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Post Philly is my best guess, I don’t know anything more
Too bad on the fit. Nice hat.Here's my open road. Size 7...won't fit me so it will go up for sale. Don't know how old it is but it looks like new.
Really nice look Terry.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...
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On the block:
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:
Thank you Blare!Really nice look Terry.
Nice! I have a Luxureze hat and a an extra Luxureze box if you are ever interested.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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There was one floating around for sale a while back in Sand color.Sears “Chief of State”. Size 7. 5” crown (4-1/2” as creased) with a 2-1/4” brim.
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!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.
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