splintercellsz
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1910s -1920s Stetson 'The Fray'
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Baron Kurtz
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Sold in Lafalot Indiana, no less! That ribbon can't be original to the hat, surely?
splintercellsz
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Im not sure, but it adds a nice contrast to the hat body.
DamianM
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It very well could be a crazy jazz fedora
SteveAS
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I was thinking the same thing.
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DamianM
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It is. The Frayed edges makes sense to the title of the Hat.
The ribbon itself has a age to it.
Truly an original crazy Jazz Fedora.
The ribbon itself has a age to it.
Truly an original crazy Jazz Fedora.
Mr.Astor
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There is a hatter that ages ribbons,either a mild acid bath bleach of somewhat they really look good and vintage. Sort of like when a guy buries his new cast iron toy in the front yard dips in muriatic acid and tells you it is 100 years old? Any pics of inside of hat?
Baron Kurtz
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"The Fray" is the model of sweatband.
Colour me unconvinced on the originality of the ribbon.
Colour me unconvinced on the originality of the ribbon.
DamianM
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Th ribbon looks original and thats that. Something a Collegiate kid or Jazz Man would wear.
A great hat But due to its small size its a difficult sale.
You guy's are just too weird about "flashy" clothes.
A great hat But due to its small size its a difficult sale.
You guy's are just too weird about "flashy" clothes.
carouselvic
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I like 'em like that! Maybe I'll bite. As previously mentioned, there are advantages to being a pinhead. Also, to having a hat stretcher and some blocks...
"Faint hat never won fair lady."
Baron Kurtz
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Put your handbags away ladies! Haha. Hats like anything are so personal and subjective to ones taste.
DamianM
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And thats what most here refuse.
"Its not original because I dont like it" Attitude.
It looks original.
Ive talked it over with a couple other very well informed people who don't refuse these kinds of notions.
Just because its wild doesn't mean it was a modification.
We are talking 1920s here. A time were America was at its height. The Clothes, music, and movements of the time were a game changer.
These are reflections of then.
"Its not original because I dont like it" Attitude.
It looks original.
Ive talked it over with a couple other very well informed people who don't refuse these kinds of notions.
Just because its wild doesn't mean it was a modification.
We are talking 1920s here. A time were America was at its height. The Clothes, music, and movements of the time were a game changer.
These are reflections of then.
Baron Kurtz
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Oh, don't be so ****** ridiculous. You yourself went from "very possibly might be" to your typical unequivocal statement of "it is" within 3 hours ^^^. (This then elicited my somewhat tetchy unequivocal faux-response).
Those experienced informants of yours will tell you that caution is the first watchword of dating, or accepting validity, in vintage clothing. Caution from equally experienced members here does not imply a "refusal to accept" that these things existed; merely that a kneejerk acceptance of originality is as equally unreasonable as a kneejerk rejection. For the record I like the colour combinatio - it's the poor ribbon/bow work and retaining stitches that put a doubt in my mind.
A forum for discussion is rendered pointless when debate elicits hissy fits. Why is it that we keep having these issues with Californians?
Those experienced informants of yours will tell you that caution is the first watchword of dating, or accepting validity, in vintage clothing. Caution from equally experienced members here does not imply a "refusal to accept" that these things existed; merely that a kneejerk acceptance of originality is as equally unreasonable as a kneejerk rejection. For the record I like the colour combinatio - it's the poor ribbon/bow work and retaining stitches that put a doubt in my mind.
A forum for discussion is rendered pointless when debate elicits hissy fits. Why is it that we keep having these issues with Californians?
Baron Kurtz
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Baron Kurtz
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p.s. The only thing that makes me think this might have been added at or near the time of manufacture is the town of sale. Why they'd have done it to a blue hat is beyond me, however. Black would have been far more rational.
DamianM
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Orange and blue are contrasting colors great and opposite of the color chart. If it were black it would just look to Halloween.
And I could see why most Californians left this forum. They warned me. But hey you have at it.
And I could see why most Californians left this forum. They warned me. But hey you have at it.
