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fedoralover

Call Me a Cab
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Great Northwest
+1 on the Stetson Traveler thrift store find.

Great to rescue such a deserving hat! Pictures of the inside, please.


Here are two. The felt on this Stetson is unlike any I've had before. It is amazingly soft and pliable. I doubt there is any stiffener in it. It there is, it isn't much.



This pic is a little fuzzy but it's readable.



fedoralover
 

Wild Toad

New in Town
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9
Location
Denver, CO
Today I found a Resistol Derby named "The Bicknell"
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10,585
Location
Boston area
Your wife is a beautiful woman. I'm not qualified to estimate the age, but it's OLD, and someone here will have a fairly definitive guess. Top hat and wife; BOTH keepers!!
 
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10,585
Location
Boston area
Blowing the cuteness meters off the charts here, Vic!!!

Please post a picture of the new hat on that cute little face when you pair them up.
 
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17,519
Location
Maryland
my wife just got me this gem does anyone know a way to date this hat?

Great find! It looks to be in good condition. If possible try to take some more detailed photos. It would be nice to have a better look at the Silk Plush, ribbon, sweatband and case. You can post the photos here.

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?36577-Toppers-Unite&highlight=toppers

I would say 1900 - 1920s but it's just my opinion. You may want to research the Herbert Johnson address and logo (on here and Google). There needs to be more data on English makers. I try to cover the German and Austrian makers.
 
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humanshoes

One Too Many
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1,446
Location
Tennessee
Okay, the man says he wants me to make him a bowler without the brim binding and no pencil curl. I say, why not, it's your dime. This is what we ended up with. Really just an open crown fedora with slight brim curl. Hey, he can always bash it later. IMG_2160.jpg IMG_2158.jpg IMG_2154.jpg
 

bowlerman

I'll Lock Up
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6,294
Location
South Dakota
I rather like the look of that one, humanshoes!

so many great new acquisitions, and little Dorothy Gale will surely love her new cowgirl hat!

Harv-- I meant to comment on that Wormser Texan before-- OUTSTANDING!
 

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