What hat are you waiting for today?

[Blare]

Not my size, but I was curious ...

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That’s a beauty

 

[Mean Eyed Matt]

Not sure how they are made at the factory level but custom hatters use two felts.....block both felts, cut the brim from the crown and sew the different colours together hiding the seam with the trimmings. If you can find a customer for the reverse colour scheme you don't waste a felt. Milliners (as separate from men's hatters) often cut the brims and resew them even when not swapping colours.......makes no sense but there ya go.

I’ve had the ribbon/bow off of mine and there is no visible seam, I think it’s magic, Keebler elves or such.

Yes, my big question would be: how do they prevent dye bleed?

How in the hell do you get a distinct line between the colours? Gotta be elves of some description.....its the only thing that makes sense.

It could be related to the Pending Patent in the hat I bought. I've not had any luck searching for that though.

Here you go ... (so I'm guessing my hat is between '58 and '61 with the "pending" status).

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The description can be found here:

https://patents.google.com/patent/US2971682

Nice detective work, Bob.

Great investigative work there Det Hufford! I still think there may be some elves involved somehow.

Good work! Not certain if this is the same process @jlee562 found a while back, but I'm on my phone and hate searching for threads on it.

Thank you, gentlemen, for the quick response: Very interesting and a bit magical.

 

[BobHufford]

That’s a beauty

Thanks Joe!

 

[BobHufford]

Penney's Marathon.

This was one of those auctions where you think you win as they have an ending date/time, but then they go to a live auction with your max bid still in effect. The problem is you don't know there is a live auction as there is no link from the item page (there is on the catalog page) and by the time you notice the "May Have Won" status it's too late and the lot has scrolled off the live site. Then you just wait to see if you get invoiced. In this case I did for $6.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

It may not look it from this angle, but this is a 6” open crown.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

This hat put up a fight, but Robert @belfastboy whipped it into shape in the end:

I’m really looking forward to seeing both these hats in the flesh.

 

[belfastboy]

It may not look it from this angle, but this is a 6” open crown.

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Warning: This hat is a dust magnet. I gave it a brush and delinting before I snapped this picture.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Warning: This hat is a dust magnet. I gave it a brush and delinting before I snapped this picture.

It’s a common issue with all my really dark hats. I’ll brush, but a lint roller often works better for me.

 

[BobHufford]

Pile o' hats! And a worn out pair of shoes.

O.P.S. era Whippet. This even looks like one.

This others are a gray Mallory by Stetson, some unknow spiral stitched wooly, and a Hercules cap that looks like decent quality.

The other lot in this action:

The straw golf hat is a Sears. And a cool Dalton hat box.

 

[Rmccamey]

A great haul, Bob.

Pile o' hats! And a worn out pair of shoes.

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O.P.S. era Whippet. This even looks like one.

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This others are a gray Mallory by Stetson, some unknow spiral stitched wooly, and a Hercules cap that looks like decent quality.

The other lot in this action:

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The straw golf hat is a Sears. And a cool Dalton hat box.

 

[Yamahana]

Pile o' hats! And a worn out pair of shoes.

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O.P.S. era Whippet. This even looks like one.

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This others are a gray Mallory by Stetson, some unknow spiral stitched wooly, and a Hercules cap that looks like decent quality.

The other lot in this action:

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The straw golf hat is a Sears. And a cool Dalton hat box.

Great Balls of Fire again Hat Wizard Hufford. Another great catch of cool ones. The one 7 1/4 straw is Hanoki straw. I know a feller in Buckeye AZ who’ll have his eye on that one if it lands on eBay.

 

[Blare]

Pile o' hats! And a worn out pair of shoes.

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O.P.S. era Whippet. This even looks like one.

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This others are a gray Mallory by Stetson, some unknow spiral stitched wooly, and a Hercules cap that looks like decent quality.

The other lot in this action:

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The straw golf hat is a Sears. And a cool Dalton hat box.

Some great finds there, Bob.

 

[BobHufford]

Some great finds there, Bob.

Thanks Joe. Hopefully they'll generate enough cash to get me out from under a stupid-high shipping charge from another hat lot.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

I think I spent too much on this, but I really wanted it:

 

[deadlyhandsome]

 

[steur]

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What made you go for that Barrister? I mean it's a good looking hat for sure, but what made it stand out?

 

[steur]

 

[deadlyhandsome]

What made you go for that Barrister? I mean it's a good looking hat for sure, but what made it stand out?

The price is what did it for me. It’s been for sale for a long time at a fair price with no takers. Then the price was cut in half and I made an offer that was accepted. I don’t usually buy these small hats, but it looked nice and I was curious.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

I’m back at the top of the queue! Here’s what I have so far:

This is not a good representation of the felt color. Can’t wait to see it in good lighting.

 

[steur]

The price is what did it for me. It’s been for sale for a long time at a fair price with no takers. The. The price was cut in half and I made an offer that was accepted. I don’t usually buy these small hats, but it looked nice and I was curious.

I know what that's like! It got me an attic full of hats though