Stratoliner hat pin "Update 'Pins for sale"

[RBH]

Here is a closeup from a 1941 Stetson Stratoliner ad. I would assume that this shows the correct way to position the airplane pin on the ribbon.
Does anyone know for sure?

Thanks...

 

[MattC]

Where to find the pins

Anybody know? I have a few Stratoliners, but none with pins.

 

[Zemke Fan]

Hang tight, boys...

We're now working on two pins for sale here on the FL -- A Stratoliner AND a DC-3. Thought we were ALSO going to do a Connie, but the damn pin was WAY too big! Give me an idea of how many ya'll would like. Looks to me like it's going to be $25 each or two for $42.50. They'd be in .925 sterling. -- ZF

 

[RBH]

Hey Zemke Fan

I have been keeping it under my hat .. ha ha
But now that you have let it out I want to be sure I am the 1st for two of the Strat pins.
Do you know the correct position of the pins?

 

[Mr_Misanthropy]

I'd assume that the way displayed in the ad is the correct way. What is the significance of these pins? Are they only for specific brands of hat or what? Please educate me or direct me to a helpful thread. Thanks!

Edit - OK, I found a post about the hat.. but how did the pin come to be? Did they just come with the hat? Sorry this is a bit... fftopic:

 

[RBH]

.. but how did the pin come to be? Did they just come with the hat?

Maybe someone that knows more than I do will correct me if need be.
But I assume the pin was put on the hat as a marketing ploy. Also as a way to seperate the Stratoliner from the Open Road. As both hats were so much alike, with only the Stratoliner being avaliable in more colors.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Do you know the correct position of the pins?

If there is a correct pin position, it would probably be as seen on the hat below. After all, this is a Stratoliner advertisement:

 

[Mr_Misanthropy]

And not that it's worth much, but that's where I place hat pins on hats anyways. I don't think it'd look right anywhere else.

 

[RBH]

OK, I found a post about the hat.. but how did the pin come to be? Did they just come with the hat? :

This from the 1941 ad

 

[RBH]

Just wanting to have it right.

This from the ad;

this from a pic here on the forum:

Just wondering which one is right, or does it matter?

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Gotta love that line, "You and I must have at least five hats apiece. Men should have more hats."

Implying, I guess, that the average American man owned less than five hats. Interesting!


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[Marc Chevalier]

Just wondering which one is right, or does it matter?

I doubt it mattered then or now. Just as men individualized their hats via crown dents and brim taper, they may have also individualized the positioning of the airplane pin.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

With my sick sense of humor, I'd have the airplane pinned nose down.

 

[RBH]

I doubt it mattered then or now. Just as men individualized their hats via crown dents and brim taper, they may have also individualized the positioning of the airplane pin.

Thanks.

 

[Tony in Tarzana]

Am I the only one who thinks the guy in the ad looks like a young Dean Stockwell?

(I know it ain't him, he was a toddler in '41.)

 

[SHARPETOYS]

Just a note I'd buy one in pure silver... Thanks!

 

[Bargepole]

Pin position

Nose just dropping through the vertical in a nifty stall turn...

Put me down for one of each, silver.

 

[RBH]

DC-3

What hat did the DC-3 go on ?
Were there other hats besides the Stratoliner that had airplane pins that came on them ?

 

[MG-B]

Put me down for a Stratoliner pin

Put me down for a silver Stratoliner pin as well. Just got my Strat back from a little rehabbing by Art and it looks like new! May as well complete the look with the pin. Thanks!

 

[Zemke Fan]

Further update(s)...

1. Sent the DC-3 and Stratoliner pins to my contact in Indiana. Will have prototypes back soon.
2. DC-3 did NOT as I understand it go on a hat like the stratoliner.
3. So, that means that hep-cats in the know could wear it on ANY hat.
4. And, they could do so while supporting the Fedora Lounge!
5. So far, I count firm orders for 4 Stratoliners in the first batch. Any more?

Please advise. ZF

BTW, welcome, MG-B. Where in Central Penn? I've got a big client at PSU and other clients in Bradford, Marienville, Brookville, and Kane.