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    Questions about bowlers (hats, that is...)

    Thanks Cepice!! I just read about that. An Earl or somebody commissioned Lock & Co. To make a hat that was sturdier than the big tall top hats his employees used and kept trashing all the time riding around in the woods and such did say that Thomas Bowler was the guy that made the prototype. I...
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    Questions about bowlers (hats, that is...)

    Thankyou Steur, A Riding Hat Huh!!!?? So this would not be recommended to wear in lodge or just out? It's not quite as heavy as a equestrian helmet today but waaaay heavier than the Scala or any other one i had the opportunity to try on, you hit somebody with this bowler their going to get...
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    Questions about bowlers (hats, that is...)

    I would think your right my great grandfather would put him pre-WW2 it is in Fantastic shape. I will wear it and Thankyou. Why is it hard as a hardhat though?
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    Questions about bowlers (hats, that is...)

    Thankyou and Yeah I have never had a antique hat in my size ever. 7 5/8 just is not in existence for me but have heard of people with 7 3/4 having the same problem had to go with a cheapo wool hat I believe it's from a company called scala its a beater, Like you the only thing I know about Lock...
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    Questions about bowlers (hats, that is...)

    Hello everybody, Thankyou for the acceptance into the group, I have a few questions about a newly inherited Bowler hat I have. I do not know the age and it is made by Lock & Co. Was my Great Grandfathers he was a Freemason as well as me, it has a box from the Knox New York hat Co...

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