The argument is to be made that vintage hats, much like A&C furniture, much like other American Decorative Art is made by concerns long gone, with materials now largely depleted & with techniques no longer (as) known/used.
the lesson here, is to... leave your hats to the Metropolitan Museum of...
Penn-craft was a copyrighted & registered trademark that I don't think JB Stetson could use without an arrangement or affiliation between the two.
Further, being a Philly based company, does one think JBS could not have failed to be aware of this undertaking in western Pa. while putting out...
"Although most responses to the Great Depression were government directed, Penn-Craft testifies to the persistence of private, "faith-based" relief initiatives. In the heart of the Great Depression, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), the social services arm of the Society of Friends...
Well cripes!
...just when I think I can cross off a particular model, another permutation is revealed!
Ya'll are killin' me!:jaw:
The Buddha tells us that desire is the cause of all human misery. I'm starting to think the ol' fella might'a been on to something....
Nailed down a few icons in fine condition
NOS-ish DOBBS wide brimmed Foxhound & Hanover Square.
7.5 STRAT! :)
Not to mention this eighties lookin' thin ribbon Stetson with lotsa "negative taper" (as is said at COW) goin' on!
Let's see if it runs or tapers in the rain.
These were...
Brent black monti optimo
I know ya'll have seen a seller who's shop is called "half price paulys" who only recently popped up on my radar. He has some Christy's fur felts & some Biltmores.
But he had this up there (briefly :D) as a BIN or make offer, I pitched him a reasonable offer & he...
I got this D bar J hoping to shrink it down but that ain't happening.
This was going to be a hunting hat 'cuz of that unique cammo pattern. I only ever see that on cheap woolies.
It has a 2 5/8" raw brim & a beautiful fedora teardrop crease.
It is ab-so-fudging-lutly a western body, quite stiff...
Might as well start at the top!
I wonder if it has a leather or ribbon band... might be a crusher.
Lemmee know if it don't work out with you two, tho'.
Maybe not a holy grail, but rare & keenly sought A & F Safari
...before they began to sell teen togs & in the tradition of those whom once outfitted the likes of Earhart, Shackleton & Roosevelt, i.e. '88 or earlier.
Tagged as made in South Africa, almost certainly by Dorian. Far more...
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