Going Atomic With Dalton

[Richard Morgan]

Well here she is! She arrived this morning and I am happy to add her to my collection, although she is only my second hat. She is a Dalton Homburg and turned out to be in incredible condition.

Excellent, it's a beauty

 

[Richard Morgan]

Amazing restoration Richard. The liner is to die for. Did you run it through any cleaning process?

After I took the ribbon and sweatband off I gave it a naptha bath. It was dirty enough it changed the color of the naptha, but it cleaned up really nicely. I should have taken a pic before I put the ribbon on.

 

[moehawk]

My first Dalton!
Found this on eBay, and was surprised King Jim of Daltonia (Frunobulaxus Rex to all you scholarly types) didn't get to it first. Must have been busy conjuring Demons (or playing with ponies )
Here's pics. Thank goodness Tapatalk is back up.

Liner with onionskin tip protector

This lighting shows that faint lettering below the logo a little better.

Tags and stamps

And the money...

Creased, with the box that was included by the seller

The nog shot

Crown 5 1/2" open, brim 2 5/8". 130g. Felt has a smooth finish, and can best be described as DENSE. Yes, capped on purpose for emphasis. It has considerable body without being western-stiff, and with the overwelt (I think it's felted, can't feel any stitching) it has quite the "pop" when the brim is snapped down. The only bumer is that there is thread rot on the sweat, when I was applying Lexol to the band a couple of inches of stitching betwixt leather and reed became dust. I'm trying some Fabri-Tac adhesive to see if I can stop the thing from seperating further.
Dang...the hat bug might be back...

 

[Bamaboots]

My first Dalton!

That's a great one, moe. Love the colors. I can already hear Jim crying as if the Reds just lost another game. Oh wait, they did, right? That edge sure reminds me of the Stetson Selv-Edge, such as the one on my 40's 3X.

 

[moehawk]

That's a great one, moe. Love the colors. I can already hear Jim crying as if the Reds just lost another game. Oh wait, they did, right? That edge sure reminds me of the Stetson Selv-Edge, such as the one on my 40's 3X.

Thanks Bama!
I may have stolen the King's crown...
Selv-Edge was Stetson's original name for the Mode Edge, wasn't it? Not the glued overwelts of the later years.

 

[Bamaboots]

Selv-Edge was Stetson's original name for the Mode Edge, wasn't it? Not the glued overwelts of the later years.

moe, my selv-edge is one of the glued ones on a pretty old hat. The Mode Edge I have is on a Sovereign Twenty and is a 50's hat.

 

[Frunobulax]

My first Dalton!
Found this on eBay, and was surprised King Jim of Daltonia (Frunobulaxus Rex to all you scholarly types) didn't get to it first. Must have been busy conjuring Demons (or playing with ponies )
Here's pics. Thank goodness Tapatalk is back up.

Liner

This lighting shows that faint lettering below the logo a little better.

Tags and stamps

And the money...

Creased, with the box that was included by the seller

The nog shot

Crown 5 1/2" open, brim 2 5/8". 130g. Felt has a smooth finish, and can best be described as DENSE. Yes, capped on purpose for emphasis. It has considerable body without being western-stiff, and with the overwelt (I think it's felted, can't feel any stitching) it has quite the "pop" when the brim is snapped down. The only bumer is that there is thread rot on the sweat, when I was applying Lexol to the band a couple of inches of stitching betwixt leather and reed became dust. I'm trying some Fabri-Tac adhesive to see if I can stop the thing from seperating further.
Dang...the hat bug might be back...

Good get, John! I clean missed that one, congratulations on the pick up. An older liner (I think), with the World's Finest designation, unreeded sweat - that's probably pre-war. Also, I don't think we've seen that re-order tag before, not to mention the Beaver designation.

That's a top quality Dalton. Yes, I'm envious, but now you have an idea why I am a fan.


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[Redfokker]

My first Dalton!
Found this on eBay, and was surprised King Jim of Daltonia (Frunobulaxus Rex to all you scholarly types) didn't get to it first. Must have been busy conjuring Demons (or playing with ponies )
Here's pics. Thank goodness Tapatalk is back up.

Liner

This lighting shows that faint lettering below the logo a little better.

Tags and stamps

And the money...

Creased, with the box that was included by the seller

The nog shot

Crown 5 1/2" open, brim 2 5/8". 130g. Felt has a smooth finish, and can best be described as DENSE. Yes, capped on purpose for emphasis. It has considerable body without being western-stiff, and with the overwelt (I think it's felted, can't feel any stitching) it has quite the "pop" when the brim is snapped down. The only bumer is that there is thread rot on the sweat, when I was applying Lexol to the band a couple of inches of stitching betwixt leather and reed became dust. I'm trying some Fabri-Tac adhesive to see if I can stop the thing from seperating further.
Dang...the hat bug might be back...

Way to make a comeback John! I take Jim's evaluation of the age as gospel, he is the King. I really love that color and shape. You came out smelling like a rose on this one.

