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Jeremiah

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Montana
I came by this today.
P1210482 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
Borsalino
P1210492 by Michael A2012, on Flickr
It is, unfortunately, too big for my small head.
P1210483 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
But at least I get to sample the felt in person.
P1210484 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
P1210490 by Michael A2012, on Flickr
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Can anyone tell me how old this might be?

Michael
Nice Michael. Can you use spacers? Anyway. I think that is late 50s to early 60s.
 

Michael A

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Nice Michael. Can you use spacers? Anyway. I think that is late 50s to early 60s.

I think I can space it out to wear, but not on the bike. Ha ha.

My other new hat of the day fits better. Mallory stingy
P1210487 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr

Or is that super stingy?

P1210486 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr

P1210485 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr

P1210488 by Michael A2012, on Flickr

I think I can live with it. This one is lightly heathered with what looks like silverbelly on dark brown.

Michael
 
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Albany Oregon
Ottmar Reich, measures 58cm, probably 1920s. Interesting bow design and very light weight. I really like this type of Stiff Straw Hat. I think it's a Ecuadorian or Colombian straw + weave but could be Asian. Old German Straw Hats are very difficult finds so very happy to find this one. Ottmar Reich was located in Lindenberg, Germany (was a major Straw Hat center) and the old factory building is now the Deutsche Hutmuseum (German Hat Museum).

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Old Cork Spacer that was behind the sweatband. Never seen one this wide before.

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Very nice! I like the ribbon treatment, different.
 
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Michael A

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Beautiful! How come you have all the luck?

Not purely luck Red. I'm retired and I ride my bike for exercise. So I generally stop at 3 thrift stores and a consignment shop or two four or five days a week. It's an avocation prompted by some need for motivation to get my exercise. I might guess that if you did the same in your town you would have as good of or better 'luck" as I do. I admit I have better luck with hats than with genuine vintage clothes, which I would also like to find.

Michael
 
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Albany Oregon
Not purely luck Red. I'm retired and I ride my bike for exercise. So I generally stop at 3 thrift stores and a consignment shop or two four or five days a week. It's an avocation prompted by some need for motivation to get my exercise. I might guess that if you did the same in your town you would have as good of or better 'luck" as I do. I admit I have better luck with hats than with genuine vintage clothes, which I would also like to find.

Michael
I would probably have some success with vintage clothes. Living in a smallish town, the hat supply has been mostly baseball caps. I keep looking and hoping though.
 
Nice Michael. Can you use spacers? Anyway. I think that is late 50s to early 60s.
SWEET!!! I only have occasional luck in my size (7 1/2). I have picked up some like new, really nice "triliby's" and homburg/triliby crossovers. They look best when I wear a suit or sportcoat and my trademark bowtie. Only one hat from the 50's (a real nice Stetson "hunt club" in a wonderful gray fur mix). It is a great all around hat. I keep hoping for a nice whippet style in my size but alas....no luck. But I keep up the chase..
Again, Great finds!!
M
 

Chamuco

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Location
Guadalajara Mexico
Ottmar Reich, measures 58cm, probably 1920s. Interesting bow design and very light weight. I really like this type of Stiff Straw Hat. I think it's a Ecuadorian or Colombian straw + weave but could be Asian. Old German Straw Hats are very difficult finds so very happy to find this one. Ottmar Reich was located in Lindenberg, Germany (was a major Straw Hat center) and the old factory building is now the Deutsche Hutmuseum (German Hat Museum).

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Old Cork Spacer that was behind the sweatband. Never seen one this wide before.

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Thats a beauty, but I might be influenced by,my love for wide ribbons.....beautiful..

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Chamuco

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Guadalajara Mexico
My new Alley Kat has arrived!!!

Pecan with 2 3/4 Brim.

Tim did an excellent job. The brim can be formed anyway and the hat is sooooo soft. Wonderful work. He put so much time into this hat, and you can tell.

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This is it with a feather....
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Just a wonderful hat. I couldn't be more proud.


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Real nice hat !!! Congrats !!!

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2075rami

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Albuquerque, NM
The antique shops have been good to me lately. Found a gray Adam Premier Quality Harvard '40 that was marked $27. As I was trying it on, the vendor for that booth walked up and said she'd mark it down if I was interested. I looked it over some more, and she said she could do $16. No way I was leaving it behind for that price! Lol!

Two gray hats in two weeks for $31 total! I'll call that a bargain!
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