Want to buy or sell something? Check the classifieds
  • The Fedora Lounge is supported in part by commission earning affiliate links sitewide. Please support us by using them. You may learn more here.

What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

Status
Not open for further replies.

Richard Morgan

One Too Many
Messages
1,642
Location
Central Tesxas
What a great Bradford, do you think it is pre Resistol? It looks like it to me. That red liner with gold piping sure looks similar to early Resistol westerns though. Makes me wonder if there were company ties before Resistol bought Bradford.

Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk

Way to wear that Playboy, playboy!



Matt that Polar is so freakin' cool - maybe that will cool things down for you!



Spectacular Bradford Richard!



I have a Bradford OR clone from that same era - I think they were already being produced by Resistol at that point. But I could very well be mistaken. Would need to see the inside reorder tag to know for sure.




Great hat and I too like the jacket! A-2, correct?
Great Trimble DD and thanks Rick for the input on the Bradford.
I think Rick is right, according to a post from John Galt toward the end of this thread http://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/bradford-open-road-style.71174/ the patented Glyco-Tite process referenced on the sweatband of my hat (and Terry's) was being used in 1934 by Resistol. That and the similarities with the liner's design and printing seem to indicate that Bradford Ltd was always a Resistol company or brand. The earlier Bradfords seem to have been pretty high end while the newer one seem to be lower quality than most Resistols. I bought a Bradford that appears to be from the '80s at a local Goodwill and the sweat is bonded leather (leather scraps ground up and compressed into something resembling leather) and the felt is just so-so. It only cost $4.00 so I bought mostly just to compare side by side with my older one.
I'll reply to this post with a picture of the reorder tag on my hat in a few minutes.
 

splintercellsz

I'll Lock Up
Messages
6,142
Location
Somewhere in Time
1900s Stetson Special with some wacky weather
ec37bcb96cfec42b87345e5d1b2f888d.jpg
ff4b84b29f1f905e3b143cb38ec36b4c.jpg
8f1b1dd4e0c3b46224d869aa696274ea.jpg
c49e06fbdf40446a337e142f9406e449.jpg
ad850803f5b5497463572b58bb2c33db.jpg
 

Richard Morgan

One Too Many
Messages
1,642
Location
Central Tesxas
Great Trimble DD and thanks Rick for the input on the Bradford.
I think Rick is right, according to a post from John Galt toward the end of this thread http://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/bradford-open-road-style.71174/ the patented Glyco-Tite process referenced on the sweatband of my hat (and Terry's) was being used in 1934 by Resistol. That and the similarities with the liner's design and printing seem to indicate that Bradford Ltd was always a Resistol company or brand. The earlier Bradfords seem to have been pretty high end while the newer one seem to be lower quality than most Resistols. I bought a Bradford that appears to be from the '80s at a local Goodwill and the sweat is bonded leather (leather scraps ground up and compressed into something resembling leather) and the felt is just so-so. It only cost $4.00 so I bought mostly just to compare side by side with my older one.
I'll reply to this post with a picture of the reorder tag on my hat in a few minutes.

Pictures of reorder tag and size stamp on sweatband for Bradford
688a6e650dc398a105e94190a503e483.jpg
d3e15971689d446e53763f77de5cf5aa.jpg

Reorder tag, quality of sweatband and stitched liner all make me think this is a ‘50s hat


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
Messages
12,384
Location
Albany Oregon
Thanks D-dog. I have a few okay westerns. Nothing like your collection of course.

Thanks Cornhusker. This hat will see a lot more wear come spring as it's one that I wear quite frequently while hunting mushrooms.

Great looking Battersby Red. Did steur locate the motherlode of that brand?

Thanks Red. I'm guessing that band was new in the late 70s or so.

Thanks all,
Michael
The Battersby is one of his finds, digging in piles of hats (like we could only dream of) in a Dutch thrift store.
 
Messages
15,077
Location
Buffalo, NY
Alan, you're welcome. I'm surprised, with the hats you've been sporting of late, that you don't have a horse with one of those custom horse hair headstalls. Of course, I don't know where one would park a horse in Brooklyn.

I've had this headstall on my eBay watch list for years. I have a hatband by the same artist. We actually have a city stable quite close to where I live. I'm about 400 miles from Brooklyn but I grew up in the city. I still shy away from anything larger than a German Shepard.
 

Michael R.

Call Me a Cab
Messages
2,889
Location
West Tennessee USA
I've had this headstall on my eBay watch list for years. I have a hatband by the same artist. We actually have a city stable quite close to where I live. I'm about 400 miles from Brooklyn but I grew up in the city. I still shy away from anything larger than a German Shepard.

I thought you lived in Buffalo . Thanks for that link Alan , $12K is a little pricy .
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Staff online

Forum statistics

Threads
109,108
Messages
3,074,272
Members
54,090
Latest member
toptvsspala
Top