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Bumping this thread with a Worth - Walden 15X since previous pics have been lost.
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Worth-Walden Co., Dallas, TX
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DaveProc
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Sweet!
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Thanks Dave. I wanted to wear it a few more times before the sloppy winter weather arrives. I’ll go thru some summer pics & see if I can find any of my other two worthy of posting since those pics have been lost top.
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That is one striking hat, HJ
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Thanks Blare! Like the lines of a classic car.
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Worth - Walden 15X
I think of it as in the style of the Brigadier.
I think of it as in the style of the Brigadier.
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Last week, I was waiting for it, today I am wearing it, but I am posting it here since there is dedicated thread for these amazing hats.
A Worth-Walden OR Clone, in pristine condition from a seller on the FB Marketplace. 4X Beaver (whatever that meant at the time the hat was made). Not sure how many of these Worth-Walden hats are out there (I'm expecting a second any day), but if you run across one, get it. Really nice hat.
A Worth-Walden OR Clone, in pristine condition from a seller on the FB Marketplace. 4X Beaver (whatever that meant at the time the hat was made). Not sure how many of these Worth-Walden hats are out there (I'm expecting a second any day), but if you run across one, get it. Really nice hat.
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A 4X is likely older than any of my 3. If you roll out the sweat you might find the date. Mine are handwritten on the tape support behind the sweat stitching.
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Good call to check - surprisingly, I see 11-1-94. I'm not sure I realized that the store lasted that long. Nevertheless, a great hat.
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Mine are all 1991, 15X. Bob just picked up a 100.
PS Correction: After further thought one of mine is dated 1990 & the other two are 1991.
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The second Worth-Walden from the same seller came today. I asked if she had anymore since she had listed one per day and that I would save her the effort of listing. Unfortunately she only had the two that I, fortunately, now own. This one is a fedora of, what seems to be, an earlier vintage and not marked as beaver, so I assume, rabbit and/or hare. Wildly soft, it came as an open crown hat, seemingly never bashed or even worn before. I was so excited I steamed and creased it before I took any photos. The brim is 2 3/8" and the crown 4 1/2", as bashed. I can't decide if it's a very dark gray or a non-shiny black. Either way, putting on my "Jewish" hat for a moment (couldn't resist), I'd say that I'd wear this for religious functions as well. That all may be unnecessary to say however, since I may never take this off, it is that nice a hat. The size tag reads 7 1/8, but the reproduction tag seems to say 7 1/4. Either or, it is an absolute perfect fit on me.
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jeffgarf
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Apparently the United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union (UHCMW) was active in Texas until 1983, so I'd guess this hat pre-dates that.
Also, upon further research, the hat may be a Resistol body. That would explain the feel of the fur and the reorder tag.
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Here's something you don't see every day (at least I don't). An American-made Lord's Hat. There are no indications that this hat was made by any particular company except for the crest logo on the liner and the sweatband. This is the logo of Worth Walden. Additionally, under the liner is a reorder tag, which, like the previous post, I presume is from Resistol. The nap and finish of the hat is very interesting, and the felt, as with my other hats from Worth Walden, is divine.
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Worth-Walden 100X.
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That's a beauty Bob!
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Thanks Dave!
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For those interested in the brand, I have one in a very specific size listed in the classifieds, a 7LO OR Clone.
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A 4X from 1999 just arrived. A Goodwill find, missing hat band. I happen to have had this one sitting next to me and I think it works.
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Totally missed this the first time around. The above-shown hat came in its original Worth-Walden shipping box with the hand-written Resistol designation right on the side.
Glad I caught that to add to my growing box closet.
Glad I caught that to add to my growing box closet.
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