 

[Richard Morgan]

My first Dalton!
Found this on eBay, and was surprised King Jim of Daltonia (Frunobulaxus Rex to all you scholarly types) didn't get to it first. Must have been busy conjuring Demons (or playing with ponies )
Here's pics. Thank goodness Tapatalk is back up.

Liner

This lighting shows that faint lettering below the logo a little better.

Tags and stamps

And the money...

Creased, with the box that was included by the seller

The nog shot

Crown 5 1/2" open, brim 2 5/8". 130g. Felt has a smooth finish, and can best be described as DENSE. Yes, capped on purpose for emphasis. It has considerable body without being western-stiff, and with the overwelt (I think it's felted, can't feel any stitching) it has quite the "pop" when the brim is snapped down. The only bumer is that there is thread rot on the sweat, when I was applying Lexol to the band a couple of inches of stitching betwixt leather and reed became dust. I'm trying some Fabri-Tac adhesive to see if I can stop the thing from seperating further.
Dang...the hat bug might be back...

Great find Moe. Great color and ribbon and I don't think any of the others we've seen state that they are beaver.

 

[Tukwila]

Fantastic find @moehawk ! What a classic beauty!

 

[moehawk]

moe, my selv-edge is one of the glued ones on a pretty old hat. The Mode Edge I have is on a Sovereign Twenty and is a 50's hat.

Ah, I didn't know that the glued ones were that early. Guess I have to pay better attention.
And, did you notice I left the losing baseball team comment alone? Giants fan here...

 

[Frunobulax]

Ah, I didn't know that the glued ones were that early. Guess I have to pay better attention.
And, did you notice I left the losing baseball team comment alone? Giants fan here...

I was too keyed in on the hat to be remember to be offended by the Reds comment.

Thanks for reminding me. I wouldn't want to miss being mad at Greg! [emoji35]


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[moehawk]

Good get, John! I clean missed that one, congratulations on the pick up. An older liner (I think), with the World's Finest designation, unreeded sweat - that's probably pre-war. Also, I don't think we've seen that re-order tag before, not to mention the Beaver designation.

That's a top quality Dalton. Yes, I'm envious, but now you have an idea why I am a fan.


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Thanks Jim!
Easy to understand what the fuss is about when you have one in hand, that's for sure!
The sweat is reeded, if that makes a difference in your date estimate. The store tag with the price of $15 for a beaver hat does make me think it has some age to it. Can't make out the rest of that tag though.
Gotta get more!

 

[moehawk]

Way to make a comeback John! I take Jim's evaluation of the age as gospel, he is the King. I really love that color and shape. You came out smelling like a rose on this one.

Thanks Mike!
I dig the color combo as well. The ribbon really pops.

 

[moehawk]

Great find Moe. Great color and ribbon and I don't think any of the others we've seen state that they are beaver.

Thanks Richard!
Yeah, I believe that this is a rare bird indeed.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

My first Dalton!
Found this on eBay, and was surprised King Jim of Daltonia (Frunobulaxus Rex to all you scholarly types) didn't get to it first. Must have been busy conjuring Demons (or playing with ponies )
Here's pics. Thank goodness Tapatalk is back up.

Liner

This lighting shows that faint lettering below the logo a little better.

Tags and stamps

And the money...

Creased, with the box that was included by the seller

The nog shot

Crown 5 1/2" open, brim 2 5/8". 130g. Felt has a smooth finish, and can best be described as DENSE. Yes, capped on purpose for emphasis. It has considerable body without being western-stiff, and with the overwelt (I think it's felted, can't feel any stitching) it has quite the "pop" when the brim is snapped down. The only bumer is that there is thread rot on the sweat, when I was applying Lexol to the band a couple of inches of stitching betwixt leather and reed became dust. I'm trying some Fabri-Tac adhesive to see if I can stop the thing from seperating further.
Dang...the hat bug might be back...

What a find! The thread rot notwithstanding, it is in great condition!


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[moehawk]

Fantastic find @moehawk ! What a classic beauty!

Thanks Tukwila!

 

[moehawk]

What a find! The thread rot notwithstanding, it is in great condition!


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Thanks Brent!
The felt is in beautiful shape, as is the liner.
Let's hope the rot is confined to the thread and that the leather doesn't go all bacon-y on me after the first time I sweat it up...

 

[moehawk]

Good get, John! I clean missed that one, congratulations on the pick up. An older liner (I think), with the World's Finest designation, unreeded sweat - that's probably pre-war. Also, I don't think we've seen that re-order tag before, not to mention the Beaver designation.

That's a top quality Dalton. Yes, I'm envious, but now you have an idea why I am a fan.


Sent directly from my mind to yours.

I just edited the post to reflect that it has an onionskin liner tip protector. Don't know about everyone else, but to my bad eyes it's not obvious in the pics. That might be something to help date it.

 

[Frunobulax]

I just edited the post to reflect that it has an onionskin liner tip protector. Don't know about everyone else, but to my bad eyes it's not obvious in the pics. That might be something to help date it.

I'm kinda guessing on a lot of it, just by the ones I have and have seen. The reorder tag and the oilskin tip still make it sound older to me. We'll just have to find more examples, no?


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