the final price of the crush weight didn't surprise me
but this one did
both are fantastic. congrats to the winners.
but this one did
both are fantastic. congrats to the winners.
I just hope the Colonel didn't stretch this one toooooo much.
Alan what makes you think it was stretched?
Seller was a former member here. Had some great old hats, sometimes handled too aggressively and then put up for sale. A size 7 1/8 that fits like a 7 1/4, with sweatband tear, rear seam condition issues and photos of a fully inverted sweatband caused me condition concern. That said, I hope my comment turns out to be rash and the hat a real winner.
Seller was a former member here. Had some great old hats, sometimes handled too aggressively and then put up for sale. A size 7 1/8 that fits like a 7 1/4, with sweatband tear, rear seam condition issues and photos of a fully inverted sweatband caused me condition concern. That said, I hope my comment turns out to be rash and the hat a real winner.
I was wondering if you could elaborate a little on this. Were they a division of another until the 50's? If so, would having an Adam brand with felted edge signify a pre 50's hat with a potential other maker behind the label? When they produced felted edge brims did they only stick with over/under welts or did they ever do the guild edge? Would you say that a De-Luxe had any other greater characteristics to them beyond the brim edge? I know that's quite a few questions, but it would help be better gauge the hat's history and possible value beyond it being a good deal. Thanks!Definitely is. As far as I can find out after they set-up their own manufacturing in the 50's they never produced a felted edge again. The 3 felted edge ones I have seen (I own one) were all marked De-Luxe.
A little off topic here, but, since the subject of stretching has come up....
What would be the maxium amount do you feel would be safe to stretch a hat? I have read 2 hat sizes.....That seems to be a big (pun intended) stretch to me.
I suppose each hat's condition would have something to do with it. But, as a sort of a general rule...how much would be safe?
I was watching this one too.
The Hückel (Weilheim) Chevreau looks to be the same as mine. This is a fantastic hat.
http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/6-johann-huckel%c2%b4s-sohne-huckel-hutfabrik-weilheim/page__view__findpost__p__537
The other Hückel (Weilheim) Special looks fantastic too.
Both are most likely mid 1950s and of the highest quality.
Yes, the Stetson was the one that was recently sold. Forget words, a good picture is worth a few hundred bucks.
Congrats to the winner.
Not much interest for this Mallory
http://www.ebay.com/itm/26093855572...NX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_500wt_1413
Thanks for the encouragement! The hats are enroute from Germany and I'm certainly looking forward to seeing them up close. My luck typically trends in the opposite direction...you know, a box full of wool costume hats leftover from Halloween or such would be more my speed. Not that my collection is ever really "complete" but I have long sought after a nice sage green fedora and that Huckel may be IT
Not much interest for this Mallory
http://www.ebay.com/itm/26093855572...NX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_500wt_1413