Excellent 1950s lightly used Stetson 3X beaver-Brown- fedora. It’s a perfect everyday fedora. It’s a perfect size 7 and yes we know the tag states size 6-7/8 but back then there was NO size Standardization. It is perfectly shaped! It’s a real looker! Dad and grandson needed to do very little work on this one, just a bit of cleaning and minor steaming to get the shape back to the original style.
As you can see the leather sweatband has that allegation type finish. Since this is still in such great condition it could easily be stretched to a perfect size 7-1/8. A $14 Amazon hat stretcher would work fine.
You can see that this is an 1950s Stetson because there is a plastic overlay on the liner and the liner design and color.
This is a Brown color as seen in picture #1 and the picture of the whole underside is the best representation of the color. This is what Stetson would call a Chocolate Brown. Not sure why we can’t get the color to always come out consistently? Anybody out there has any suggestions?
This was cleaned and shaped by my grandson and dad! This looks great with a perfect dip in the front. He’s been working with dad over the last couple of years and now wants to find hats for others, he wants everyone to wear hats and here is his contribution to that cause!
NOTE: that Stetson oval box is not included in this sale. It’s just there for display.
The beaver is very very soft and thick. We took out dad’s collection of 1950 Stetson Beaver hat, 3X 10X, 15X, 20X and the TwentyFive. This best matches a 3X Beaver. This is a very nice quality hat that could be an everyday hat. This is extremely soft and pliable and can easily steamed into any shape or style you desire.
Just a great classic fedora.
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There is a size tag that states size 6-7/8 but we actually measure each hat 3 times to verify it’s true size. This is a perfect size 7 at 22 inches. We know there was no hat sizing standardization until 1970 with the Tilley hat sizing chart, still in use today. This could easily be stretched to a 7-1/8 with a $14 Amazon hat stretcher, it just takes time and patience.
Size 7 or 22 inches or 56
Length 12 inches
Width 10 inches
Height 4.7 inches at the tallest point
Matching Grosgrain ribbon 2 inches
Brim 2 inches
He has collected for 60 something years now and it is time to sell them. Please see our listings and we keep adding hats each week.
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Though I am no expert dad still has quite a lot to contribute and we will do our very best.
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We Carefully packaged and ships though Fedex. Fedex costs a couple dollars more but they are very reliable and they do not crush or damage boxes, also much faster shipping. This will be shipped in a very large box.
If you do not want the box please write and shipping will be significantly reduced!
We never intend to profit on the shipping costs and Of course local pickup is absolutely free.
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Dad has collected hats for a lifetime and there are 100s of them, on shelves, stacked in closets and spare bedrooms.
We are slowly listing these special hats weekly.
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