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[Hat and Rehat]

Nope I just posted this today

I was asking if another post was a repost, not yours.
The hats look very nice. It is difficult to value them without more information though. Like DH said, size matters.
Picture a shortage of fine hats for people who wear size 7 3/8 and above, but a glut of sizes 7 and below. Human head sizes have increased, so more people now wear hats that were a rarity in the past, while less people now wear the sizes that were most common back then.
If you spend a little time looking at vintage hats on eBay, making note of some particular makes or styles, it will not take you long to see the market forces drive the former prices up and latter down. The small sizes can be seen priced at 40% of the same hat in a large size. I'm in the middle, at 7 1/8, but I still turn green with envy sometimes seeing listings at 6 7/8.

 

[Stephily]

Sorry lol just downloaded this app today and find it a little confusing. Did you see the other pictures I posted as well?


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[Zombie_61]

Is 20324 a code for something?

It's shorthand for "post #20324 in this thread".

 

[Dm101]

You've hit it about in a nutshell. If you move the side pinches of a cattleman crease toward the front of the hat it will do something similar. The hat also has a mule kick indentation in the front of the crown. The challenge is to get a telescope depression happening on the top of a hat like this. The crown height does not allow the depth to do what I've done in the 5X CB hat shown below.

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This video of Roy Rogers shaping a hat in his bathroom has been posted here before but you might have a hard time finding it, so here it is again:

goodness gracious...that hat is dreamy!!!

 

[Hat and Rehat]

Sorry lol just downloaded this app today and find it a little confusing. Did you see the other pictures I posted as well?


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I've been here daily since early April and still get confused. What I think I'm doing doesn't turn out as planned. I still prefer to visit from my laptop, on a Windows platform. In that format I can always find an edit button if I want to change something I wrote. Tapatalk seems to give me certain choices sometimes, and other choices other times, but I do use the app when I'm mobile. Iit isn't the most self explanatory forum to navigate either way.
People here are patient though, and very helpful. You might have to muddle through for a while with their help hoping for one of those epiphany moments when a lightbulb flashes on. I'm still hoping for a couple.

I did see the other pictures, delivered in batches. I didn't examine all of them in depth, but they seemed like the first ones to present nice looking hats, which gets my interest, but I still don't know anything about the sizes, condition regarding stains or flaws, etc.. Have you looked at vintage hats on eBay? If not, you should probably take a look. Or look at the classifieds here.
Sellers usually provide several pictures of each hat, along with a description, mentioning the size if there's a tag, or an estimate if there isn't, stains, flaws, etc. and pictures will usually show any particular stains, divots from moths, sweatband wear, etc. that a buyer needs to be aware of to make a decision. At least that's the theory. Some sellers are much better at it than others. I think they usually get a better price for their hats because more buyers feel confident to bid.
Unless you hope to move them all as a batch, that's really what you need to provide us before we can really be much help. The best we can do otherwise is give pretty broad ranges, like; that hat could sell for anywhere from $10 to $200. It wouldn't be a lot of help.
If you do want to unload them all in one bulk sale, there may be people here who would give you a price for the bunch, but they will still want some idea about the sizes that most of them are, etc.. If they happen to all be from one collection, and are sized much alike, somebody who wears that size might snatch them up. A mixed batch involves speculation, because they'll surely want to resell some of them.
Do you see why there are variables involved when you ask broadly how much they might be worth?

 

[rob collins]

can someone lend assistance, anyone creating or selling rounding jack brim cutters.

Thanks for any assistance, i can be contacted via email or cell rcollins2867@yahoo.com
(510) 472-9091cell

Robert

 

[Bamaboots]

can someone lend assistance, anyone creating or selling rounding jack brim cutters.

Thanks for any assistance, i can be contacted via email or cell rcollins2867@yahoo.com
(510) 472-9091cell

Robert

Contact @humanshoes. He's who you are looking for.

 

[tsores]

There is a hat storage device(?) that allows you to set the hat on a flat surface right side up without the brim touching the surface. It looks like a hat stretcher on short legs just a few inches tall. What is this called? I have seen them in the past on this forum but an unable to find it now. Storage is becoming an issue on my end and this device may solve the problem.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

 

[Bill Hughes]

There is a hat storage device(?) that allows you to set the hat on a flat surface right side up without the brim touching the surface. It looks like a hat stretcher on short legs just a few inches tall. What is this called? I have seen them in the past on this forum but an unable to find it now. Storage is becoming an issue on my end and this device may solve the problem.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Are you talking about these plastic hat stands?

https://www.thehatco.com/Professional_Retail_Hatstand_Display_Mult.html

 

[Hurricane Jack]

There is a hat storage device(?) that allows you to set the hat on a flat surface right side up without the brim touching the surface. It looks like a hat stretcher on short legs just a few inches tall. What is this called? I have seen them in the past on this forum but an unable to find it now. Storage is becoming an issue on my end and this device may solve the problem.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

If you use hat stretchers or band blocks in your hats just add some screw in door stops to the bottom side for legs. Adds about 3" & keeps the brim up off any surface.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

If you use hat stretchers or band blocks in your hats just add some screw in door stops to the bottom side for legs. Adds about 3" & keeps the brim up off any surface.

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That’s pretty ingenious.


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[tsores]

Are you talking about these plastic hat stands?

https://www.thehatco.com/Professional_Retail_Hatstand_Display_Mult.html

That is what I was trying to find. Thanks.

 

[tsores]

If you use hat stretchers or band blocks in your hats just add some screw in door stops to the bottom side for legs. Adds about 3" & keeps the brim up off any surface.

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That is ingenious. Inexpensive if instead of using hat stretchers I can cut the equivalent from a plank of wood. Thanks for the idea.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

That is ingenious. Inexpensive if instead of using hat stretchers I can cut the equivalent from a plank of wood. Thanks for the idea.

Just remember there is a top & a bottom to a band block. You need the slight taper from bottom to top of the block.

 

[Rmccamey]

Any recommendations for hat shops I should visit in Las Vegas, NV?

 

[BobHufford]

Any recommendations for hat shops I should visit in Las Vegas, NV?

D Bar J Hat Company. (no experience with visiting, but I do have one of their hats)

 

[Hat and Rehat]

If you use hat stretchers or band blocks in your hats just add some screw in door stops to the bottom side for legs. Adds about 3" & keeps the brim up off any surface.

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That's the kind of thinking I like to see.
If you use the spring type, you can even twist them off and back on whenever you wish. But, they might ride out an earthquake (California Loungers), or you can just bobble them when you're bored. Imagine a room full of them dancing around!

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[Rmccamey]

Thank you, Bob, I'll check that one out.

D Bar J Hat Company. (no experience with visiting, but I do have one of their hats)

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Thank you, Bob, I'll check that one out.

Check your pocketbook. They are having a half price sale on their 100X hats, & a sale on overstock small sizes right now.

https://www.dbarjhats.com/

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Since we frequently get questions on musty odors with vintage hats, & since it's the time of yr a lot of felt hats get boxed up in favor of straws I thought I would throw this out there.

Take any small cotton drawstring bag & fill it with 2-3 tablespoons of dust free red cedar shavings & throw the bag in the box or case with your hat. By Sept when you're tired of your straw hats your felts will smell nice & be odor free. Keeps insects out of the box too.

You can buy all kinds of cloth bags in bulk pretty cheap. Use only dust free red cedar pet bedding available at hardware & pet stores, not red cedar mulch. Here's what I use:

Bags

Or

Plus Red Cedar