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The School of Hard Knox

jimmy the lid

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Wow, buler -- just amazing! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

How you do it, I don't know -- but you definitely have some heavy hat mojo going on. :D

I especially love the olive Knox -- is that indeed a purple ribbon on it? (If the answer is "yes", I may faint :eek: )...

Cheers,
JtL
 

buler

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jimmy the lid said:
Wow, buler -- just amazing! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

How you do it, I don't know -- but you definitely have some heavy hat mojo going on. :D

I especially love the olive Knox -- is that indeed a purple ribbon on it? (If the answer is "yes", I may faint :eek: )...

Cheers,
JtL

Sorry, no purple. Just the strange lighting I get in my kitchen. The ribbon is brown with maybe the slightest hint of maroon undertone. The other hat actually has more maroon shading in its brown ribbon.

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jimmy the lid

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This is funny -- I think we went through this with another one of your lids a short while back...lol

One way or the other -- great hats!

Cheers,
JtL
 

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Lefty

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I've never seen that one, and I love everything about it.
Betty Furness might be the greatest name ever.
 

Brad Bowers

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buler said:
A very nice olive drab Knox Twenty. Has a taped sweat seam and an ovalized sixteenths size tag.

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Buler, is that tape applied over stitching, or no stitching at all? If no stitching at all, that's really unusual, as the hat is a '50s hat, and I've not seen one with a taped seam that late. It would seem to be quite a find, and presents quite a mystery!

Brad
 

buler

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Brad Bowers said:
Buler, is that tape applied over stitching, or no stitching at all? If no stitching at all, that's really unusual, as the hat is a '50s hat, and I've not seen one with a taped seam that late. It would seem to be quite a find, and presents quite a mystery!

Brad

If I remember correctly, it had no stitching. It did seem strange.

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Midwest Boater

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Knox Fifteen longhair

i just got this Knox Fifteen in today
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it dose have a few moth bites
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but thats not really my problem with it
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my problem is i think it makes me look Amish
nothing against the Amish mind you, it's just not the look for me.
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so far i gave it a brushing and popped the crease out of it.
it is one heck of a hat size 7 1/4" with a 2 7/8" brim and a 6" crown
its lightweight and very soft but still has a stiffness to it.
When i get the better camera ill get some pics of the head band and other innards
the most interesting being the price tag that clearly dates this hat as 9/5/51
ok now im going to start working on making it wearable for me.
i just wanted to post some "before" pictures i always forget to do that.
 

Midwest Boater

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Fuzzy Knox Fifteen

new update :
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the coolest thing is the more i work with this hat and brush it and style it ive noticed that the long fur will lay down and causes a real sheen thats hard to capture on camera but sort of reminds me of the shine that plush silk toppers get when treated right , of not as much as they do but still its there.
 

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