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The School of Hard Knox

handlebar bart

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jimmy the lid said:
Having mentioned the Stetson Vogue-Style quality of the Knox, I thought I'd take a side-by-side shot with my Stetson 3X (Vogue-style). The Knox has a 5/8" edge binding, and the binding on the 3X is a tad wider at 11/16". On both lids, the edge binding is wider on top, leaving a narrower binding and a row of stitching on the underside of the brim. The ribbon on the 3X is 1 1/2", and the ribbon on the Knox is 1 5/8".


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Cheers,
JtL

See, if I had just those two hats I wouldn't be able to decided which one to wear cause they are both equally amazing. Those are fun to look at Jimmy
 

buler

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Tom n Jerry with concentric stitch rows

From this Dec 1941 ad it appears there was a Tom n Jerry with the concentric stitched rows thru the brim and crown.

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Aureliano

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buler said:
I have a brown one with a back bow. The liner is sick! I posted it in the classifieds but my wife and Jimmy convinced me of how dumb it'd be to sell it. I kept it :D
I can post pictures, tonight, if you guys wanna see it.
 

buler

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Knox Premier

Got another Premier today. Nice hat with interesting liner attachment buttons. Don't think I've seen these before. I believe they say Pat. Pend. on them.

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rlk

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Super Knox and finish looks outstanding.:eusa_clap :eusa_clap Brad would know best but with those two tags probably near 1940-ish.
 

Brad Bowers

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rlk said:
Super Knox and finish looks outstanding.:eusa_clap :eusa_clap Brad would know best but with those two tags probably near 1940-ish.

I agree about the nice hat, but the date is off by about two decades.

This style of tag was used 1950s and 1960s, and perhaps all the way through 1972.
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The liner attachment patent seems to be this one, and the first I've seen in practice. It uses a dry thermoplastic adhesive resin and a branding iron to fasten the liner into the hat. Since it says Pat. Pend., I think you can safely say your hat was made between April 1957 and December 1962.

Too cool, buler!

Brad
 

XPLSV

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Knox Derby

A package was waiting for me when I got home today. While not as old as some of my other derbies, this is the first one I've come across in my 7 3/8 Long Oval. This one really fits well...the stiff hats in the regular oval usually rock on my head, so this one has already been tagged a permanent part of my collection. It's in excellent shape, too.
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