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You are correct, sir. I was mistaken. And it should be there!
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You are correct, sir. I was mistaken. And it should be there!
RossRYoung
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Agreed. There’s a few I think are worthy of adding but stumbling across them with a bump is sometimes just as fun.
Fourman110
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Buying hats is a whole lot cheaper than going out with a stack & making it rain, believe me.
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Glorious light brown Bon Vivant! The stitched brim appears to be excellent condition. As you get more opportunities to wear it I am curious to read your impressions. Do share.
I have been finding the last couple of years my *******s get reached for often. Great hats, IMO.
Cheers and congrats.
Fourman110
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Short trip today but the ******* is a fantastic partner. Looks fantastic in casual attire and equally good dressed up. The brown
hue really swings with the light source becoming more light earthy in the sunlight. The exquisitely sized ribbon takes on a caramel hue in bright sun.
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Your Milwaukee, WI unlined ******* is sweet! I bet it wears light on the head. Congrats!
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Sweet hat. Those unlined ones are nice and light. If it were only a size larger...
M Hatman
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Postmarked 1942........
Good to see you posting again, Mark. Looking forward to see what you've found.
M Hatman
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Check out my Hatters, Cleaners as well as my Stetson Threads..........I really have so much to post, I am WAY behind............
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Yeah ... I removed that staple.
The hat is about the color of this slide taken on our trip to Chicago (my Dad's home town) in the early 1970s.
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Wow! That is just plain a sharp hat in a very scarce felt color. The unlined *******s are truly my fav's of this model. Congrats sir!
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Thanks Eric! I just knew there was just something about that lump of hat sitting on the table in that auction lot (they did not list what it was). I was thrilled when it arrived and it was my size.
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Thanks Eric! I just knew there was just something about that lump of hat sitting on the table in that auction lot (they did not list what it was). I was thrilled when it arrived and it was my size.
This pic is good for a chuckle this morning Bob.
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Recently received from the Facebook marketplace by way of a long time hat friend, this brown Stetson ******* makes a ********* of examples from the first five years of this iconic Stetson model first launched in the mid 1930s.
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The three hats are very similar in their parts, styling and felt feel. All were likely made sometime between 1936 and 1940. Here a few photos with notes on the variations:
Brim width - brown 2 3/16, gray 2 3/8, black 2 1/2
Ribbon width - brown 14/16, gray 13/16, black 15/16
Weight (grams) - brown 2.28oz (64), gray 2.67oz (76) black 2.57oz (73)
Block# - brown 123, gray, 123, black 122
LOTXXXX - brown 7453, gray 7794, black 7636
Brim width - brown 2 3/16, gray 2 3/8, black 2 1/2
Ribbon width - brown 14/16, gray 13/16, black 15/16
Weight (grams) - brown 2.28oz (64), gray 2.67oz (76) black 2.57oz (73)
Block# - brown 123, gray, 123, black 122
LOTXXXX - brown 7453, gray 7794, black 7636
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Alan congrats on the *********. They are indeed the finest examples of the early *******s I have seen. Just fantastic.
As you have documented the differences are indeed significant between the Bon Vivants. You pics capture the felt textures.
Just grand to see you new vented early *******. Thanks for sharing.
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