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Thank you!Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous. Everything about this hat is gorgeous.
Thank you!Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous. Everything about this hat is gorgeous.
Looks great, Nathan, and suits you well.Penney’s Marathon 5x whipstitch.
I like this hat very much - it might be my new favorite 2-1/4 inch brim. The felt is easy to shape and has the same suede finish as my Gay Prince and Knox Alcazar; however, the felt is a bit denser and more stable than both of those models.
Also, somehow the smaller brim works better for me - both the other brims are 2-3/4. These hats give me the impression of a wealthy man relaxing in a well-to-do hunting lodge and the smaller brim suits that imagery better.
I suppose I should finally hang my bear head now.
This was $15.00 back in the day - cost me $43 all in last week. Other than a few slight stains it is in excellent condition.
This is only my second Marathon but I remain very impressed.
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Thank you brother. Happy New Year to you, my friend!Looks great, Nathan, and suits you well.
Great hat, Nathan. I’d venture a guess that $15 was pretty penny to throw around on a hat at J.C. Penney’s in the late 50s early 60s.Penney’s Marathon 5x whipstitch.
I like this hat very much - it might be my new favorite 2-1/4 inch brim. The felt is easy to shape and has the same suede finish as my Gay Prince and Knox Alcazar; however, the felt is a bit denser and more stable than both of those models.
Also, somehow the smaller brim works better for me - both the other brims are 2-3/4. These hats give me the impression of a wealthy man relaxing in a well-to-do hunting lodge and the smaller brim suits that imagery better.
I suppose I should finally hang my bear head now.
This was $15.00 back in the day - cost me $43 all in last week. Other than a few slight stains it is in excellent condition.
This is only my second Marathon but I remain very impressed.
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Thanks Joe. Yes, I’m sure $15 was a good sum back then - certainly not commiserate with the $43 I paid for it.Great hat, Nathan. I’d venture a guess that $15 was pretty penny to throw around on a hat at J.C. Penney’s in the late 50s early 60s.
Looks great—kind of Robin Hoodish!Penney’s Marathon 5x whipstitch.
I like this hat very much - it might be my new favorite 2-1/4 inch brim. The felt is easy to shape and has the same suede finish as my Gay Prince and Knox Alcazar; however, the felt is a bit denser and more stable than both of those models.
Also, somehow the smaller brim works better for me - both the other brims are 2-3/4. These hats give me the impression of a wealthy man relaxing in a well-to-do hunting lodge and the smaller brim suits that image better.
I suppose I should finally hang my bear head now.
This was $15.00 back in the day - cost me $43 all in last week. Other than a few slight stains it is in excellent condition.
This is only my second Marathon but I remain very impressed.
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Thank! So you get that woodsman/huntsman vibe as well? I remember when I first saw these they reminded me somehow of Daniel Boone.Looks great—kind of Robin Hoodish!
Looks great. I was never a fan of these hats with the felt on felt and the thick whipstitch, but I’ve seen a few examples of late (yours included) that are making me rethink my position.Penney’s Marathon 5x whipstitch.
I like this hat very much - it might be my new favorite 2-1/4 inch brim. The felt is easy to shape and has the same suede finish as my Gay Prince and Knox Alcazar; however, the felt is a bit denser and more stable than both of those models.
Also, somehow the smaller brim works better for me - both the other brims are 2-3/4. These hats give me the impression of a wealthy man relaxing in a well-to-do hunting lodge and the smaller brim suits that image better.
I suppose I should finally hang my bear head now.
This was $15.00 back in the day - cost me $43 all in last week. Other than a few slight stains it is in excellent condition.
This is only my second Marathon but I remain very impressed.
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I have to admit that I am only slowly getting under these whipstitch hats. There was a time when I really wanted a Gay Prince but when I finally got mine it just didn’t feel right. Not sure why - maybe the aesthetic is too unique for me to feel comfortable wearing it out. I have actually considered selling it on.Looks great. I was never a fan of these hats with the felt on felt and the thick whipstitch, but I’ve seen a few examples of late (yours included) that are making me rethink my position.
Nice catch! I like the look of the whip stitching around the brim...and I'm definitely a fan of the smaller brim on that one. It suits you well.Penney’s Marathon 5x whipstitch.
I like this hat very much - it might be my new favorite 2-1/4 inch brim. The felt is easy to shape and has the same suede finish as my Gay Prince and Knox Alcazar; however, the felt is a bit denser and more stable than both of those models.
Also, somehow the smaller brim works better for me - both the other brims are 2-3/4. These hats give me the impression of a wealthy man relaxing in a well-to-do hunting lodge and the smaller brim suits that image better.
I suppose I should finally hang my bear head now.
This was $15.00 back in the day - cost me $43 all in last week. Other than a few slight stains it is in excellent condition.
This is only my second Marathon but I remain very impressed.
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Seems a reasonable estimate and there were sure a lot of $15 and $20 hats sold in that era. I just meant that Penney’s being a bit of a popular price establishment…. A $15 hat was probably a fairly premium item for their shelves. Im not sure but do feel like I remember @drmaxtejeda finding a Fifty or 100 JC Penney hat and we joked that thing probably stayed behind glass till the stores closed!Thanks Joe. Yes, I’m sure $15 was a good sum back then - certainly not commiserate with the $43 I paid for it.
Let’s see, according to my old man, a coke and a candy bar was somewhere in the ball park of a dime when he was a kid (in Mississippi, at least). Today it’s what, $2.00? So that’s a 20x mark-up meaning $15 is equal to about $300 dollars today? That feels like it could be about right.
Gotcha. I never had a good feel for Penney's. We were out of the country a lot as I was growing up and by the time I got back to the US as an adult Penney's had closed its doors. I definitely feel you on the 50s and 100s, though - I can imagine what that kind of money must have meant even to a middle class family.Seems a reasonable estimate and there were sure a lot of $15 and $20 hats sold in that era. I just meant that Penney’s being a bit of a popular price establishment…. A $15 hat was probably a fairly premium item for their shelves. Im not sure but do feel like I remember @drmaxtejeda finding a Fifty or 100 JC Penney hat and we joked that thing probably stayed behind glass till the stores closed!
An aside:Gotcha. I never had a good feel for Penney's. We were out of the country a lot as I was growing up and by the time I got back to the US as an adult Penney's had closed its doors. I definitely feel you on the 50s and 100s, though - I can imagine what that kind of money must have meant even to a middle class family.
What's that saying I read somewhere on the Lounge: don't spend more than a day's wages on boots and more than a week's wages on a hat? Sound advice back in a time when it was easy to walk into a hat shop and spend big money on a beautiful hat - money your family needed for other things. Might have been a big temptation for a lot of guys.
In 1965 a Pontiac GTO with the optional 389 Tri-Power V8 engine cost $2800. In 1964 the GTO was not yet a model of it’s own but rather an optional package you could order on the LeMans 2dr post for a few hundred dollars.A new car cost you about $850 in the 40’s, about $1500-2000 in the 50’s.