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Crofut & Knapp Tales

AbbaDatDeHat

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1930s/40s "The Admiral"
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Absolutely Stupendous Justin!!! In and out!
The liner belongs in the Lovely Liner thread, without question!
B
 

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Oh wow! Bowen is right about that liner, beautiful! Love the color, is it more gray or a silverbelly/cream? Looks almost white on my monitor. Probably one of the best you have trotted out in a while!
Cream is probably the best way to describe the color! Aside from the moth damage, the felt is easy on the eyes

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Glad you like this one, B!

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Hey Justin et al:
Some hats remind me of those soft vanilla ice cream cones from the dairy queen as a youngster. Not many do, and they are inevitably very very nice hats. Soft as a horse’s nose. One other is a white Cross Country running around here, from Douglas of years back, i believe. The other is The Bulldogger of Moore Hat Co. from RBlane of mine.
This is one of the same in my eyes.
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I'll revive an older thread with a new-to-me Crofut & Knapp panama. A traditional fedora shape, this hat has a 4 1/2 inch finished teardrop crown, a 2 inch blue/gray/silver pugg, a leather sweat and a 2 1/2 inch brim. The hat is very light with subtle straw that has flex; not dry at all. I did not do a weave count but it is reasonably tight. The hat is very similar in size, weight and shape to the modern Stetson Centerdent. I'm sure it will make a wonderful summer hat.

A question to the Lounge; this thread contains many great felt C&K's, and I have found a smattering of C&K straws listed but precious few C&K panama's. Are there any others out there lurking? Do you think C&K made this hat or was it probably contracted out to another manufacturer? Would anyone venture a guess on a date for this one? As soft and in such good condition, I can't imagine it would be extremely old, I just don't know. Does anyone know anything about the block/reorder code? Thanks.

Enjoy!

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Just Daniel

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Here on the thread Brad shows us a similar reorder tag from the 30s.

https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/crofut-knapp-tales.41837/page-17#post-1813272

On his Hatted Professor sight we have this Dobbs tag dated ‘22-27:

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I saw this hat on ebay and wondered if anyone here might take a stab at dating it. The $5 price tag makes me think it isn’t anything too recent.

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