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Anything plays well with that hat, HJ. Maybe my favorite 100 around. Very slick.
Easy to make music in a One-hundred I suspect. Guitar always sounds better wearing a quality hat. Cheers!
Thank you guys!Stetson perfection there, Jack!
If the apocalypse comes along you might as well wear a great hat for the occasion, Jared.
Wow. Definitely looks other worldly. We had something similar a few weeks back But for a less ominous reason... I think it was that dust cloud that floated across the Atlantic. Hat looks great Jared.
I couldn’t wear my sunglasses at one point today because the smoke blocked so much sunlight. It was hard to even find the sun because the light was so diffused and pale. Ash covers everything and the hills glow at night. With climate change I’m afraid this is the new normal for California.
Adrian; Good to see your post. The Dobbs is a lovely start to the school year. Be safe sir.
Both wonderful EricI headed out to do yard chores and thought I would wear my pine green Stetson Whippet. I grabbed the pine green hat off the hat rack and headed out. I glanced at my reflection on the way out and it was a different hat - a Royal DeLuxe Stetson Turf Club. Right color, different hat.
My lack of detail allows me to showcase the two hats together.
Pine green is my color choice this morning.
Cheers. Be safe, be strong and see you on the streets soon, Eric -
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Merrimac 100% Wool - Brown
J.C. Penney Co Inc
4 1/4 to 3 1/4 crown
1 1/8 Dark Brown Grosgrain Ribbon
2 3/4 brim with 1/8 accented grosgrain binding
This was a hat that had been calling my name for over a month. Finally curiosity got the better of me and I put in an offer that was accepted. Being that wool is not generally the felt of choice. But at this point different is interesting and I hadn’t come Across this brand and with a JC Penney logo on the sweat as well so it kinda caught my eye. So here we have this unlined Merrimac Hat Corp hat featuring Genuine Morfelt Quality 100% wool felt with Merrimac Process originally sold at J.C. Penney Co. In hand as would be expected does feel a bit different than a fine fur felt... it is a bit more course to the touch. However it is still very thin and the crown shapes with ease. The brim is thin and sharp and snaps Up and easily. The mid ribbon works Well with the shorter proportions of the crown and the binding is a nice touch on the brim. The sweat is solid and appears fine for now.. however it is very stiff and I would not mess with trying to get a peek behind it. Overall it is in pretty nice shape except the underside of the brim kept some hungry moths quite well fed... but nothing too too deep along with a little discoloration of the ribbon.
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I don’t know much about this brand Merrimac except I read here on the lounge that their factory was in Amesbury, MA where there was until not too long ago a hat museum... where at the time Of the posting (2008) the curator hadn’t had much luck in finding examples of men’s Merrimac hats. I am not sure of the dating of this hat or how Merrimac fits in with the Penney’s Marathon line. The J.C. Penney Co Inc logo on the sweat looks to be prior to mid 1950s but just a best guess. If so.. I’ve seen Marathons both older and newer. So I would think maybe Penney’s sold the Merrimac Line along side the Marathons as maybe as more of a popular price option.
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Thanks Steve.. the brown does have some red to it for sure... Maybe not quite as much as the photos though. Sometimes hard to get accurate color rendering.Looks great on you, Joe. Love the red hue on it.
Excellent AdrianWow. Posting 2 days in a row. Alert the media.
40s-50s Superiror Quality Marathon. Steely blue.
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Wow Bob... looks fantastic!
Fantastic looking Strat, Bob. Looks like it was made for you.
Out of the box works well! Congrats.
Great score, Bob. Very nice Strat.