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What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

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chanteuseCarey

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Had a nice pic to share with y'all, even if I am without a hat! This could also be nice for an avatar shot... Taken by my husband this evening, who takes almost all of my pics that I post here. Does need a bit of red eye fix, but Chuck's long gone to bed and I don't know how to do that correction in Photoshop yet! More about this one pic and others of a portrait series, and about the vintage 40s blouse on my post on the "What are you wearing today" thread: http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?p=854130#post854130
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Ephraim Tutt

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The Stetson Sovereign with Luxuro Finish

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Cavanagh Edge

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And of course, the noggin shot
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It's a light caribou colour with wide black ribbon. Probably a 1950's. Needs a clean and block.
 

Ephraim Tutt

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On the above hat, the retailer's mark is a bit rubbed and hard to capture with my camera. It reads "Mroz Custom Hats 9307 Jos Campau at Holbrook Since 1919." It's a Detroit hatter which was taken over by Henry the Hatter decades ago and still exists in the same shop today.
 

memphislawyer

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Ephraim: That hat looks taupe to me, but you are there with it, so I take your word. It looks great and having seen that, I started a thread about, well, I just think I look better in a felt hat than a panama hat. I want a taupe hat to wear around on weekend, when I come home from work and run to dinner or walmart, or when I am wearing dress slacks and a cashmere sweater to the office.
 

Ephraim Tutt

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Ha! I gotta stop tryin to guess the age of my hats. It's a mugs game I never win. It's certainly a lighter felt than my other stetsons. I admit I was going partly by the retailer name which I thought had sold to Henry the Hatter a long time ago. Anyways, i like the hat. Its light enough to cope with the warm weather on its way.
 

Ephraim Tutt

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Memphis, thanks. it's a versatile colour alright. And light enough to handle warm days. The artificial light doesn't help the photos though. I'll let you know its true colours when I get it back from the hatter after its bath. It's going there tomorrow.
 

rlk

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ScottF said:
Interesting - so the Cavanagh edge lasted a bit longer than previously thought?
Not quite sharp enough to be certain. The liner with basket weave background does go back to late 1970's as well I believe.
 

Brad Bowers

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Hold on a second, guys. I agree, the liner seems to match my '80s Stetson, but what about the edge? If it truly is a Cavanagh Edge, and not a glued overwelt, or an sewn overwelt, then that means the could have been making them as late as 20 years ago, and I haven't found any evidence to suggest that.

IF that is a true Cavanagh Edge, I submit a different hypothesis:

The sweatband looks stitched on improperly, through the leather, and not through the reed, which suggests that this is a refurb of an older hat. A newer liner could have been used.

We need proof on that edge to have a better idea.

Brad
 

ScottF

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Brad Bowers said:
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The sweatband looks stitched on improperly, through the leather, and not through the reed, which suggests that this is a refurb of an older hat. A newer liner could have been used.

We need proof on that edge to have a better idea.

Brad

Good eye, Brad!
 

Brad Bowers

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Lefty said:
I think that both rlk and I hedged that one pretty well. ;)

You guys were just too quick for me.

I wouldn't have thought it would take me a half hour to make that post, but, your posts weren't there when I started typing, after I clicked "Submit Reply," there they were! That's what I get for lawllygagging* around.

*I tried to use the correct spelling of lollygagging, but you can see from this example what happens when you do!

Brad
 
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