Deadstock Resistol

[MK]

Several years ago I bought a deadstock Resistol fedora from Art. The thread has disappeared in one of the crashes. Here it is today:

This was inside:

I have only worn it a couple of times.

 

[jamespowers]

That reminds me, I have a gray one somewhere around here that I need to get out and wear once in a while too.
That is a nice looking hat. You definitely have taken good care of it.
Wear it a couple more times.

 

[KatintheHat]

Are we taking bids here?

I know a guy that would be interested.

 

[jamespowers]

Are we taking bids here?

I know a guy that would be interested.

lol lol lol lol lol lol
Down boy! Down! lol lol

 

[KatintheHat]

Hey!

He just sold off his Indy stuff. The economy is getting worse. The murder rate is up.

What's to make me think otherwise?

 

[jamespowers]

Hey!

He just sold off his Indy stuff. The economy is getting worse. The murder rate is up.

What's to make me think otherwise?

I meant the line might be a little long.

 

[BobC]

That is a beauty. I can't read the size tag though?

 

[carouselvic]

MK is that the hat that you are wearing in your avatar?

 

[MK]

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Some lucky bloke will win it.

http://thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=37252

 

[jamespowers]

That is a beauty. I can't read the size tag though?

7 3/8. I'll stand out of the way now to keep from getting stampeded.

 

[handlebar bart]

Man, that is a nice hat. I wouldn't sell that. I would wear that in my cardboard box house ,proudly, if that is what it took. Really nice lid:eusa_clap

 

[rgraham]

Would it be possible to scan or photograph those instructions so they could actually be read? I'm sure that the information could apply to just about any hat, and those illustrations are always fun to check out.

 

[Dinerman]

mine's not exactly the same in layout, but I think it has the same content.

 

[Andykev]

I have the darker version. It is worth it.

I was there when MK bought it. We almost arm wrestled for it, but I got the gray-blue twin brother to this hat. If I recall BOTH were new old stock. Mine has the same "paperwork" in it. I have not worn it. It is pristine. Both are.

And not to let any cat out of the bag....the current bid for the hat on Ebay is very low..this hat should sell for much more at a vintage hat store. No kidding.

 

[zetwal]

I can't find a thread on dating Resistols by liner and/or sweatbands, etc. Can anyone direct me to such a thread? Can anyone here date this hat please?

 

[Mario]

Judging by my light gray Resistol (no model name), mine and rlk's Pace-Setters plus Sue's Twelve Fifty, I'd say it's early to mid-50's. rlk's Pace-Setter and my light gray Resistol even have an OPS tag (putting it fairly and squarely in the 1950-53 range) and the liners and sweats of all the hats I mentioned look almost completely identical (only the liner from my light gray model differs slightly). All the late 50's liner I've seen looked different.

 

[zetwal]

Thanks Mario!