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Has anyone ever heard of “Para Panama?”

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Sharpsburg

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Found 2 nice hats at Salvation Army today: one a very tiny grey Royal Stetson sized 6 5/8 and one a little larger with no markings but a Dobbs shield (dark brown with the number 593 handwritten inside). Any thoughts on these. I assume the stetson is a child's hat? Thanks for your help! I'll try to get pictures too.
===== first 2 pics are the stetson, then 2 of the Dobbs. (if this works!)
Mary S.
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Hat and Rehat

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6 5/8 hats are worthless for adults today. I have several friends who sell hats and they don’t even mess with them as they are not able to sell them.

Could only be used by children.
Almost true. My wife wears 6 3/4 in a man's hat. My sister's head was even smaller. She probably would have worn the 5/8.

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Hat and Rehat

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Like people have said, adult heads are rarely small enough for a 6 5/8 anymore. My sister passed 2 1/2 mo. ago, and I think she was a rare exception. It's an atractive hat. I don't think the dark brown 6 5/8 hat I bought would appeal to a woman, but that one might. You're probably a better judge than I.
Have you searched inside of the Dobbs for any markings? Hats and sweatbands were normally marked for size during production in some way. Chalk is likely on the felt, and chalk or pencil on the back of the leather. It's usually a single digit. Many of my 7 1/8 hats have an 8 quickly scrawled in one or both of those locations.
7 1/8 used to be a fairly big noggin. Now it seems to be the smallest size to garner significant demand.

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Tapatalk again!

Pictures first, then the question.
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I was admiring moehawk's Dobbs West 25, then fetched my Dobbs West dress Western for a closer look. No paper tags except the union stamped size tag, but the front of the sweat has a numeral 2 inside of a "catch the luck" horseshoe.
I grabbed my beautiful, green, Dobbs West western weight, and it's horseshoe is holding a 3.
What does it mean?

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Grrrrrr!
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Pictures first, then the question.
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I was admiring moehawk's Dobbs West 25, then fetched my Dobbs West dress Western for a closer look. No paper tags except the union stamped size tag, but the front of the sweat has a numeral 2 inside of a "catch the luck" horseshoe.
I grabbed my beautiful, green, Dobbs West western weight, and it's horseshoe is holding a 3.
What does it mean?

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Nice Dobbs Wests! I believe the numbers in the horse shoe were used by Dobbs West, in place of X rating. I have seen some with a gold horse shoe pin on the ribbon. Here are some photos of my 25. The model name on the tag is Open Trail.
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daddy0d0

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Anyone have any idea how I might shape the hat? I’ve tried starch but that did not seem to work. I hate the front with no crease and therefor I have not been wearing it[emoji17]
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daddy0d0

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Anyone have any idea how I might shape the hat? I’ve tried starch but that did not seem to work. I hate the front with no crease and therefor I have not been wearing it[emoji17]
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Forgot to mention it’s mesh al the way around.


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AbbaDatDeHat

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Anyone have any idea how I might shape the hat? I’ve tried starch but that did not seem to work. I hate the front with no crease and therefor I have not been wearing it[emoji17]
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You mean front pinch??
All mesh....i’d just iron it down the front like an Indy hat. The pinches will follow with wear and handling.
Thats a cool hat. What is it?? Got a link??
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