I got this big 5X Resistol at a yard sale at a horse farm in Maryland. It’s not the style I generally go after, and not from the era I generally do, but the price was right.
5X Resistol cowboy hat
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Resistol Beaver 30
This Resistol cost $30 new. It dates from the mid ’60s-1970s
Parkshire Open Road
This one had super thin, floppy felt. Unlined, but probably started out with a liner. Thin sweatband.
1945 Poulton Fedora
It’s always nice when hats are actually dated. Eliminates a lot of guesswork. This hat was made by Poulton’s of Harrisburg, PA. Built to a standard not down to a price.
Peters Bros Bankers Hat Shady Oak 100
This is the famous Peters Bros Shady Oak Special. The Texas Hat. The Bankers Hat. XXXXXX beaver, cost $100 back in the 1950s. This was made with felt from Switzerland.
Cowboy Hat- Made in England
Big ’30s cowboy hat, with a leather buckled band no less. Does it get more American?
But this one was made in England and shipped over. Odd.
Dimensions are huge, but the curl on the brim is also enormous, so it makes the whole thing look much smaller when it’s not in context on someone’s head.
Pilgrim Columbia
This Sears mail order wool felt cowboy hat dates from the 1930s through mid 1940s. It was an inexpensive working man’s hat, and while it has a cheap wool felt body, it has a nice leather sweatband and good quality ribbon work. Usually companies skimp on costs the other way around.
Aetna Deluxe turquoise cowboy hat
This long hair Aetna cowboy hat dates from the early 1930s or so. It has a high crown, wide, kettle curled brim and great graphics. But what makes it really unusual is the color. How about that wild turquoise color?!
Resistol San Antonio
This was the first vintage hat I bought. I got it at a shop in Arizona right around easter when I was 14 years old. This is the one that started it all- and it’s all been downhill (uphill?) since.
Bee Hat
Bee’s answer to the Stetson Open Road. Thin ribbon, wind string, bound brim. Center dent. Fancy pleated lining. This hat’s probably from the 1950s. It claims to be “custom made” but just how “custom” it really was- who knows?
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