The Resistol Roundup

[Justin B]

I need to take pictures of all mine I guess. Here's my 707. Also got a Resistol OR style and a western.

 

[suitedcboy]

Resistol should have carried on with the aircraft name thing. A high crown at front could be the 747. A long short crown hat with little room for your head in it could be the DC-9/MD-80/88. A hat with the felt peeling could be the 737.

 

[barrowjh]

Silver Belly Byer-Rolnick XXX Beaver

To add a silver belly Resistol Byer-Rolnick XXX Beaver that was given to me via gift, this appears to be no older than mid-1950s (clear plastic tip) yet it still shows the original shield crest in outline (gold on brown liner) with 'A Byer-Rolnick Product' scripted beneath. There is no markings to indicate a model name, though it is the same as a San Antonio (Resistol's OR clone). I'm not sure how long Resistol continued using the shield crest and the Byer-Rolnick; by the 1970s I think those brandings had been dropped. I can vouch that this hat is a shade stiffer than two San Ants I own with no plastic in the tip. Maybe someone will correct me, speak up if you know different.

One picture from daylight, to set the record straight on color -

 

[jlee562]

barrowjh, that color looks to be the same as my Resistol OR clone:

 

[barrowjh]

Yes, I think Resistol's silver belly has been a fairly consistent shade of very light grey, can look a bit green-ish in some lighting, but it isn't. The crown in all of mine looked about like yours, 'till I messed 'em up.

 

[gtdean48]

:arated:

Yes, I think Resistol's silver belly has been a fairly consistent shade of very light grey...

I've got 5 Resistol SB's that span from 50s to the 90s, 2 that I bought new in 70s & early 90s. They are all very consistent in shade.

 

[hatophile]

Good looking Resistols, Barrow and Jlee.

Barrow, what is that Panama in the background? (C-Crown one, I mean).

 

[barrowjh]

Hatophile, that is a VS-finished llano weave, and I think Art had the body in inventory from some previous dealings with Panama Bob. It is my finest hat, at 900 wpsi it is a beaut. I wore it yesterday and today, and both days it drew some really positive comments from folks I met. I'm not sure whether I posted about it in Art's thread or the Canal thread, but I did post about 4 pictures of it once upon a time

It really does not belong in this thread, but it adds beauty wherever it goes.

 

[hatophile]

Great hat!

 

[alanfgag]

Great hat!

+1... nice blocking on that one!

 

[barrowjh]

Art does nice work, and certainly the weavers created a great canvas to work with. See thread 'Art Fawcett Hall of Fame' page 132 post #1318 dated May 10, 2009.This is supposed to be about Resistols! shhhh

 

[zetwal]

Here's a fine snap brim western fedora with a felted edge. I sold this one last week.

 

[barrowjh]

Zetwal, that is an interesting liner - the oilskin plastic with Harry Rolnick instead of the shield with the 'Byer-Rolnick Product' - which was used both before and after that time, or maybe simultaneously. Too bad we don't have a thread for dating Resistols by liner!

 

[hatophile]

Here's a fine snap brim western fedora with a felted edge. I sold this one last week.

Nice one, Zet.

 

[tonydi]

Hi Jlee,
Just bought one that looks very close to yours on ebay, same crown etc.. Can you tell me the brim size. They tell me mine is 2 3/8, but until I can measure it myself I cant be sure. I've been looking for a San Antonio for a good while. The one I have coming is 3xxx, but has no model name they could find. Was it fairly easy to bash (Im new to this).
Thanks

 

[jlee562]

Hi Jlee,
Just bought one that looks very close to yours on ebay, same crown etc.. Can you tell me the brim size. They tell me mine is 2 3/8, but until I can measure it myself I cant be sure. I've been looking for a San Antonio for a good while. The one I have coming is 3xxx, but has no model name they could find. Was it fairly easy to bash (Im new to this).
Thanks

I'm away from home, but as best I can recall it comes in at 2.5"

Speaking of which I got bored here in D.C., so I decided to 3d-ify the crease.

Before:

After:

 

[danofarlington]

Is there a Resistol version of the Stetson 100 or an Open Road-style 7x Clear Beaver? If so, what did they call it?

 

[zetwal]

Is there a Resistol version of the Stetson 100 or an Open Road-style 7x Clear Beaver? If so, what did they call it?

Yes, I used to have a Resistol Beaver 100. I sold it about a year ago. I posted a picture or two in this thread a while back.

 

[danofarlington]

Your Resistol Beaver 100--was it Open Road style, or a cowboy hat?

 

[zetwal]

It was an Open Road style ...