LEE ADVENTURE!

[Razzman]

I picked-up this LEE ADVENTURE on ebay. It's quite clean. It's light weight.
On the sweatband it has the Lee logo embossed. It also has Dupont water repellent shape retaining. The inside top of the crown has the Lee Logo and Adventure Water Block. No lining just the top of the crown has a sewn in liner. Also on the sweatband is Patterson Fletcher Fort Wayne. I don't know much about the Lee brand, perhaps somebody can share that information. It seems to be a well made hat, very soft and pliable. It certainly holds its shape.

Color:Black
Brim:2 1/2"
Crown: 4 1/2"
Ribbon: 3/4" Black
Bound brim with a matching black ribbon.
Leather sweatband: 1/1/4"

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[Flitcraft]

Wow! That's a great lookin' lid!

 

[scotrace]

The UPS man should drop off my Lee Adventure this afternoon. I'll get some pics up then.

That's a nice lid Razzman! Great color.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

where are all these Lee Adventures coming from. Are they all vintage?

bk

 

[Dinerman]

Lee's been out of business a long time, so yeah, they're vintage.

 

[Razzman]

Thanks, Flitcraft.

BK, I would also like to know if this hat is vintage. I'm sure somedody out there can tell.

Scotrace, you have any idea if this hat or the one you purchased is vintage or not? Looking forward to seeing your pics.

 

[Feraud]

Very nice! It looks exactly like my Penny's Marathon! My hat is lacking the wind trolley.

 

[scotrace]

They are vintage indeed. I believe early to mid 50's.
Mine is a sort of Loden colour, with a pumpkin ribbon and binding. Well, at least I think so. Lord knows what it'll look like clean!

Nice hat Feraud!

 

[John in Covina]

Looks pretty adventursome, nice!

 

[Rick Blaine]

I recently got rid of this one.
I wish it had been a tad larger & I never would've gotten rid of it.
It was very nice & light felt with a great bash..
maybe some day I'll find a 7 3/8 or 7 1/2...

 

[Feraud]

For reference.

A Lee of a different color.

 

[jimmy the lid]

I recently got rid of this one.
I wish it had been a tad larger & I never would've gotten rid of it.
It was very nice & light felt with a great bash..
maybe some day I'll find a 7 3/8 or 7 1/2...

Wow, Rick -- tough to part with that one, eh? It's a beauty. LOVE the ad! I'm a big fan of what I'll call the "mid-ribbon" -- a ribbon that's around 1" wide. I think it's a great look.

Cheers,
JtL

 

[MattC]

I had one

Just like Razzman's. Lost it last summer. Left it in a cab I think.

 

[Razzman]

Feraud, I really love those Lee's you posted. Beautiful colors. I'd love to find a gray one. I only have two gray hats, all the rest are different shades of brown.

 

[scotrace]

Mine did come today. Pics later. It's a neat olive color!

This is from another thread:

Hat brand names came from the experienced hatters that started the companies. John B. Stetson, Charles Knox, Frank H. Lee, H. Dewit Dobbs, John Cavanagh all fit the bill.
Lee was a huge company at one time. It produced hats for other store brands like Brent and Marathon. They did a huge business in low end hats but they were quite capable of producing high grade hats as well. Usually the wider the ribbon on a Lee the higher the grade of the hat---but not always as is the case with the Lee 100. Lee considered its base $5-7.50 hat (depending on the year) a "farmer hat." The farmer hat had a thin ribbon and a thinly bound edge. The accoutrements were cheaper. The sweatband and liner were not as high quality as their expensive models. As the scale went up in price the hat was a better dress hat on up to the 100.

 

[DanielJones]

Wow! That is one silky looking lid. It looks rather dashing & comfortable.

Nice size too!


Cheers!

Dan

 

[DBFedora]

Razzman and Feraud...

...great lookin' lids. Really like the look of a fine black fedora. Nice to see others who like it, too.

 

[Feraud]

Nice! I cannot wait to see it.

Mine did come today. Pics later. It's a neat olive color!

I have not had a black hat in many years and recently decided to broaden my horizons a bit.

...great lookin' lids. Really like the look of a fine black fedora. Nice to see others who like it, too.

 

[DBFedora]

Generally good to broaden horizons every now and then. Trust you'll find the right one for you, Feraud.:fedora:

 

[scotrace]

Here it is.

Forgive some of the blurring. The aspiring photog is 14.

It is a 7.5 long oval. The small liner, which I insisted on keeping, is badly oxydized. It was originally from Skydell's Dept. Store in Bridgeport, Conn.

Just back from Graham at Optimo in Chicago. They do fine work. From shipping it out to back in my hands, ten days.