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

[alanfgag]

Elusive Stetson 5X Beaver Quality. Not ancient and not clear, but still a rare one.

 

[BladeOfAnduril]

I just nabbed this one earlier. A nice "American Legend" (made by Beaver Brand) 5X Beaver. I've been on the look out for a green hat, and now I've got one! Can't wait for it to arrive.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/380744740901?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

 

[John Galt]

Elusive Stetson 5X Beaver Quality. Not ancient and not clear, but still a rare one.

Nice one Alan! Isn't it too big for you? I had thought you were a 7 1/8...


"Faint hat never won fair lady."

 

[Lotsahats]

I just nabbed this one earlier. A nice "American Legend" (made by Beaver Brand) 5X Beaver. I've been on the look out for a green hat, and now I've got one! Can't wait for it to arrive.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/380744740901?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Mikespens and I--along with others--have picked up some this lot, too. Mine needed serious recreasing, and the brim could have used a good pouncing. For a modern hat at the price, it was a no-brainer, that's for sure, and it's given me a chance to work on my creasing skills with a hat I didn't really xpcare that much about. In short--nice grab!

 

[bowlerman]

yep, nice one. I grabbed a few as well a few months ago, but the ones I jumped on were more novelty. Congrats!

 

[alanfgag]

Nice one Alan! Isn't it too big for you? I had thought you were a 7 1/8...

Not mine... just sharing the news.

 

[BladeOfAnduril]

Thanks gents. I just hope it fits! For the price though, I'll give it a stretch if necessary.

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[bloc]

Very happy to have got these

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-B...Ol0eaIJ%2FFpt%2B7ZYME%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

Would there be a way of telling if they are vintage 1940s felts?

 

[alanfgag]

Very happy to have got these

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-B...Ol0eaIJ%2FFpt%2B7ZYME%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

Would there be a way of telling if they are vintage 1940s felts?

They are not 1940s.

 

[alanfgag]

Dobbs Forty that doesn't quite get there. A nice buy for somebody.

 

[bloc]

They are not 1940s.

Just had a message from the seller. Says that they were brought back by his/her father for his wife from Italy in 1946 but were never made up. Just been stored all that time. Sounds plausible. Can't wait to see them.

 

[bloc]

They are not 1940s.

Why do you say they are not 1940s?

 

[alanfgag]

There is really not much to go on here other than the gold silkscreen printing, which does not appear to express this age. Almost all Borsalinos put up for auction as 1940s and earlier (both imported and hand carried home from Italy) are 1950s, 60s and 70s hats. Perhaps it is different in the U.K. I am not very familiar with women's products though I have seen some for sale in the triangular boxes from the 1950s/60s. I look forward to your report and to being proved wrong!

 

[bloc]

Intended for women's hats... they show up from time to time in triangular boxes. Look forward to your report. I hope you prove me wrong.

I'll be making women's cloches with them, I know they are too small for men's. Do you think they might be contemporary?

 

[DJH]

Those kinds of Borsalino felts seem to show up every now and again and I always wonder what kind of hats they are intended to make.

They are not for fedoras, right? Are they for ladies hats of some kind?

Cool - the question is answered even as I type!

:rofl:

 

[bloc]

Those kinds of Borsalino felts seem to show up every now and again and I always wonder what kind of hats they are intended to make.

They are not for fedoras, right? Are they for ladies hats of some kind?

Cool - the question is answered even as I type!

:rofl:

glad to be of assistance. They would make small cocktail hats/cloches or even the crown of a hat that would have the brim blocked separately and attached later.

 

[alanfgag]

I'll be making women's cloches with them, I know they are too small for men's. Do you think they might be contemporary?

That was my thought. New or old, a good price. Keep us posted.

(he says, backpeddling from knowitallness.)

 

[bloc]

Will do. I agree, very good price, I'm well chuffed

 

[TheDane]

(he says, backpeddling from knowitallness.)

Sorry Alan, but you can't keep that line to yourself! We simply have to negotiate some kind of a copyright-deal! lol

One could make reversed Dualists out of those bodies. Panama brim and felt crown

 

[alanfgag]

Very interesting early hat... not mine.