Stetson 5X Clear Beaver, 1942

[carouselvic]

Unusual that it has a non sewn sweatband with that label. The button hole binding is a nice touch.

 

[RossRYoung]

Thanks Vic. I assume its been resized, down unfortunately. The front to back of sweatband measurements are small, there’s 2 layers of tape on the unsown sweat seam, and the sweat resister has been cut.

The inside of the sweat does have the reorder number typed on it, but no trace of a LOT, which I also thought was a little strange. Second picture shows an unusual flaw also, the rear ribbon tail is stitched about half way down the tail. Would highly doubt it would leave factory like that.

 

[Jesse John]

Thanks Vic. I assume its been resized, down unfortunately. The front to back of sweatband measurements are small, there’s 2 layers of tape on the unsown sweat seam, and the sweat resister has been cut.

The inside of the sweat does have the reorder number typed on it, but no trace of a LOT, which I also thought was a little strange. Second picture shows an unusual flaw also, the rear ribbon tail is stitched about half way down the tail. Would highly doubt it would leave factory like that.


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Regardless of alteration that’s a heck of a dome!!