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[Blare]

Custom from Northwest:

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More in the Northwest thread.

Tremendous

 

[steur]

Custom from Northwest:

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More in the Northwest thread.

Beautiful western, Brent. I really like the way the brim curl is done; not as easy as it seems!

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Beautiful western, Brent. I really like the way the brim curl is done; not as easy as it seems!

Thanks, Stefan. Northwest isn’t the place I go for fedoras or softer vintage-like westerns, but he’s The Man for modern firm westerns. His brim edge curling is perfect.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

The Stetson Special homburg in size 7 ½

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Royal Stetson DeLuxe thin ribbon similar to the Stratoliner but not marked as such. 2 ¾” bound edge brim and 5 ½” crown. There is some significant sun bleaching on the top portion of the crown. I’d say late 1940s to early 1950s.

This was the hat the seller on eBay listed as a Flagship. Aside from the sun bleaching, the hat is fantastic. The felt is thin and very shapable.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Cavanagh (more in the Cavanagh thread):

 

[The Lost Cowboy]

Royal Stetson DeLuxe thin ribbon similar to the Stratoliner but not marked as such. 2 ¾” bound edge brim and 5 ½” crown. There is some significant sun bleaching on the top portion of the crown. I’d say late 1940s to early 1950s.

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This was the hat the seller on eBay listed as a Flagship. Aside from the sun bleaching, the hat is fantastic. The felt is thin and very shapable.

Is this hat blue? It is an interesting bleaching effect - very similar to what’s happening with my navy blue Northwest hat. I wonder if the blue dye is just particularly prone to bleaching?

All the indigo clothing in north Thailand (where indigo is used often) bleaches very quickly and I always thought this was due to poor quality dying processes/materials. Now I wonder if it’s just inevitable.

I saw another vintage blue hat on eBay recently with what looks like similar bleaching. Hard to tell, it could just be the light, but (again) it reminds me of my Northwest.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Is this hat blue? It is an interesting bleaching effect - very similar to what’s happening with my navy blue Northwest hat. I wonder if the blue dye is just particularly prone to bleaching?

All the indigo clothing in north Thailand (where indigo is used often) bleaches very quickly and I always thought this was due to poor quality dying processes/materials. Now I wonder if it’s just inevitable.

I saw another vintage blue hat on eBay recently with what looks like similar bleaching. Hard to tell, it could just be the light, but (again) it reminds me of my Northwest.

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From some of my photos I can see why you would think the felt was blue. Felt colors can be very hard to accurately capture. The felt is definitely tan and not blue. I’d love to know this hat’s history to understand how the bleaching took place.

 

[The Lost Cowboy]

From some of my photos I can see why you would think the felt was blue. Felt colors can be very hard to accurately capture. The felt is definitely tan and not blue. I’d love to know this hat’s history to understand how the bleaching took place.

Oh, well that throws sand in the face of my blue dye theory. I still can't say why my Northwester is bleaching. It's obviously nothing Mike did since it came from the factory dyed. But I am hesitant now to go for any more blue hats. I've seen some nice navies coming out of the Gannon shop as well.

Excellent lids, by the way. You come up with the best finds.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Oh, well that throws sand in the face of my blue dye theory. I still can't say why my Northwester is bleaching. It's obviously nothing Mike did since it came from the factory dyed. But I am hesitant now to go for any more blue hats. I've seen some nice navies coming out of the Gannon shop as well.

Excellent lids, by the way. You come up with the best finds.

I have several blue hats, but I don’t wear any of them enough to opine on how the dye holds up with use and exposure. I can’t say I’ve noticed bleaching on my vintage blue hats, but then I don’t know their stories so all I can do is guess.

 

[drmaxtejeda]

The Stetson Special homburg in size 7 ½

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Wow, Brent! That going to eBay?

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Wow, Brent! That going to eBay?

Yep. I listed it yesterday, but set a delay for it to go active this evening.

 

[drmaxtejeda]

My Optimo blue hats have kept their color.

Oh, well that throws sand in the face of my blue dye theory. I still can't say why my Northwester is bleaching. It's obviously nothing Mike did since it came from the factory dyed. But I am hesitant now to go for any more blue hats. I've seen some nice navies coming out of the Gannon shop as well.

Excellent lids, by the way. You come up with the best finds.

 

[drmaxtejeda]

I just picked up a batch of finished hats from Ignacio. Cleaning, resizing, conforming, etc.
First hat an excellent Alley Kat. Big and heavy FEPSA beaver. Big enough for Joao

 

[drmaxtejeda]

Yep. I listed it yesterday, but set a delay for it to go active this evening.

Is it blue, or gray?

 

[drmaxtejeda]

Second hat, Royal Stetson with a wonderful color and a ribbon like I'd never seen before. Really soft, and in my size! OPS tag

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Is it blue, or gray?

Gray…mostly.

 

[drmaxtejeda]

Third, a Limpia Creek Limpia 100 from Randy. I don't know why he let it go, but I'm glad he did.

 

[drmaxtejeda]

Gray…mostly.

Oh! It looked light blue on my screen

 

[drmaxtejeda]

Fourth, an Optimo that was so big (62.75) and had such a narrow brim the seller had trouble selling it, so I got it cheap. I gained about half an inch (1/8 inch for each size).
It is really soft, no stiffener I can feel, which is unusual for an Optimo. Yellow liner, so has to be 100 beaver, at least.
A "before" pic at the end.