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[StoryPNW]

The hat in question

 

[Mighty44]

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Good looking hat—I have a couple of similar era playboys with 2 1/4 brims. Nice jaunty look.

 

[StoryPNW]

Good looking hat—I have a couple of similar era playboys with 2 1/4 brims. Nice jaunty look.

It caught my eye for sure, curious about the non-leather sweat on it, is it a "lightweight" or summer thing? I haven't seen many, if any, vintage hats without a leather sweatband.

 

[M Hatman]

It caught my eye for sure, curious about the non-leather sweat on it, is it a "lightweight" or summer thing? I haven't seen many, if any, vintage hats without a leather sweatband.

They are out there.....I have a few vintage felts like that (these tend to be the unlined "packable" summer weight felts) and I even have one with a cloth sweat covered on one side in very thin leather (a Churchill) :-O..........As early as the 40's (if not earlier) they started using cloth and composition sweats on Straw hats. So yes, they are out there.....

 

[StoryPNW]

They are out there.....I have a few vintage felts like that (these tend to be the unlined "packable" summer weight felts) and I even have one with a cloth sweat covered on one side in very thin leather (a Churchill) :-O..........Also as early as the 40's they started using cloth and composition sweats on Straw hats. So yes, they are out there.....

Good to know, thanks!

 

[Frunobulax]

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Gee, that's a toughie. I don't have any Daltons with non-leather sweats, and I want to say it's a late 50s/early 60s hat, but I really don't know. It has all the right markings for an earlier hat, but that sweat throws me off.

I have one lightweight style Dalton - unlined - but it still has a nice leather sweatband. It's a pretty early example, though, probably early 40s.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Does this look familiar to anyone?

 

[jeff]

The above square hat bash search got me to start re-watching The Rockford Files in its entirety. First time since the seventies.

Anyway, I just spotted this in Season 2. Apparently like father like son:

I decided to check out Maverick… guess what we have in season 1, episode 1.

I guess it’s technically more of a Diamond than a square. Also note the interesting rear dents:

 

[Blare]

I decided to check out Maverick… guess what we have in season 1, episode 1.

I guess it’s technically more of a Diamond than a square. Also note the interesting rear dents:

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Kinda like the crease I put on my 3X a few weeks back

 

[M Hatman]

And a good many of my hats......too many probably.

 

[jeff]

Continuing the apparently never-ending James Garner square bash saga:

From Maverick S01E06:

 

[Gary in NC]

Where can I find feathers like these that came with my Stetson Bowlers? I like them better than the garden-variety feathers I can order off Amazon or somewhere like that. I can’t find anything similar out there.

 

[belfastboy]

Where can I find feathers like these that came with my Stetson Bowlers? I like them better than the garden-variety feathers I can order off Amazon or somewhere like that. I can’t find anything similar out there. View attachment 456442

Have you checked ETSY.com? I buy from a seller off Ebay out of Florida and they sell items similar to this.

 

[jlee562]

Where can I find feathers like these that came with my Stetson Bowlers? I like them better than the garden-variety feathers I can order off Amazon or somewhere like that. I can’t find anything similar out there. View attachment 456442

When I visited the Garland outlet store (a few years ago), they had a whole pile of those on their steaming table. Can't hurt to give them a ring and see if they'd oblige sending some your way.

 

[Gary in NC]

When I visited the Garland outlet store (a few years ago), they had a whole pile of those on their steaming table. Can't hurt to give them a ring and see if they'd oblige sending some your way.

Thanks for the tip!

 

[ILB Frank]

Is it just my browser or does the forum keep going offline? I couldn't access it a week or so ago for a couple of days and then last night it was down.

 

[StoryPNW]

Is it just my browser or does the forum keep going offline? I couldn't access it a week or so ago for a couple of days and then last night it was down.

It wouldn't work for me in Chrome last night but would work in another browser. Back to normal this morning though.

 

[Robieman]

Is it just my browser or does the forum keep going offline? I couldn't access it a week or so ago for a couple of days and then last night it was down.

Mine kept saying “reload the page”, but it wouldn’t !

 

[Who?]

Mine kept saying “reload the page”, but it wouldn’t !

Same here ……. no clue.

 

[Gary in NC]

Is it just my browser or does the forum keep going offline? I couldn't access it a week or so ago for a couple of days and then last night it was down.

Yes, same for me. I tried it in Chrome and Safari on different devices with same results. It seems fine now though.