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The Other Open Roads.....

DaveProc

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Alright hivemind, attached is a pic from September 1941 of the Stetson Southerner and the Open Road from 1943.
Earlier, I shared ads for the Southerner from '41 to '62.
I just looked at probably 300+ newspaper ads for the Stetson Open Road from 1937 to 1943 and they all show the Open Road with a wide ribbon, I could not find a single ad showing an Open Road with a narrow ribbon during this time period.
Is it possible, maybe, that this Southerner is the precursor to the thin ribbon Open Road we know today?


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T Jones

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Another Open Road / thin ribbon conversion in the works from a '50s era Stetson 3X Beaver Quality Western. I originally kept it Western when I first refurbished it but it just didn't sit well with me that way. I'll be reusing the original 3 ply ribbon that came with it, as well as the brim binding. It was a badly faded, crushed up and dirty sweat stained mess when I first got it. Since I like a natural distressed look on some hats I cleaned this one up just enough to get the nasty out of it. It'll have a nice lived in look when I'm finished...

Before:
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On the block:
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Setting the crease and waiting for it to dry. Brim has been trimmed to 2 5/8 and then it will be flanged to a snap brim:
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Another Open Road / thin ribbon conversion in the works from a '50s era Stetson 3X Beaver Quality Western. I originally kept it Western when I first refurbished it but it just didn't sit well with me that way. I'll be reusing the original 3 ply ribbon that came with it, as well as the brim binding. It was a badly faded, crushed up and dirty sweat stained mess when I first got it. Since I like a natural distressed look on some hats I cleaned this one up just enough to get the nasty out of it. It'll have a nice lived in look when I'm finished...

Before:
IMG-20200628-072930255.jpg


IMG-20200628-072901941.jpg


IMG-20200628-073145590.jpg


IMG-20200628-073216358.jpg


On the block:
IMG_20211219_080122440.jpg


Setting the crease and waiting for it to dry. Brim has been trimmed to 2 5/8 and then it will be flanged to a snap brim:
IMG_20211225_083806047.jpg

Really nice look Terry.
 

rclark

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Luxureze 3X Beaver. 5 5/8” open crown and 2 7/8” wide brim. Apparently part of the Byer-Rolnick Hat Corp stable. The color is lighter than silverbelly or even silvermist. It’s a cool tone eggshell off-white.

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Nice! I have a Luxureze hat and a an extra Luxureze box if you are ever interested.
 

Mighty44

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So, when we hear Open Road, we instantly think thin ribbon, hence the premise of this thread. How about the original Open Road, now considered, the "Other" Open Road.
1937
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1943
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Just realizing that the name Open Road in the OTHER Open Road would slot it in thematically with many other similar looking lightweight, lower priced hats with travel-themed names from the 1930s and 40s like the Stetson Wanderer, Knox Vagabond and Dobbs Cross Country—I know there are quite a few others I’ve seen here with names like Getabout or similar. Sorry if this is repeating previous speculation!

David
 

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