Vintage Whippets

[hatophile]

Ahhh the suspense...

 

[ConsiderMeMilesDavis]

Maybe Saturday. Looks like it got a late start out of CT.

Tease!

 

[RJR]

 

[Frunobulax]

Tease!

Last Saturday. Go look in Post New Hats Here

 

[M Hatman]

In a way to bump this thread AND more importantly to get more information...
Does anyone know if the whippets were originally sent to the shops as open crown? Looking at ads from the 40's etc.....it really looks like they have factory teardrops or C crowns.
Do we have anyone (Moon?) with a good collection of 40's whippets that can submit us some good crown photos? I am also curious about the taper to the crown.....
I have ordered a modern tawney whippet to see if I like it. I also have a new Stetsonian to mould......
Best,
M

 

[moontheloon]

In a way to bump this thread AND more importantly to get more information...
Does anyone know if the whippets were originally sent to the shops as open crown? Looking at ads from the 40's etc.....it really looks like they have factory teardrops or C crowns.
Do we have anyone (Moon?) with a good collection of 40's whippets that can submit us some good crown photos? I am also curious about the taper to the crown.....
I have ordered a modern tawney whippet to see if I like it. I also have a new Stetsonian to mould......
Best,
M

Whippets were open crown ... the one you ordered will come factory creased and barely resembles the classic Whippet in any way

The Pemiere Whippet comes open crown but I don't believe is offered in tawny

 

[M Hatman]

Whippets were open crown ... the one you ordered will come factory creased and barely resembles the classic Whippet in any way

The Pemiere Whippet comes open crown but I don't believe is offered in tawny

Yes, I kind of figured that on the new whippet.....that is why I wanted a Stetsonian too. Something I can give a good shape to....
The ads for the Whippet look like they encouraged the stores to shape them in a tight teardrop. Simular ads for other hats (like the Stratoliner) seem to really show hand shaping and variety.....there does seem to be a time (50's maybe) where many hats were starting to be factory creased......I hava always been curious about when that became the norm for the various models....in this case, the Whippet.
Regards,
M

 

[moontheloon]

Yes, I kind of figured that on the new whippet.....that is why I wanted a Stetsonian too. Something I can give a good shape to....
The ads for the Whippet look like they encouraged the stores to shape them in a tight teardrop. Simular ads for other hats (like the Stratoliner) seem to really show hand shaping and variety.....there does seem to be a time (50's maybe) where many hats were starting to be factory creased......I hava always been curious about when that became the norm for the various models....in this case, the Whippet.
Regards,
M

Hats beaing factory creased goes back to the 1940s
They were marketed as being "hat check girl proof" or something of that nature.
the Whippet as far as I know was always open crown up until the modern rerelease.

 

[Redfokker]

Hats beaing factory creased goes back to the 1940s
They were marketed as being "hat check girl proof" or something of that nature.
the Whippet as far as I know was always open crown up until the modern rerelease.

I have two Lee back bow hats from the 1950s, they advertised a factory blocking. The ads I've seen talk about not needing to change anything, they were "set" at the factory.