The School of Hard Knox

[Just Daniel]

Sweet hats!

Here's a couple Knox that came from same seller ...

Tom n Jerry Knox 15
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Knox 20
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[StoryPNW]

Just purchased a vintage Knox Premier. It is in good shape, a little blemish on the crown and one small blemish under the brim. It has a 2 1/4" brim. Seller didn't really know what the date was but guessed late 50s to 60s.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

This Knox Superfine Foxhound needs a new sweatband, but I’m glad to have saved the hat. It has wonderfully soft heathered felt and a lovely ribbon and bow. The underwelt brim is 2 1/4” wide and the open crown is 5 1/2” and the ribbon is an impressive 2 1/8” wide.

 

[Jazzsaxy123]

My new Knox Twenty! It has a velour finish, but what I love most about it is the unique band around the crown! There is one noticeable moth nibble on the side of the crown. Looks almost mint! These are the kind of hats Bing Crosby wore!

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Knox made some great hats. Yours has a great 1960s-‘70s vibe.

 

[Blare]

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My new Knox Twenty! It has a velour finish, but what I love most about it is the unique band around the crown! There is one noticeable moth nibble on the side of the crown. Looks almost mint! These are the kind of hats Bing Crosby wore!

Nice. Very unique band

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Knox Twenty in 7 5/8! It was shipped via a slow steamship, but it’s as nice as I had hoped. 5 5/8 inch open crown and 2 5/8 inch brim with the Custom Edge. The felt is what I’d consider mid-weight. It is easily dry creased, but it’s more substantial than some Twenties.

 

[Frunobulax]

Knox Twenty in 7 5/8! It was shipped via a slow steamship, but it’s as nice as I had hoped. 5 5/8 inch open crown and 2 5/8 inch brim with the Custom Edge. The felt is what I’d consider mid-weight. It is easily dry creased, but it’s more substantial than some Twenties.

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Brent, I'm just happy as hell you found such a great hat in your size. I know you struggle to be able to enjoy vintage as much as some of us do. Wear it in good health!!

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Brent, I'm just happy as hell you found such a great hat in your size. I know you struggle to be able to enjoy vintage as much as some of us do. Wear it in good health!!

Thanks, Jim. In my next life I’m coming back as a size 6 3/4.

 

[Blare]

Knox Twenty in 7 5/8! It was shipped via a slow steamship, but it’s as nice as I had hoped. 5 5/8 inch open crown and 2 5/8 inch brim with the Custom Edge. The felt is what I’d consider mid-weight. It is easily dry creased, but it’s more substantial than some Twenties.

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Beautiful hat Brent! Congratulations.. your persistence paid off. Well done

 

[Frunobulax]

Thanks, Jim. In my next life I’m coming back as a size 6 3/4.

LOL, that may be overshooting it a bit.

 

[Mighty44]

That’s just a perfect hat—congrats, Brent!

Knox Twenty in 7 5/8! It was shipped via a slow steamship, but it’s as nice as I had hoped. 5 5/8 inch open crown and 2 5/8 inch brim with the Custom Edge. The felt is what I’d consider mid-weight. It is easily dry creased, but it’s more substantial than some Twenties.

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[jviss]

New member here, and my first good hat, a Knox Twenty Homburg, black, size 7 1/8, with box:

 

[Bill Hughes]

New member here, and my first good hat, a Knox Twenty Homburg, black, size 7 1/8, with box:

It doesn’t look like a Homburg to me. But you can’t go wrong with a good Knox Twenty!

 

[jviss]

Maybe the pics leave something to be desired; it has a very Homburg-y brim, bound and sewn, and with a small-diameter pencil curl. It won't snap down like a Fedora. It was advertised as a Homburg, and someone in the Homburg thread seemed to think it was one.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

This hat was nothing at all like the seller described. The photos were equally poor. My disappointment didn’t last once I got a good look at it. Knox Excellent in near mint condition. Dark, but not too dark, navy blue felt and a sort of lords hat curled brim. Size is 7 1/8 US made during Knox’s Ovalized Sixteenths period. The felt is thin and very easily dry creases. The brim edge is unusual: not unlike another hat I recently found, the edge is bound in matching felt. The felt binding is wider on the bottom so with the curled edge the wide portion is what you see when it’s worn just like the binding on a homburg. With the curl, the brim measures a trim 2 1/8”. The supple reedless sweatband is a full 2” wide and is immaculate. Very unusual hat that I really wish was in my size.

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[deadlyhandsome]

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[Blare]

This hat was nothing at all like the seller described. The photos were equally poor. My disappointment didn’t last once I got a good look at it. Knox Excellent in near mint condition. Dark, but not too dark, navy blue felt and a sort of lords hat curled brim. Size is 7 1/8 US made during Knox’s Ovalized Sixteenths period. The felt is thin and very easily dry creases. The brim edge is unusual: not unlike another hat I recently found, the edge is bound in matching felt. The felt binding is wider on the bottom so with the curled edge the wide portion is what you see when it’s worn just like the binding on a homburg. With the curl, the brim measures a trim 2 1/8”. The supple reedless sweatband is a full 2” wide and is immaculate. Very unusual hat that I really wish was in my size.


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Ooooooooohh. Well yeah definitely nothing to be disappointed with. Nice find my friend.

except maybe size

 

[Rumad]

This hat was nothing at all like the seller described. The photos were equally poor. My disappointment didn’t last once I got a good look at it. Knox Excellent in near mint condition. Dark, but not too dark, navy blue felt and a sort of lords hat curled brim. Size is 7 1/8 US made during Knox’s Ovalized Sixteenths period. The felt is thin and very easily dry creases. The brim edge is unusual: not unlike another hat I recently found, the edge is bound in matching felt. The felt binding is wider on the bottom so with the curled edge the wide portion is what you see when it’s worn just like the binding on a homburg. With the curl, the brim measures a trim 2 1/8”. The supple reedless sweatband is a full 2” wide and is immaculate. Very unusual hat that I really wish was in my size.


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Holy macaroni, that’s flipping perfect. What a gorgeous hat, Brent. Ought to help you get a few for yourself too.

 

[jviss]

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I like it! And, it's my size!