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[BobHufford]

Can you suggest an alternate way to get pics up here?

When composing your post click on "More Options" and then on "Upload a File". Browse to find your photo, select it, choose full image or thumbnail (full image preferred). You might have to resize the image if the Lounge tells you it's too big.

 

[Kiowa Bill]

I'm not sure what you mean by "Tapatalk won't download to my machine." I post my photos directly from the Tapatalk app on my phone without going through any "machine."

It's a tablet. The tapatalk app keeps saying "download pending". Every time I try to download it.

 

[Kiowa Bill]

OK. Thanks. It worked, I think. Thanks Bob. a Beaver brand "100 percent pure beaver fur". Off eBay for $39.

 

[Kiowa Bill]

Lot more pics than I meant.

 

[Frunobulax]

Lot more pics than I meant.

More = better.


Sent directly from my mind to yours.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Lot more pics than I meant.

Great looking hat.

 

[Kiowa Bill]

Thanks guys. It's outside, along with a Bailey "Beaver Fifty" I also got off eBay, for $27.50. Hosed them off in the sink and letting them dry in the fresh air. Hope I did OK on the prices, I think I did but I've been wrong before.

 

[BobHufford]

Thanks. If you find something that works for you I love to hear it.

Haven't tried it yet, but I picked up this "Christmas Lights" storage container that has a curved base that I think will keep some of the "silt" out of the way of the hat. The dimensions are better for keeping the hat's shape as well. I figured it would take more fuel to use, so I stocked up (at half the price of Coleman fuel).

 

[Kiowa Bill]

Great looking hat.

Thanks. Reshaped the crown and brim some. Will post more pics after I'm done with it. Waiting for a new stretcher to get here. Have to go from 7 to 1/8. Shouldn't be hard. It has the smoothest felt I have felt in a long time.

 

[Steve1857]

Wow! What an interesting piece of Stetson history. Perfect back bow, late 1950s? Not my style (yet), but I love everything about this hat.

You and me both Redfokker.
I was thinking late 50s early 60s too due to the back bow. When did the back bow go out of fashion? Be interesting to know.

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[steur]

Nice hat rescue, Stefan. I can see why you were drawn to the colour, cool. I'd keep the brim up and wear it as a pork pie. Love the back bow, too.

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Wow! What an interesting piece of Stetson history. Perfect back bow, late 1950s? Not my style (yet), but I love everything about this hat.

Steve, Mike, thank you!

 

[mayserwegener]

This one was part of friday's haul, but not a Borsalino. Wouldn't know which Stetson thread to put this in, so here it is. Don't know why I bought this but it was unrecognizable when I found it. It looked like it had been run over by a truck, but I liked the colour. After brushing and steaming this came out. Royal Stetson made under license in Germany especially for Hut Zeumer. These licensed Stetson hats are not all that common. I have a few from England (different licensee) but this one is my first German one. Size 57 with an overwelt brim at 5,5cm and porkpie like crown at 10 cm. Backbow ribbon. The hat has Trachten influences like the back bow and the way it's shaped. Interesting piece, but not my style. Don't really know what to do with it.

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Stefan, Nice find! This hat was made by Mayser under license and a later one (my guess mid 1970s or 1980s). I can't remember when Mayser stopped making Stetson hats but they acquired the license in 1954.

Here is a Mayser Stetson date stamped 1958.

http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/3-mayser-hutfabrik/#entry189

Here is a later Mayser Stetson.

http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/3-mayser-hutfabrik/page-2#entry349

 

[steur]

Stefan, Nice find! This hat was made by Mayser under license and a later one (my guess mid 1970s or 1980s). I can't remember when Mayser stopped making Stetson hats but they acquired the license in 1954.

Here is a Mayser Stetson date stamped 1958.

http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/3-mayser-hutfabrik/#entry189

Here is a later Mayser Stetson.

http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/3-mayser-hutfabrik/page-2#entry349

Steve, thanks. It was the first German made Stetson I've encountered. The colour somehow says seventies to me. I think I found a good home for it.

 

[Cornshucker77]

Haven't tried it yet, but I picked up this "Christmas Lights" storage container that has a curved base that I think will keep some of the "silt" out of the way of the hat. The dimensions are better for keeping the hat's shape as well. I figured it would take more fuel to use, so I stocked up (at half the price of Coleman fuel).

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Looks like it would work fine. I'm curious to know how much fuel yo will need.

 

[Redfokker]

You and me both Redfokker.
I was thinking late 50s early 60s too due to the back bow. When did the back bow go out of fashion? Be interesting to know.

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From about 1955 to the end of the 50s. I have not found a 1960s back bow. Style had changed.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

Haven't tried it yet, but I picked up this "Christmas Lights" storage container that has a curved base that I think will keep some of the "silt" out of the way of the hat. The dimensions are better for keeping the hat's shape as well. I figured it would take more fuel to use, so I stocked up (at half the price of Coleman fuel).

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Greeting All: Hey Bob, that Sterilite will work great. Just don’t leave the fuel in it for days. I’ve used them without problems but wondered about the reaction of their plastic type with fuel. Worried about the plastic going aquaeous and then drying on my hats. I had 18-24 hrs without trouble. Just a thought.
Be well. Bowen

 

[BobHufford]

Greeting All: Hey Bob, that Sterilite will work great. Just don’t leave the fuel in it for days. I’ve used them without problems but wondered about the reaction of their plastic type with fuel. Worried about the plastic going aquaeous and then drying on my hats. I had 18-24 hrs without trouble. Just a thought.
Be well. Bowen

Thanks Bowen. I don't usually leave the hats in very long and return the (filtered) fuel back to the can.

 

[Steve1857]

From about 1955 to the end of the 50s. I have not found a 1960s back bow. Style had changed.

Thanks Red. I was thinking more or less the same. No later than the very beginning of the 60s at least. Nice to have it confirmed. Those back bows just look so 50s.

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[Cornshucker77]

Thanks guys. It's outside, along with a Bailey "Beaver Fifty" I also got off eBay, for $27.50. Hosed them off in the sink and letting them dry in the fresh air. Hope I did OK on the prices, I think I did but I've been wrong before.

I like the prices you paid. Whenever you get a hat you like for a price you like, you did well.

 

[Cornshucker77]

This one was part of friday's haul, but not a Borsalino. Wouldn't know which Stetson thread to put this in, so here it is. Don't know why I bought this but it was unrecognizable when I found it. It looked like it had been run over by a truck, but I liked the colour. After brushing and steaming this came out. Royal Stetson made under license in Germany especially for Hut Zeumer. These licensed Stetson hats are not all that common. I have a few from England (different licensee) but this one is my first German one. Size 57 with an overwelt brim at 5,5cm and porkpie like crown at 10 cm. Backbow ribbon. The hat has Trachten influences like the back bow and the way it's shaped. Interesting piece, but not my style. Don't really know what to do with it.

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You did a wonderful job bringing it back to life.