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Dating Your Hat (A Place to Discuss the Age of Your Vintage Hat)
Hi I reckon 55-56 at best, also the brim is a lot firmer than the crown.. -
Show Us Your Moth Nips
I had a guy offer me $250 for this 1940's akubra last week, so i took it out of the sealed plastic box i put it in less than a fortnight ago...moths had got in, dunno how, and butchered it..UNBELIEVABLE..it had been sitting on a hat- rack untouched for the last 3 years at least...seriously WTF... -
Dating Your Hat (A Place to Discuss the Age of Your Vintage Hat)
it reads as XXXX STETSON, no other info -
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Dating Your Hat (A Place to Discuss the Age of Your Vintage Hat)
found this in my travels..https://www.mensamericana.com/single-post/2016/02/16/Tom-Mix-and-The-Ultimate-gotohell-Hat -
Dating Your Hat (A Place to Discuss the Age of Your Vintage Hat)
yeah i could do that but it just doesn't suit me, I'm more a trad town hat person, and given the climate round here, tend to wear fine-weave vintage straws when i find em! -
Dating Your Hat (A Place to Discuss the Age of Your Vintage Hat)
o well, I'll flog it at the local markets, I thought it might have some vintage value -
Dating Your Hat (A Place to Discuss the Age of Your Vintage Hat)
I'm surprised the sweatband has aged so poorly, i have hats from the 40's in better shape! -
Dating Your Hat (A Place to Discuss the Age of Your Vintage Hat)
not much to tell really, the sweatband is crumbling and imprints faded, I just thought the style might be a giveaway -
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Dating Your Hat (A Place to Discuss the Age of Your Vintage Hat)
XXXX John B Stetson, not my size, but first one I've ever seen in Australia, any ideas how old it is? -
is this guy dreaming?
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vintage-Buco-J23-Horsehide-Motorcycle-Jacket-Size-52-XL-/181829850341?hash=item2a55e754e5- dr greg
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- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Is this a US army shirt
interesting, must be british as it is an unfamiliar khaki shade to me, cheers -
Is this a US army shirt
Found this woollen khaki item with a strange placket i've never encountered before. the label's date is faded but the maker is CR Ltd... it fits me too....! -
this cheered me up
is this real? http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Rare-Vintage-Levis-Distressed-Leather-Jacket-Bomber-Biker-Riding-Mens-M-/271718048193- dr greg
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Indy Cowboy
I was watching a doco on the famous RM Williams on tv the other night , and this old 40's (?) promo for the company had a truck delivering a catalogue to a drover in the outback....the look interested me: this is how Australian 'cowboys' or stockmen as we call them dressed back then...check the...- dr greg
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REAL Lee Westerner?
I was watching THE MISFITS last week, not for the first time either, and it hit me in the eyes like I'd never seen it before, everyone knows Marilyn's famous Lee Rider shot, but guess what jacket Gable wears...- dr greg
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- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Some SERIOUS vintage workgear here for the BIG feller....
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/251373044704?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649- dr greg
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ID on a Lee Rider Style
I've got one of those, and i'm not sure why it's called a Stormrider because the blanket lined SR is the original model. A quick dating method AFAIK is if the label is actually embroidered rather than screen printed, then it's pre-80's. They are a good roughwear coat and I sleep in mine when...- dr greg
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Continuous declining quality of outwear
back in the 80's a mate of mine paid $400 for a t-shirt, some fancy brand, and i said 'but it's just a t-shirt, no-one's going to know how much it cost by looking at it on you', indeed, he replied, but I WILL- dr greg
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- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
