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

splintercellsz

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This looks like a nice one. 20x Peters Bros in 7 5/8. Don't care for the band, but that's an easy fix. Incoming.

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the brim curl!!!!!!!!
 

DJH

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I'll take another run at those pictures.

Fantastic, Richard.

I was actually chatting with Brad Peters at the Fort Worth Stock Show this weekend - his company had a booth there. Chances are that his grandfather (or maybe even great-grandfather) made or worked on your hat at the Peters Bros store, a short walk from where we live.

There are some other examples of the hats here: https://vintagehaberdashers.com/tag/shady-oak/

I’ve never successfully found a Shady Oak - I’m inspired to look harder now.
 

Richard Morgan

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Fantastic, Richard.

I was actually chatting with Brad Peters at the Fort Worth Stock Show this weekend - his company had a booth there. Chances are that his grandfather (or maybe even great-grandfather) made or worked on your hat at the Peters Bros store, a short walk from where we live.

There are some other examples of the hats here: https://vintagehaberdashers.com/tag/shady-oak/

I’ve never successfully found a Shady Oak - I’m inspired to look harder now.
Thanks David, I was just starting to research it when I saw your post. It looks like it will need blocking and flanging so I might just take it up to Ft. Worth instead of to TX Hatters in Lockhart. This one is a Stetson Royal Deluxe sold at Washer Bros. Even though it's a Stetson the design was apparently a collaboration between Amon Carter, Tom Peters and Stetson. It would have been nice to have gotten one of the Peters Bros Banker Specials but I think I'll be happy with it.
I also think it would be dangerous for me to live a short walk from a hatter like Peter Bros.
 

Bill Hughes

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Thanks David, I was just starting to research it when I saw your post. It looks like it will need blocking and flanging so I might just take it up to Ft. Worth instead of to TX Hatters in Lockhart. This one is a Stetson Royal Deluxe sold at Washer Bros. Even though it's a Stetson the design was apparently a collaboration between Amon Carter, Tom Peters and Stetson. It would have been nice to have gotten one of the Peters Bros Banker Specials but I think I'll be happy with it.
I also think it would be dangerous for me to live a short walk from a hatter like Peter Bros.
I snagged two Peters Bros Shady Oaks last year. Posted them in the Peters Bros thread. They are currently out to Art Fawcett. I am having the work Peters Bros did redone/fixed.

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/peters-bros.82936/page-26

It will be very interesting to see your hat when they finish. I live about 30 minuets from Peters Bros and would love to use them for sweatband and ribbon work. But right now I just couldn’t justify it. I bought a hemp from them earlier last year and absolutely love it. When Shane left it seems that the talent left.
 

Richard Morgan

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I snagged two Peters Bros Shady Oaks last year. Posted them in the Peters Bros thread. They are currently out to Art Fawcett. I am having the work Peters Bros did redone/fixed.

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/peters-bros.82936/page-26

It will be very interesting to see your hat when they finish. I live about 30 minuets from Peters Bros and would love to use them for sweatband and ribbon work. But right now I just couldn’t justify it. I bought a hemp from them earlier last year and absolutely love it. When Shane left it seems that the talent left.
Thanks for the heads up Bill, that is disappointing to hear.
 

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