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crosley radios
Hi, The main issue with all these old (pre 1930) radios is they hadn't yet figured out the dynamics of an electrical loudspeaker. That didn't happen until someone figured out you need a *big* magnet and coil to drive the air driver (cone). I think the first model to do that was the RCA... -
Original poughkeepsie leather coat co adverts
Hi, Both my maternal grandmother and her mother (my great-grandmother) answered one of those ads during the war and were hired. Probably by Mr. Lewis. :) Later! Stan- Stan
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Full Brim vs. Stingy Brim
Hi, Well, the posted pic at the start says it all. Someone with a rounder face needs more brim than someone with a thinner face. Personally, I need at least 2 1/2 inches of brim and 4 1/2 inches of shaped crown height to go with my face. And, there's the key. Knowing what fits *you*. It's... -
fixed in a Jiffy
Hi, Fortunately, all water on this space rock is auto-recycled and therefore always very, very vintage! :p I have one of these Jiffy Steamers as well, along with quite a few other hatter tools. It does work quite well, although I can do equally well with an old style tea kettle on a gas... -
Hats and Spectacles
Hi, Well, I wear a hat all the time and I've worn glasses since I was in grade school. My particular style for glasses is, always has been, and always will be the 'Aviator' style. I never even think about how any particular hat will go with glasses. I don't think it matters with this... -
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The Other Open Roads.....
Tanbark 1546 Hi, When I first added this to the list, I wasn't online with photos. Now, that I am, and this thread popped back up to remind me, here's a photo of the Tanbark: I reshaped it. It was the usual Cattleman's crease originally. Later! Stan -
Photographs Of Hats Fresh From Surviving The Elements
Once again, it gets wet. Hi, This is my #1 hat. As in the one I spend more time wearing than any other one, not as in my best hat. This is my around-the-farm hat and the one I'm wearing in my avatar where I'm sitting on the equally vintage bulldozer just before I scraped the horse barn out... -
open road western
Hi, *My* dad used to say for me to use my head for 'more than a hat rack'! :P In this case, it'd be exactly that! Ha! :P later! Stan -
The Open Road Guild
Hi, Silver Belly most often has a slight tan tint to it. Other times it has a neutral grey tint. My favorite is when it has a blue/grey tint to it. I never have figured out if this is a natural coloring depending on the fur, or if there is a light dye treatment involved. Later! Stan -
The power of hats
Hi, I have an old, moth-eaten Stetson Open Road that I wear daily here on the farm. I clean it every so often, but it has more than it's share of sweat stains, dirt spots and the like. It's an old friend and one of the more 'dreaded' tasks here is mucking out the chicken pen. That's always... -
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The Open Road Guild
Hi, your first link has no IMG (in brackets) in front, and no /IMG (in brackets) trailing, so you get just the URL link. The second has the IMG control tags OK, but for some reason has two http:// in the header. So, it goes to nowhere as it is. The second would have automatically brought up... -
The Open Road Guild
Hi, Interesting. There have been others who have posted that the the 7x was aka a 50 and was the same as the 100 without the fancy box. I once thought that the 7x and the 100 were different hats, and then was corrected that this was not so. Now, I'm corrected back to what I thought was the... -
How many hats do you have...?
Hi, Maw dang. I missed four. My warm weather farming hats, hung on nails out in the barn. Two Cuenca panamas, one corn husk straw and one wheat straw. I put the farm felt onto a nail and pulled down a Cuenca. Then, it dawned on me that I had not added those four into the count. BTW, the... -
The Open Road Guild
Hi, It's a 'double 100'. It's a Stetson 100 *and* a Stetson 100th anniversary hat. There's not only the case worth as much as the hat ( the one that made a $50 7x go to $100 in 1950), there's the special nature complete with history booklet! I'd love to read that booklet. I have this... -
The Open Road Guild
Hi, Yes, nice job and it makes sense to me. The key to the Open Road for me, is the thought that it's not a Cowboy hat. Cowboy hats are for those that work on the ranch. An Open Road is for those that own the ranch. But, then as now, there are all sorts of ranches. Big, small, and... -
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"Hats on a Stick ®"
A hat on a hook on a stick Hi, My favorite shtick is to shoot a hat on a hook on a stick! later! Stan -
Hat ribbon questions
Hi, I have a roll of 22 ligne (that's 2" wide) in Black that I'd sell you a yard or two off of. I don't make much use of the wide stuff myself, being more into the 9 and 12 ligne widths. PM me if interested. As was already said, you have to buy this stuff in bulk especially to get the... -
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Narrow Ribbon Fedora Question
Hi, Yes, I, too, think that the wider the ribbon, the dressier the hat. The same goes with edge treatments. A raw edge is the least dressy, while a curled and bound edge is the most dressy (think Homburg here). Personally, I like the mid-range ribbons the best, the 9 and 12 ligne widths... -
How many hats do you have...?
Update Hi, Since my last update in this thread, not even a month ago, I'm now up to 26 from 22, with number 26 on the hat workbench as I type. I received this one about a week ago and it's now cleaned up with the crown reopened. It still needs a new ribbon - just as soon as I decide on just...
