OTHER THAN eBAY Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

[hatophile]

Wow, 3 grand for a wool hat?

 

[Landman]

Rick,

I'm just now seeing your Bulldogger. That is a very cool hat. Did it turn out to be as nice in person as it looks in the pictures?

 

[Strapped-4-Cache]

I visited some of the thrift stores in my area today in the hope of finding a hat in decent condition. I found a few wool fedoras, but nothing to fit my size 7 head. Even though I had no luck, the highlight of today's hunt was spotting a Knox Panama in pretty decent shape. Unfortunately, the 7 5/8 Long Oval is much too large for me. The hunt continues...

 

[Historyteach24]

http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=14709013 Stetson Whippet goes for less than 75 bucks on goodwill

 

[Rick Blaine]

Rick,

I'm just now seeing your Bulldogger. That is a very cool hat. Did it turn out to be as nice in person as it looks in the pictures?

Yessir!
It's a pip!

 

[CaramelSmoothie]

Waiting for these three to arrive. This pink one has a braid on top of it which I absolutely dislike, but the color of the hat and the style won me over. I think the braid is so distracting and wish the milliner didn't put it on it all those years ago. Maybe I will change my mind once I try it on:

https://www.etsy.com/transaction/162880239?ref=fb2_tnx_title

This is a BEAUTIFUL 20s wide brimmed hat from the same seller. I will be looking forward to wearing it next summer. I have about 2 other hats made by the same maker, Fahnley Hats:

https://www.etsy.com/transaction/162880240?ref=fb2_tnx_title

And this one, I am going to take the ostrich feathers out when I get it. Again, I don't like it and I think its too distracting from the beauty of the hat. This is an early 1930s slouch hat:

https://www.etsy.com/transaction/164263509?ref=fb2_tnx_title

 

[TheDane]

Waiting for these three to arrive.

Great hats, Smoothie! I agree, that the ostrich feather makes the cloche look a bit too Christmas tree like, but I'm not sure about the "shoe-lace" in the first. The feature may not add to the beauty, but it may be a fun little detail - depending on the wearer and her other clothing ("fun" is probably not the best translation, but I can't find other words right now. I don't mean "comic", if that helps)

Number two is really beautiful. I'm not shure how to handle the girl's face in the Fahnley logo, though ... a bit disturbing, if you ask me

Another great score. Congratulations

 

[CaramelSmoothie]

Great hats, Smoothie! I agree, that the ostrich feather makes the cloche look a bit too Christmas tree like, but I'm not sure about the "shoe-lace" in the first. The feature may not add to the beauty, but it may be a fun little detail - depending on the wearer and her other clothing ("fun" is probably not the best translation, but I can't find other words right now. I don't mean "comic", if that helps)

Number two is really beautiful. I'm not shure how to handle the girl's face in the Fahnley logo, though ... a bit disturbing, if you ask me

Another great score. Congratulations

I have to hope that the feathers can be removed without too much trouble. Wouldn't want to remove it and damage the hat. I'll know when it gets here.

I'm hoping that I'll like that shoelace when it arrives. Everytime I look at the picture of the hat, I grimace at how out of place it looks on the hat, but I have seen that style before. We'll see!

I noticed that funny looking girl on the logo too!, LOL. I wonder if she is modeled after a real person? But I do they make darn good hats that's for sure!

 

[Lotsahats]

You have an amazing eye--and luck--for hats, CS! I love seeing your discoveries.

A

 

[CaramelSmoothie]

You have an amazing eye--and luck--for hats, CS! I love seeing your discoveries.

A

Thank you!

 

[CaramelSmoothie]

Here is a link to the biography to the man behind Fahnley Hats. Mr. Frederick Fahnley. German immigrant who settled and established his wholesale millinery business in Indianapolis in the 1800s. But that logo seems to have been created in the 1920s going by the bob that the girl is wearing so he was long dead by then:

http://images.indianahistory.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/V0002&CISOPTR=2902&CISOBOX=1&REC=2

 

[Rick Blaine]

Etsy early am acquisition--> Stetson 25

:thumb:

 

[randooch]

Looking forward to your "after" pic. Nice grab.

 

[splintercellsz]

Etsy

Shuster Bros. Fedora. I am thinking pre 1930s for this one.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Nice one!

 

[ManofKent]

Very nice!

 

[Rick Blaine]

Looking forward to your "after" pic. Nice grab.

Returned it.

There was extensive tracking under the brim (could've lived w/ that) but the dealbreaker was a deep round moth hole, front & about 2 degrees off center.
Looked like a ZIT in the middle of my forehead -no way to hide THAT & I don't wanna try.

 

[Rick Blaine]

Thinkin' of Summer already





I got these two recently. The Lee on etsy the Stetson on eBay.
I always wanted to check out the Stetsons made just for the OLD Miller hats. Still suffers from SCS (Stetsonia Corona Sublimitas) aka Stetsons Low-Ass Crown Syndrome. Other than that, maybe a step or two above the Retro but still just a brisa. Panama Bob could exceed this in his sleep! Don't get me wrong, a nice hat I'll be wearing lots. I really like the faint crease atop the crown... as though it was once folded & rolled.

The LEE above, however, looks a winner. I love the blocky crown. But just how does Swiss Milan differ from, er, Milanese Milan? [huh]
Looks to be unworn. The flash pug may have worked in my favor, eh?

 

[Mike Alder]

I saw that early this morning. I'm glad someone in FL grabbed it.

 

[splintercellsz]

Great hauls fellas! Beautiful Milans!!

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