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

[Lefty]

Stetson 3x 15

 

[rlk]

Stetson Panama Porkpieish $2.74

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120409786811&viewitem=&salenotsupported
Slight crown damage. Photo gives false impression of ribbon bleaching as the light spots change from one photo to next(odd reflections). At worst good for knockabout hat.

 

[rlk]

Supernatural invisible mystery hat

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...E:B:EOIBSA:US:1123&viewitem=&salenotsupported
?Tossing the dice?

 

[billyspew]

First Whippet

Captured my first Whippet last night...

Was impressed it didn't go higher, but then brown does seem to be one ofthe more common colours.

 

[suitedcboy]

Nice one Billy! Looks like it was pulled from the box new.

 

[feltfan]

A bit late to the reply, but that hat was picked up by me.

Congrats. Cavanagh hats are a good thing and every hat
enthusiast should have one (or more).

I was amused by the listing. The seller stole information from
this forum, but got it wrong:

"...welded "Cavanagh Edge" brim treatment shown here in Photo #7, allowing a softer, thinner felt to be used without the brim becoming floppy or weakened by stitching".

"Welded", of course, is an odd word choice. But there are two really incorrect
assertions. Cavanagh didn't use thinner, softer felt, at least in the
period of that hat (not at all in my limited experience), they used
relatively thick, dense felt ("soft" is admittedly relative). In another
part of the listing, the seller says it's "medium" weight felt. Second, of
course, the Cavanagh Edge required stitching, so it's not accurate
to say that this edge saved the hat from "weakening by stitching".
We could also quibble about whether the felt consists of, as asserted,
"beaver", or if just might have other fur...

All of which is to criticize the listing, not the hat.

 

[Brad Bowers]

That's closer to the truth than the seller who sells mostly women's hats, and states that bound edges are Cavanagh edges.:eusa_doh:

Brad

 

[Lefty]

Dobbs Gamebird 7 1/8

 

[ScottF]

Captured my first Whippet last night...

Was impressed it didn't go higher, but then brown does seem to be one ofthe more common colours.

That looks like a winner.

 

[ScottF]

Dobbs Gamebird 7 1/8

I heard it whistling and had to shoot it down.

 

[Lefty]

That one's quite nice. :eusa_clap

 

[irb]

It's not exactly an eBay defeat, but my girlfriend and I were at the local Bookman's here last night and came across a black Akubra Pastoralist; unfortunately for me, between the Super Fino Montecristi I'm waiting for and the fact that the hat was Medium, I had to let it go. I hope someone out there finds it and appreciates a good hat.

 

[carter]

I heard it whistling and had to shoot it down.

Nice one , Scott. A Gamebird in 7 1/2 or 7 5/8 is near the top of my "Wanted Hats" list.l

 

[Lefty]

Stetson 3x 7 1/8 - big bucks for a small size

Stetson 3x 7 1/8 seems nearly identical to the one above, but sold for half the price

stretcher - the last one of these that I noticed sold for a lot more

 

[buler]

Black Stetson 7X with a 100 case

Wish I would have been home to bid more on this one. Can't win em all.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=150341338799

Need to learn how Lefty changes the link to a nice description.

B

 

[Dinerman]

I had the high bid on that one for a while. Surprised it went so far with how few viewers it had. It's a factory store one, so it probably has the date marked.

 

[buler]

I had the high bid on that one for a while. Surprised it went so far with how few viewers it had. It's a factory store one, so it probably has the date marked.

Probably not the best title and the pictures could have been better. I'd like to see better shots of it.

B

 

[Lefty]

+ it's really thin-ribboned, quite small, & black. For me, the best style & felt can't overcome the drawback of black.

 

[Michaelshane]

Dobbs Gamebird 7 1/8

 

[jonbuilder]

stretcher - the last one of these that I noticed sold for a lot more

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I picked up the stretcher for about the price of a clean and reblock at Otimo with shipping. I plan to post results in one of the threads dealing with stretching or stretchers