StoryPNW
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What I believe to be a Modern Stetson Whippet Excellent Quality showed up today. I really wish it was a 7 1/2 not a 7 1/8, the felt is nice and soft. It will be headed to Ebay shortly.
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moehawk
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Nice score!I just can't post today without following someone's outstanding hat. I'm talking about you @Randall Renshaw .
This was a new one for me. A Chelson. It appears to be from the 1950s, but that is just a guess based on the sweatband color. @DaveProc has ads from 1927 to 1946 in the Vintage Hat Ads from Newspapers thread, but I don't know if that covers all the range.
The lineage goes back to at least 1911 when they made straws as Charles Levy's Sons.
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Note the "CLS" in both logos. Perhaps "Chelson" is a play on Charles Levy's Sons.
1911:
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1920s: Note the "Exclusively Hand Made" that is also in the logo of the hat above.
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These lesser known makers are always fun to research.
When did the printer's bug on the union label go to the diagonal position? That might help to narrow down the date.
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Thanks Moe! From what I understand the diagonal bug is post mid-1940s.
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Carl Kellner Hamburg / R. M. Wegener, 55 cm, Over Welt, possibly mid to later 1950s. The Felt is a lighter Gray with contrasting Sliver White Band. Made under contract by R. M. Wegener for Carl Kellner Hamburg.
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J. Hückel´s Söhne "Flexible", FP 6, 157 grams, possibly later 1920s early 1930s. The Form has less taper so straighter sides. This Stiff Felt was made for Czech market. Post WWI JHS Stiff Felt Paper Label Type 1a.
Rmccamey
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I love those stiff felt hats that are also "flexible"!
J. Hückel´s Söhne "Flexible", FP 6, 157 grams, possibly later 1920s early 1930s. The Form has less taper so straighter sides. This Stiff Felt was made for Czech market. Post WWI JHS Stiff Felt Paper Label Type 1a.
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Randy, JHS also made "Flexible" Soft Felts.
Mighty44
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I have really been trying to stay off EBay lately but fell off the wagon this week and ended up with a hat I’ve wanted for awhile—a tan 1950s Stratoliner. It’s got a few miles on it, which I like as it makes it easier to slide it into the everyday rotation and not baby it too much.
Enjoy the weekend!
David
StoryPNW
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Nice find David! Looks great on you. I have my eye open for a Strat someday too.
Pellie
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I think most of us would have fallen off any wagon to get that one, David.
Nice catch!
Mighty44
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The Shoe
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Very nice.
Seems to be Stratoliners everywhere this morning.
Two cool additions to the collection, Steve. Great finds!J. Hückel´s Söhne "Flexible", FP 6, 157 grams, possibly later 1920s early 1930s. The Form has less taper so straighter sides. This Stiff Felt was made for Czech market. Post WWI JHS Stiff Felt Paper Label Type 1a.
Would have been tough to stay on the wagon with that one tempting you! Nice.
Never had a Peschel disappoint me. Good score, Marcel.
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Excellent addition
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Stefan, Thank you! The Carl Kellner / Wegener ended up being a sizing mistake on my end.
Snowman
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Nice find! Good luck not looking at the auctions. I just let a sweet Knox go because I had already bought three hats in the past week. My wife checks the mail and says “What’s this? Looks like another hat…”
Mighty44
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I know, thanks. It’s not the hat buying I mind so much it’s the time spent endlessly surfing eBay.
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Yamahana
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Good to know I’m not the only one. I could used to beat her home and grab the package, now with a ring door bell it’s useless. She’s the porch police.
