barrowjh
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Here is a nice resistol western, won for the stunning price of only $12.84, $23 delivered - the listing - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...in2MUUQ%3D&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK:MEWNX:IT
-this is a copy of a post to 'westerns, anyone' and the ebay thread -
a Resistol 'Cutter Bill' Beaver 50 in silver belly sold at Cutter Bill Western World in Houston, 3 inch brim -
the 'Cutter Bill Beaver 50' logo, if you can see the small print -
the store logo -
the liner is stitched in -
I hope someone will help me put a time-frame on this Resistol. The quarter-horse 'Cutter Bill' was at his peak in about 1962, and the owner Rex Cauble would have opened the 'Cutter Bill Western World' by mid-60's (1965?). I'm trying to figure out where this Beaver 50 might have fit into the Resistol lineup. It is tempting to think that it was the same niche as the Stetson 7X $50 hat; top shelf 100% beaver felt, but we get that information from catalogs in the 1950's - this hat was a decade 'n half to two decades later, and Beaver 50 at that time might have been more equivalent to Stetson 20 (Sovereign) or Beaver 25 from the 1950's, which was a step (or more) down from a 7X. Maybe someone from Houston, or a Resistol officianado will help us out?
the crown is my version of a DTD/DC-C
-this is a copy of a post to 'westerns, anyone' and the ebay thread -
a Resistol 'Cutter Bill' Beaver 50 in silver belly sold at Cutter Bill Western World in Houston, 3 inch brim -
the 'Cutter Bill Beaver 50' logo, if you can see the small print -
the store logo -
the liner is stitched in -
I hope someone will help me put a time-frame on this Resistol. The quarter-horse 'Cutter Bill' was at his peak in about 1962, and the owner Rex Cauble would have opened the 'Cutter Bill Western World' by mid-60's (1965?). I'm trying to figure out where this Beaver 50 might have fit into the Resistol lineup. It is tempting to think that it was the same niche as the Stetson 7X $50 hat; top shelf 100% beaver felt, but we get that information from catalogs in the 1950's - this hat was a decade 'n half to two decades later, and Beaver 50 at that time might have been more equivalent to Stetson 20 (Sovereign) or Beaver 25 from the 1950's, which was a step (or more) down from a 7X. Maybe someone from Houston, or a Resistol officianado will help us out?
the crown is my version of a DTD/DC-C
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