The School of Hard Knox

[Bamaboots]

Knox Fifteen custom edge came in. Beautiful hat. Great proportions and very nice felt. Including original hatbox! Love it!

That hat suits you very well. Great find and it must be exciting to have the original box. Not a lot of survivors.

 

[Pellie]

That hat suits you very well. Great find and it must be exciting to have the original box. Not a lot of survivors.

Thank you. Yes i was lucky to become the box too. The hat en box are very rare here in the netherlands.

 

[MikeinRome]

Knox Fifteen custom edge came in. Beautiful hat. Great proportions and very nice felt. Including original hatbox! Love it!
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I want to thank you for posting this hat because it just solved a question I was struggling to resolve.
Notice the size tag hanging from the sweatband. This particular type of tag is never mentioned in any of the Hatted Professor Brad Bowers articles on Knox, Dobbs, or HCA size tags.
I just bought 2 hats that both have this same tag in them and I couldn't remember if I'd seen these anywhere before, and browsing the Lounge, I couldn't find any, so I was beginning to wonder if the seller had stuck 2 bootleg tags in my 2 hats. One of them is a Dobbs hat and I'm guessing the other is a Knox that was later rebuilt.
Anyway, thanks again.

 

[Pellie]

I want to thank you for posting this hat because it just solved a question I was struggling to resolve.
Notice the size tag hanging from the sweatband. This particular type of tag is never mentioned in any of the Hatted Professor Brad Bowers articles on Knox, Dobbs, or HCA size tags.
I just bought 2 hats that both have this same tag in them and I couldn't remember if I'd seen these anywhere before, and browsing the Lounge, I couldn't find any, so I was beginning to wonder if the seller had stuck 2 bootleg tags in my 2 hats. One of them is a Dobbs hat and I'm guessing the other is a Knox that was later rebuilt.
Anyway, thanks again.

Thank you for THIS information. I had no clue about this size tag at all.

 

[steur]

Knox Fifteen custom edge came in. Beautiful hat. Great proportions and very nice felt. Including original hatbox! Love it!
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Fantastic find, Marcel! Congrats.

 

[BobHufford]

Paramount Quality — that’s a new one on me.

I found a single reference to it from 1933.

(Note: Not my hat — didn’t fit and they wanted exorbitant shipping).

 

[M Hatman]

Paramount Quality — that’s a new one on me.

I found a single reference to it from 1933.

(Note: Not my hat — didn’t fit and they wanted exorbitant shipping).

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"Paramount".....it's for the Stars (the Movie variety).