http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=120031176733&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=002I just won this and I am hoping that it is in fact an open road.
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OpenRoad??
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DanielJones
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Nice!:eusa_clap That one could even be a Stratoliner. Anything is possible.
Good catch i=on that one.
Cheers!
Dan
Good catch i=on that one.
Cheers!
Dan
ideaguy
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nice catch-man, Douglas-you have the eye! could be OR-what're the standard
measurements-and didn't they change at some point?:eusa_clap :eusa_clap
measurements-and didn't they change at some point?:eusa_clap :eusa_clap
GentlemanFarmer
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Could be, though you'll know when you see the whole sweatband. I thought ORs had a 2 3/4" brim.
McPeppers
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If its not there are a few ppl here who could use a 7 1/8 *points to self* ^_-
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Just based on the photo...
...I would guess it is an OR. It looks exactly like the one I won recently. Hope it works out--it looks like a fabulous hat.
...I would guess it is an OR. It looks exactly like the one I won recently. Hope it works out--it looks like a fabulous hat.
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I'm guessing that the seller's three-inch brim measurement is kinda rough. I got a slew of OR and OR-like lids and the widest brim in the bunch is two and seven-eighths inches. Yes, Mr. GentlemanFarmer, many I've seen are indeed right around two and three-quarters, but some are closer to two and five-eighths and even two and a half. Adam down in PDX posted something a few months back showing an OR with a brim that looked perhaps as narrow as two inches.
Some might think that making an issue of a quarter or even an eighth of an inch of brim width is kind of silly, but I'm tellin' ya, it makes a difference in the hat's overall effect. Several months ago I was wearing that relatively wide-brimmed OR as I was walking into the supermarket. A little guy--about two years old, I'd guess--had one of his hands held by his father (I assume) and with the other he pointed toward me. He said "cowboy!"
The young man was right. It DOES look a lot like a cowboy hat, even with its fedora pinch.
And, Douglas, I'm in agreement with McPeppers. I'm confident that you'd easily find a guy here who would gladly see to it you recouped your investment in that hat, should it come to that.
Some might think that making an issue of a quarter or even an eighth of an inch of brim width is kind of silly, but I'm tellin' ya, it makes a difference in the hat's overall effect. Several months ago I was wearing that relatively wide-brimmed OR as I was walking into the supermarket. A little guy--about two years old, I'd guess--had one of his hands held by his father (I assume) and with the other he pointed toward me. He said "cowboy!"
The young man was right. It DOES look a lot like a cowboy hat, even with its fedora pinch.
And, Douglas, I'm in agreement with McPeppers. I'm confident that you'd easily find a guy here who would gladly see to it you recouped your investment in that hat, should it come to that.
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Looks like a O R to me...
Great hat Douglas !!!
Great hat Douglas !!!
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Among my collection is one that looks a lot like the one you just bought, Douglas, which appears to have quite similar dimensions and ribbon and bow style and color. Mine even has the windstring, just like yours. Its brown leather sweatband says it's a 3X Stetson, but it doesn't say it's an Open Road. There's nothing to identify its model name. As far as I can tell, it IS an OR, but one that left the factory with an oddball sweatband.
Among my collection is one that looks a lot like the one you just bought, Douglas, which appears to have quite similar dimensions and ribbon and bow style and color. Mine even has the windstring, just like yours. Its brown leather sweatband says it's a 3X Stetson, but it doesn't say it's an Open Road. There's nothing to identify its model name. As far as I can tell, it IS an OR, but one that left the factory with an oddball sweatband.
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Open Road or bust! Go Douglas!
I'm now simply living for the day when every post on the Lounge is "I just won this" by DOUGLAS.
I'm now simply living for the day when every post on the Lounge is "I just won this" by DOUGLAS.
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RBH
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Is it an Open Road?
I think one way to tell if its an Open Road is that the Stratoliners are a lot thinner felt. I'm not sure of the "X" factor of the felt. My Strat just has Royal Stetson printed in it.
I think one way to tell if its an Open Road is that the Stratoliners are a lot thinner felt. I'm not sure of the "X" factor of the felt. My Strat just has Royal Stetson printed in it.
Thank you all for the moral support. I'm sure the hat will be fine and if it is not an OR then I will have to keep looking. If I am hogging The Forum with my new acquisitions just pass me a PM and I will try to pepper them a bit. I just get a bit excited about hats. The 3" brim does'nt bother me as I know measurements can be off.
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Douglas- we love looking at your hats.
you've got such beautiful ones.
It's not a problem.
you've got such beautiful ones.
It's not a problem.
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Douglas, let me say again, that if posting too many hat pictures were a problem, I'd have been booted off here months ago.
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DOUGLAS said:
You are right about that Douglas. The Resistol I had just won was advertised as a 7 1/2 but when it arrived it had shrunk to 7 1/8.
Sellers make mistakes just like buyers.
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I'd be bold enough to speak for the majority, Douglas
and say that we enjoy seeing the fruits of your on-line victories!
and say that we enjoy seeing the fruits of your on-line victories!
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DOUGLAS said:
Keep those pictures coming! (Look at all those Span-Am War shots I used to post.) At worst, I guess folks will just ignore them. But not your hats, Douglas, your right where the Lounge wants to be on fedoras, and the military hats are just a bonus!
dean
