I was recently visiting relatives in Cleveland and found this hat in a house my sister had recently bought, with furnishings. She kindly let me keep it.
I couldn't examine it at the time, but now that I've gotten it home and put my reading glasses on I see that it is a Knox Fifth Avenue, stamped Luxor on the front of the sweat band. It's exactly my size, I usually take a 7-3/8LO. Although the label doesn't say Long Oval I think it is because of the way it fits and due to the fact that the previous owner had stuffed cleanex inside the sweatband at the front.
It's a dark slate gray that will go perfectly with my vintage navy blue british warm overcoat. I had been planning a trip to Optimo in Chicago in two weeks and now I plan to take it along for cleaning and a new sweatband and possilbly a liner. This is my first vintage hat so please warn me if restoring it is not a good idea. Unless it's restored it really wouldn't be wearable, the sweat band is very delicate and tears very easily.
By the way, the brim appears to be 2-3/8, the ribbon is 1-7/8 wide and the crown seems to be about 4-1/2.
I couldn't examine it at the time, but now that I've gotten it home and put my reading glasses on I see that it is a Knox Fifth Avenue, stamped Luxor on the front of the sweat band. It's exactly my size, I usually take a 7-3/8LO. Although the label doesn't say Long Oval I think it is because of the way it fits and due to the fact that the previous owner had stuffed cleanex inside the sweatband at the front.
It's a dark slate gray that will go perfectly with my vintage navy blue british warm overcoat. I had been planning a trip to Optimo in Chicago in two weeks and now I plan to take it along for cleaning and a new sweatband and possilbly a liner. This is my first vintage hat so please warn me if restoring it is not a good idea. Unless it's restored it really wouldn't be wearable, the sweat band is very delicate and tears very easily.
By the way, the brim appears to be 2-3/8, the ribbon is 1-7/8 wide and the crown seems to be about 4-1/2.
Norton, that's a really nice looking hat,....good for you!
