Sold 2011.
Woolrich hunting cap. 80% wool. 20% who knows what?
This one saw a lot of hunting and has the stains and wear to show.
Woolrich hunting Cap
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Category Archives: Hats
The Richmond fedora
Made in England from 100% Wool Felt by Christy’s London.
Surprisingly nice trimming and construction for a wool felt body.
Sold in 2010.
G.A. Dunn green fedora
This one is long since sold, but is an unusual example. You don’t see too many green felts, to begin with. This one has delicate ventilation holes, a light colored sweatband, and a fancy bow. It appears that at some point the hat was reversed, maybe to even out wear so as to avoid a hole at the pinch? The model is “The Polo”.
1930s 7-1/8 Parkway Felts Homburg
Now on eBay!
This vintage homburg was made in the mid to late 1930s. The sweatband is marked “Merit – Mello Fit – New York”. The liner is marked “Parkway Felts – designed for Harry Harrold Hatter, Trenton”. The felt and ribbon are in nice condition, but the unreeded sweatband has dropped most of its stitches.
Size: 7-1/8Brim Width: 2-5/8″Ribbon Width: 1-5/8″
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Size: 7-1/8Brim Width: 2-5/8″Ribbon Width: 1-5/8″
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1910s Miller Allaire Homburg/Fedora
Now on eBay!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/271084068749
This vintage hat was made in the 1910s by the Miller- Allaire company of New York. It has a “United Hatters” union tag, which was replaced by the “United Hatters Caps and Milliners” label in 1934, dating it before that point. It is a transitional soft style, somewhere in between a fedora and a homburg. The brim doesn’t have a full homburg curl, it’s slightly more relaxed. It has a wide silk ribbon with a bold bow. The sweatband is unreeded, with all stitching in tact. The leather is a bit dry, but there is no damage. The felt is in very good condition- I do not see any moth bites.
Size: 7Brim width: 2-1/2″Ribbon Width: 2-1/4″
Size: 7Brim width: 2-1/2″Ribbon Width: 2-1/4″
Knapp Felt Homburg
Now on eBay! LINK
This vintage homburg was made, probably in the early 1930s, by the Crofut and Knapp Co. of Firth Ave. NY and retailed by Levi Strauss and Company, Indianapolis. The model name looks like it’s the “Province”. It has a wide brown leather unreeded sweatband, which, in typical fashion, has dropped stitches for about two inches near the rear seam. It has a nice early ’30s twisted knot to the bow. The reorder tag is a Dobbs, but both products were made by HatCo in the same factories, so that makes perfect sense. The size tag looks like it reads 7-1/4, but the hat measures out to a 7-1/8.
Size: 7-1/8Brim Width: 2-3/8″Ribbon Width: 1-7/8″
Size: 7-1/8Brim Width: 2-3/8″Ribbon Width: 1-7/8″
Lots of Hats
I’ve had a few hats over the years. Here are a quick three hundred. I have studio photos of another two hundred or so which I haven’t gotten around to formatting and editing, then there are all the ones which never made it to the white background. There’s a pretty good cross section of styles, colors and eras represented here. Enjoy!
Hat style identification guide
Looking for a certain style but don’t know what it’s called? Look no further.
The Anatomy of a Fedora
For those of you looking at buying a fedora, for those of you reading my listings wondering- what does this all mean? What part of the hat is he talking about? Here you are.
Size 7 Western Homburg
Now on eBay! LINKThis vintage hat is a very interesting early style. It has a western raw edge kettle curled brim, but with dimensions more along the lines of a fedora or a homburg. It has a western style bow, but of wide dress hat proportions. Stetson made these around the turn of the century- but this one is a custom made job, probably from the 1960s. It’s a great, versatile style which you rarely run across, and when you do, usually examples are 100 years old and in poor condition. This one is like new.Size: 7Brim Width: 2-3/4″Ribbon Width: 1-1/8″ 
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