Antique shop find: Clear Beaver Stetson fedora

[Dinerman]

We were on the road up around the MD/ PA border today in search for some texas hots and a buffalo farm.
We hit an antique shop on the way. Lots of hats (2 derbies, 2 panamas, 3 boaters, 1 top hat), most were way overpriced.
Then I found this.
It's a 7X clear beaver stetson mode edge.
It has a 2-3/4 inch brim, and a 1-3/4" ribbon. It has a bit of stiffness to the felt, probably due to the denseness of it. It's very smooth.
I've never seen "mode edge" stamped this way.

It was hiding inside a stetson travel hatbox. The hatbox is covered in a fuzzy cloth material, and has coth binding on the edges. There is a handle and an elastic strap.

 

[mingoslim]

I want to know how you do it?

Is it your clean living . . . a special diet . . . your charm and good looks? How do you find the great hats you always seem to come up with?

I envy you . . . but in a good way! Keep it up!

 

[Dinerman]

This one was sheer luck. It was inside the closed hatbox under a table, just barely sticking out from under the tablecloth.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

monsieur dinerman, you have some of the most remarkable good fortune i've come across. Your area seems to be as teeming as the midwest . . .

I thought i was lucky with my playboy/whippet/stratoliner find. man, you show me up big time in the find stakes.

bk

btw toronto is teeming with great vintage too . . . at least it was 3 years ago.

 

[jimmy the lid]

What an amazing hat -- just about like winning the lottery!!! D-man, you've definitely got some good hat mojo working for you. When you opened the lid of that box and realized what you had found, you must have just about fainted...:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

Cheers,
JtL

 

[Baron Kurtz]

dare one ask what it cost?

bk

 

[M_Jones]

I'm with everyone else. You must have something. I spent all day looking around here for a hat and came up empty. I did find a "brown crest-Styled by Brown McDonald" fedora but it had moth damage and cost too much.

Anyway good snatch Dinerman. It looks like a winner. :eusa_clap

 

[Hemingway Jones]

I think it's cool that it is from a hat shop from Atlantic City of the boardwalk. It brings back memories of my youth.

That is one super clean and beautiful hat. Amazing find. Enjoy!

 

[GentlemanFarmer]

I'm not that far away from you Dinerman(I'm outside Harrisburg). Where about was 1) that shop and 2) the buffalo farm. BTW, nice find.

 

[Razzman]

WOW! What a fantastic hat. That hat is truly a treasure. Pure Beaver fedora. Congratulations on such a great find. Sign me up to go on fedora/hat safari with you

 

[Lee Lynch]

Grats, Dinerman! That is really nice!

 

[Cacklewack]

Dinerman is my hat-finding idol.

Matt

 

[John in Covina]

Man, that is walking into one sweet lid.

 

[Daisy Buchanan]

Wow Dinerman, that is one handsome lid! I know, I'm a girl, what the heck to I know about hats. Well, I know quality and style when I see it, and that hat's got both. Besides, I am Hemingway Jone's roommate (for a few more months ) so I've had a few lessons on identifying and critiquing hats.
Well, it's a very beautiful (sorry, threw in a girlie word) hat, and I'm sure it will look great on. Congrats:eusa_clap

 

[tonyb]

dare one ask what it cost?

bk

Yeah, dare one? I, too, wanna know.

 

[Dinerman]

Thanks for all the kind words.

For those who want to know: It was just under 30 bucks.

 

[Nathan Flowers]

One of the finest I've seen. Huzzah!

 

[besdor]

That hat looks to be from the late 1930's -early 1940's. I wouldn't be suprised if it sold for more than 30.00 back then! That is one FINE hat.



Steven
www.bencrafthats.com

 

[cooncatbob]

Thanks for all the kind words.

For those who want to know: It was just under 30 bucks.

Your going to need a new handle Dman, like the hat finder of Mr Lucky. lol
Every time I find a nice one on e-bay the High Rollers swoop in and blow me away. .Bob

 

[DOUGLAS]

Dman, YOU are the MAN!! Damn good find:eusa_clap :eusa_clap
That is a most beautiful color. I believe most of my mode edges are stamped in the same way.