Post New Hats Here!

[deadlyhandsome]

Stetson Royal in the Whippet style. Size 7 1/2 long oval. 2 1/2” brim and 5 5/8” open crown. No label on the felt behind the leather sweatband.

 

[BobHufford]

Stetson Royal in the Whippet style

Nice looking hat Brent!

 

[Blare]

Boy ... I wish this Mallory Panama fit me. There is so much to like here. The straw color, the two-tone pug, the "texture" in the print on the lower section of the pug, the weave, the condition. Sigh ...

View attachment 439790

View attachment 439791

View attachment 439792

View attachment 439793

View attachment 439794

View attachment 439795

View attachment 439796

View attachment 439797

View attachment 439798

View attachment 439799

Quite nice. Looks like Mallory took great pride in their straws as well.

 

[Blare]

Another box had four hats in it. They were packed quite well inside a heavy old Dobbs hat box with lots of padding and a couple of small boxes cut and arranged to stop (or at least slow down) any crushing. Kudos to that auction house.

We'll start with this Lion Hats (a Langenberg brand). It does have some stains or mottling that I hope will clean up.

View attachment 439814

View attachment 439815

View attachment 439816

View attachment 439817

View attachment 439818

View attachment 439819

View attachment 439820

View attachment 439821

View attachment 439822

View attachment 439823

Great Lion there Bob.

 

[Blare]

Stetson Royal in the Whippet style. Size 7 1/2 long oval. 2 1/2” brim and 5 5/8” open crown. No label on the felt behind the leather sweatband.

View attachment 439957 View attachment 439958 View attachment 439959 View attachment 439960 View attachment 439961 View attachment 439962 View attachment 439963 View attachment 439964 View attachment 439965

Yes.. very much Whippet style and proportions. Maybe right after the initial run ended?

 

[BobHufford]

Quite nice. Looks like Mallory took great pride in their straws as well.

Great Lion there Bob.

Thanks Joe!

 

[steur]

And, what was probably original to the Dobbs box, this lord's hat (my first!) with a Cavanagh Edge. Not willing to check behind the sweat for a tag until I condition it. According to the Hatted Professor this hat is likely from the mid-1930s based on the liner rondel and the "Improved Cavanagh Edge" debossment. Once I can get a look at the factory sticker I'll share it.

View attachment 439845

View attachment 439846

View attachment 439847

View attachment 439848

View attachment 439849

View attachment 439850

View attachment 439851

View attachment 439852

View attachment 439853

View attachment 439854

That's a fabulous haul of hats, Bob.

 

[BobHufford]

That's a fabulous haul of hats, Bob.

Thanks Stefan!

 

[GHT]

https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/the-great-british-hat-makers.66592/page-31#post-2930548
Scroll down on the British Hat Makers link, the hat in the last post, the Lock & Co brown fedora, has found a new home.
You can see more of it in this thread: https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/what-hat-are-you-wearing-today.94860/page-2931

 

[Scooterz]

Estate sale find. Resistol Sky Fleet by Harry Rolnick.

 

[BobHufford]

Resistol Sky Fleet by Harry Rolnick.

Great find Scott!

 

[steur]

Borsalino Misto Maroso. Size 59 with the brim at 5cm and the crown at 11cm at the center dent. More in tne Borsalino thread.

 

[nvilletele]

This just in: Biltmore Casa Blanca Panama hat.

This is another of Biltmore‘s upper-mid grade Panamas.

When it arrived it had a pronounced upturned brim, but I worked on it for a day and started out trying to get a nice almost-pencil roll sort of brim edge, though I stopped before getting quite all the way there. I had thought of flattening the base of the brim more, but kind of like it with a little upwards curve on the sides.

 

[St.Ignatz]

Not a new hat but hat related. Took a chance on a hat gauge. Fast delivery but a full size discrepancy or worse on measurements. The return process should be an adventure.
Tom D.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Not a new hat but hat related. Took a chance on a hat gauge. Fast delivery but a full size discrepancy or worse on measurements. The return process should be an adventure.
Tom D. View attachment 440513

I have one too and mine reads smaller than the true size. On soft hats the difference is small, but on stiff hats the difference is considerably more. The longer the oval the less accurate it is too. I still find it useful and just know to compensate for the discrepancies.

 

[Who?]

Measure every centimeter and make up an error graph.

 

[St.Ignatz]

That's pretty much the plan. I'm an ELO so the inaccuracies are from 1 to 1.25. My wife is 6 7/8 to 7 1/8 I'm 7 1/2+1/6th. I was offered a partial refund, amount as yet undetermined, which I'll probably take. Fortunately the underside of the device has room for chart. The arc looks to be a perfect size for a CD label template.

Tom D.

 

[M Hatman]

One of those new Ultra Light Stratoliners.........It's ok I guess......especially after I re-blocked it and creased it the way I wanted. It has a nice heathered appearance but also a bit of the "Cat Slept ON it and IN it" look.

Will post more about it in the Modern Stratoliner page......

 

[deadlyhandsome]

That's pretty much the plan. I'm an ELO so the inaccuracies are from 1 to 1.25. My wife is 6 7/8 to 7 1/8 I'm 7 1/2+1/6th. I was offered a partial refund, amount as yet undetermined, which I'll probably take. Fortunately the underside of the device has room for chart. The arc looks to be a perfect size for a CD label template.

Tom D.

ELO…Electric Light Orchestra? Somehow that doesn’t seem to fit.

 

[St.Ignatz]

I have one too and mine reads smaller than the true size. On soft hats the difference is small, but on stiff hats the difference is considerably more. The longer the oval the less accurate it is too. I still find it useful and just know to compensate for the discrepancies.

Odd thing is that when circumference of a selected size is measured on the devise it's dead on the nose. There must be too much play in the guides.

I think I've inflicted enough abuse on this poor steed. I'll let it rest in peace.
Tom D.