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[rlk]

Stan & Van Cotton Cap

 

[hatophile]

Nice ones Alex and Robert.

 

[alanfgag]

Capital!, RLK.

 

[Rodkins]

Nice ones Alex and Robert.

+1 - Very nice

 

[Blackthorn]

It may not be new, but it's new to me, a vintage Dobbs I recently bought from Ordinary Guy:

 

[scooter]

A couple new hats here that I picked up a short while ago. The first is an Adams Pacesetter, kind of a khaki brown color the label calls Serpent, interestingly enough. That would be one of cats, Sasha, as my supporting cast.

The second would be a Champ Californian, which is rather an olive drab more green hue, and unfortunately fell victim to moths at some point, as seen in the second and third pics. I'm thinking I can just replace the ribbon with a slightly wider one and cover the moths handiwork.

 

[feltfan]

This is a good picture of something I've been wondering about for a while. A couple of my older, thicker, denser hats have a divot like this.
I have always assumed they were moth bites, but there is something about them I like. You don't see divots like this in newer (50s and newer)
hats. See those sharp edges? No fraying at all. Straight and smooth.

I wonder if these are manufacturing errors, and not insect damage?

 

[suitedcboy]

No, definitely moth or other "bugs".
I have a couple of hats that got damaged after I owned them. One has a perfectly round pocket but not all the way through. The other has a few surface tracks that are little troughs. I have never caught a moth near my hats or found a larva eating on them.
I have had a Pendelton wool coat that also was chewed on in the same way.

 

[bowlerman]

It may not be new, but it's new to me, a vintage Dobbs I recently bought from Ordinary Guy:

I really like that one, blackthorn. Can you describe the color in detail? I ask because I have a Lee Trinity that looks to be a similar hue, a dark brown-grey that reflects some purple in direct sunlight, and I adore the felt color. It's a little too big for me so I sometimes look around for a hatter that carries this color, but find its subtleties hard to describe and recreate.

On that note [and off topic] I also tried on a really fantastic specimen of a Black velour Kevin McAndrew fedora with about a 2 1/8" cavanagh edge this afternoon. Drat the fact that it was also too big and more than I really wanted to pay for it! A very fine hat, for sure. That hurt a little.

 

[cookie]

Fab! Provenance?

 

[LoveMyHats2]

That is really nice, I like the cream white color. I have not yet owned one but this makes me want to start searching for one. Where did you find that, Cookie?

 

[GoldenEraFan]

Found this deadstock '40s-'50s panama hat while on my travels in Milwaukee Wisconsin. My friends vintage Telefunken Concertino Radio in the background.

 

[hatophile]

Sharp hat and a nice find GEF.

 

[alanfgag]

Sharp hat and a nice find GEF.

Yessiree... a keeper.

 

[Aureliano]

Optimo Mineral Velour. More in the Optimo thread.

 

[Blackthorn]

I really like that one, blackthorn. Can you describe the color in detail? I ask because I have a Lee Trinity that looks to be a similar hue, a dark brown-grey that reflects some purple in direct sunlight, and I adore the felt color. It's a little too big for me so I sometimes look around for a hatter that carries this color, but find its subtleties hard to describe and recreate.

On that note [and off topic] I also tried on a really fantastic specimen of a Black velour Kevin McAndrew fedora with about a 2 1/8" cavanagh edge this afternoon. Drat the fact that it was also too big and more than I really wanted to pay for it! A very fine hat, for sure. That hurt a little.

Bowlerman, I would call it a deep chocolate brown. I had to use sunlight to make it show up because in indoor pics, the flash just gets eaten up.

 

[fluteplayer07]

Optimo Mineral Velour. More in the Optimo thread.

That felt looks absolutely divine...

 

[Aureliano]

Thanks, Flute.

 

[Van De Laak]

It was made for the Outback Trading Company. I'm not sure what the name of the color is. The brim was a bit misshapen from shipping but I haven't had a chance to work with it because I have in-laws visiting.

http://thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=51082

I have the River Guide hat from that company... nice oilskin. Only minus... the sweatband is not very comfy.

http://www.google.com.hk/imgres?q=r...ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:13,s:33&biw=1280&bih=868

 

[hatophile]

Gray Stetson 3X Mode Edge from Ebay. $40, with no other bidders. I was surprised at that.