how the "name" brands now make certain to place their labels on the OUTSIDE so that they can rely upon the reputations built up decades ago (and often no longer deserved), rather than upon current quality. (For example, I'll be selling an Open Road on eBay, and my conscience requires that my listing will make it clear that the "Stetson" hat pin is a sign of inferiority!)

 

[Baron Kurtz]

what's with those auction pictures? How terrible can one make a photograph?

unbelievable.

beautiful hat, by the way . . .

bk

 

[aliados]

Thanks, Baron.
I'm telling you, I was very pleasantly surprised when I opened the box and pried it out of the plastic bag into which it had been crammed!

 

[Baron Kurtz]

ugh, i've been there before. I believe it was a 1920s stetson screwed up and shoved into a flat rate priority envelope. Steamed up nicely, though. Amazing what a little steam will accomplish.

bk

 

[Feraud]

fftopic: Do not get me stared on ebay seller's packing methods.
I just received a box full of noisy wooden plates. As if packing bubbles or crushed newspapers are hard to use.

Back to topic, that is an interesting looking hat. I look forward to seeing your pictures.

 

[aliados]

Let's see if this works . . . Wore it today, and got several comments from passers-by, from "nice chapeau!" to"Man! That's a helluva hat!"

 

[aliados]

It worked! Thanks, RBH!
Here it is with the crown shaped differently . . .

 

[Tango Yankee]

WOW!

Looks like a completely different hat! Great job on the shape!

Cheers,
Tom

 

[aliados]

Thanks -- and that's why I was so pleasantly surprised! While the pictures don't show it (bad angle), the one where I'm wearing the hat is a criss-cross bash, but the hat will hold any shape I try to give it. Amazing!