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

Just Daniel

One Too Many
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I picked them up! Pretty sweet.

The Vogue is a rare hat, and although I think one of the past members here has one a lot more colorful this one will go nicely in the collection.

The Imperial will probably replace a 50s Sovereign long hair I've got. I haven't had much luck with lighter color long hair Stetsons, so this is pretty nice.

(actually looking at the Sovereign, it's a really light, almost silver hat. I might not be able to move that one along even if I am trying to cut down my collection)


I hope someone here got these as my morning got away from me and I missed the end of the auction (I had a chance for free oak logs that a logger up the hill on National Forest property was leaving behind as they were too short or just not enough for him to load and make a run with his semi-truck -- I had until today to get them out of there and have been working on cutting / hauling for three days).

The sizes are unknown, but I'm still pretty bummed.

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Stetson Royal Deluxe "Vogue".

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Stetson Imperial.

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Location
Central California
From my friend Jonathan @TheOldFashioned

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wsmontana

Practically Family
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517
Location
Montana
Partial victory here for this Resistol BR Western Natural Beaver “80”.

The good: the felt is excellent quality and in good condition with minor stains that should clean up. Also, the hat fits me well.

The bad: the snakeskin hatband was partially glued down and there is some glue residue on the felt. The original thin ribbon is toast with ends trimmed and much glue residue.

I think I can safely remove most of the glue residue from the felt but not sure if I can get it all without damage. I don’t like the snakeskin hat band for this hat (I’ll likely put on one of my Akubras) so I need to find an appropriate replacement once I see the glue situation.

Does anyone have a good source for the two ply thin ribbon?

Bill

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Messages
19,001
Location
Central California
Partial victory here for this Resistol BR Western Natural Beaver “80”.

The good: the felt is excellent quality and in good condition with minor stains that should clean up. Also, the hat fits me well.

The bad: the snakeskin hatband was partially glued down and there is some glue residue on the felt. The original thin ribbon is toast with ends trimmed and much glue residue.

I think I can safely remove most of the glue residue from the felt but not sure if I can get it all without damage. I don’t like the snakeskin hat band for this hat (I’ll likely put on one of my Akubras) so I need to find an appropriate replacement once I see the glue situation.

Does anyone have a good source for the two ply thin ribbon?

Bill

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https://purebeaverhatsupply.com/collections/catalog/products/ply-cord-hat-band
 

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