billyspew said:Dang. This is hard. Stephen L. Stetson?
I formally nominate you for the foremost hat quiz expert.
I was going to ask, of your four speculative guesses, if you wanted to know that it was one of them, or to just know the answer.
Then you finished with your final answer.
And, din ding ding. We have a winner.
After looking at mark's hat, the stitching is a dead give away. Not sure of the age of this hat. it looks thirties or forties, but there is a plastic type of thing forming a thin band around the base of the crown. it is meant to look like leather, I think, as it has two tassles on the end. But it is definitely not leather. it seems to be that hard vinyl sometimes used to replicate a leather thong or shoe lace. any guess as to age?
By the way. This is currently on ebay. Ten percent discount for fl members. Size 6 7/8 unfortunately.