HOLY GRAIL? /What fedoras are you pining for?

[buler]

Stylistically, and color- wise, this dobbs has to be my favorite, but it was far to large to make work.

My favorite hat, for reasons of styling, quality and durability is my mode edge 7x clear beaver stetson

That just became my favorite color combo! Dinerman, what size is it? Do you still have it?

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[trailrunner]

My Grandfather's Stetson. My Grandfather died when I was about nine, but I remember it vaguely, brown with a darker brown hat band. My Grandfather was just about my favorite person on the planet at that point. I thought the hat was long gone, but my sister said that when our uncle died a few years back she saw it in with some of his items. She is sure that one of our Mother's sisters has it, and my Mom has spread the word that I want it if it can be found. I would give a lot to get my hands on that hat.

 

[gtdean48]

A new quest for GT....

7 5/8 Long Oval Stetson Stratoliner in gun metal gray with the box...

Well, I have a "mouse" gray Stratoliner in this size with the box so I guess I need to update my quest.
I thought I had found a 7 5/8 Stetson Playboy but it turned out to be a 6 5/8! :rage:
Paypal helped me recover my funds.
I nabbed a very nice Open Road style Stetson 25 from a fellow lounger, so I'm searching for the Playboy now with an eye out for a Stetson 100 in 7 5/8 LO.

 

[anon`]

What's the felt/ribbon colour combo on that one at the right end of the rack?

BOT~ My Grail hat wouldn't fit me, so I have none. On one hand, this is good, because it saves me from incessantly hunting it. On the other, this is bad, because I have no structure in my quest for hats!

 

[Tampahound]

My Holy Grail...

would have to be a chocolate brown Knox Twenty. Happily I have stumbled upon two (one will need to be sent to Optimo for an overhaul including resizing but was a steal, and another that looks like a crumbled mess on first glance...we shall see when it arrives!)

Quest may be over!

 

[gtdean48]

...Quest may be over!

The end of a quest is just the beginning of the next!!! :eusa_doh:

 

[M_Jones]

Well, to be honest, this is a difficult question to answer. I own many hats I at one time considered a grail hat. There are a few more I wish to own and whether or not they are merely me coveting hats or grail hats is something yet to be borne out.

1) ANY Knox Tom ‘n’ Jerry in 7 1/4, 7 3/8 or 7 1/2. I love those hats though they are little more than Knox Fifteens. Every one of them is different and special. A fellow lounger has a blue one that I would give half my collection for.

2) Feraud’s Air Light Whippet. I am still kicking myself as I had the opportunity to procure it but decided not to because I thought the brim was too short. :eusa_doh: I would give the other half of my collection for it.

In fact I have thought about PMing the members that own the hats to see if they would consider selling them but this belongs in the confessional thread and I would never do such a thing.

Regards,
Hollis

 

[gtdean48]

...with an eye out for a Stetson 100 in 7 5/8 LO.

Oh yea, a Stetson 7X Clear Beaver would serve just as well as a 100!!!
And to be precise, 2 3/4" bound edge, thin ribbon.

 

[Dewhurst]

As of this moment, I consider my "grail" hat to be a Borsalino Como. Oh, how I pine for one of these. As with the mythology, it is currently unattainable.

My quest shall continue.

 

[jamespowers]

You are limiting me to one!?
Well, any one of these would do:

I doubt I will ever find any of these in a 7 5/8 though. :eusa_doh:

 

[ScottF]

Stylistically, and color- wise, this dobbs has to be my favorite, but it was far to large to make work.

My favorite hat, for reasons of styling, quality and durability is my mode edge 7x clear beaver stetson

From the first time I saw this color combination, it became my holy grail. I was lucky enough to purchase a Knox twenty in my size, to determine that my holy grail was that maker/model with basically Dinerman's color combo. It then showed up on ebay in near-mint condition and I put a massive snipe in. I probably paid three times what the hat was worth, but still over $100 under my snipe. I look at it this way - none of us can touch our 'holy grail' hat, manufactured today, for under $300...even if it were possible to produce them, and in many cases it is not.

So here's mine:

 

[Widebrim]

You are limiting me to one!?
Well, any one of these would do:

I doubt I will ever find any of these in a 7 5/8 though. :eusa_doh:

All beautiful! Man, where and why did we go wrong in men's fashion?

 

[MississippiLong]

any vintage whippet in 7 5/8...
also anything by Art.

 

[jamespowers]

All beautiful! Man, where and why did we go wrong in men's fashion?

It all started in the mid-1960s. :eusa_doh:

 

[MississippiLong]

bump. I love this thread.


I wouldn't mind a Stratoliner...anybody got something in 7 5/8"?

 

[Marc Chevalier]

It all started in the mid-1960s. :eusa_doh:

I'd say the year 1960.


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[Feraud]

Every new hat purchase feels like a holy grail..

 

[gtdean48]

...
I wouldn't mind a Stratoliner...anybody got something in 7 5/8"?

Good luck ML! I found mine just like this, posting to this thread & somebody had one. Those vintage 7 5/8 are rare!

 

[Lefty]

Wanted: Stetson Ermine, size 7 1/2 (heck, I'll take it in any size)

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Choose your hat wisely ...

Or else!