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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

Levallois

Practically Family
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I won this dark gray Stetson 3X Beaver fedora with a mode edge. I was thinking 1940s. Is that about right? Why wouldn't it have a model name, like Royal or Imperial? Thanks!

John

Oh man, lefty beat me to it. And I hope that it's dark gray.

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I won this dark gray Stetson 3X Beaver fedora with a mode edge. I was thinking 1940s. Is that about right? Why wouldn't it have a model name, like Royal or Imperial? Thanks!

John

That's a beauty. 3X Beaver is the quality designation - earlyish fifties to my eye, but wiser folks will weigh in once you get it and share more pictures. Congratulations - a great ebay win!
 

Lefty

I'll Lock Up
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O-HI-O
Oops. Yep, it says gray. I'm still thinking about my win. :eek:

The 3x is the quality designation (as would be Royal or Imperial). In general, you'll see far more Stetsons with only a quality designation and no model name, than you'll see specific models marked as such (Whippet, Strat, etc.). [Now Alan is ahead of me.]
 

delectans

Call Me a Cab
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2,335
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Minnesota
Flaw or feature? = front 4 inchs of sweatband busted stitching, but sweatband is attached firmly to hat all way around (common flaw of Borsalino, same on one of our Borsalino's)

Feature, I would say. Must be a reference to the corrugation at the forehead part of the sweat.
 

Rick Blaine

My Mail is Forwarded Here
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Saskatoon, SK CANADA
Looks like a Cuenca Llano Liso, folded over and sewn edge. THey doubled their money.


Really??? Here I was bemoaning that I lost by a buck! Thanks PB, I really dunno what I am looking at with many of these Panamas!

Could you opine about this one I got recently, please? Tell me what I might have? There is a 1" split in the crown, but I hope I have arrested its' progress.

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jimmy the lid

I'll Lock Up
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USA
Been waiting a long time for this. Finally going to see what Vita-Felt is all about. :)

The added bonus is that it is from Woodward & Lothrop ("Woodies") in D.C. where I grew up. ;)
 

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