Excellent- Near Pristine 1950s Stetson 10X beaver, Dark Gray, Stratoliner bound brim edge, fedora. It has a size 7 tag but it’s measuring to a 6-7/8+, back then there was NO size Standardization. It is perfectly shaped! It’s a real looker!
You can see that this is an early 1950s Stetson because there is a plastic overlay on the liner.
Though this doesn’t state Stratoliner on the hat but you can see that beautiful Bound brim edge. The Stratoliner have that exact same bound brim edge.
As we were looking through dad’s old dead stock extras, dad has decided to add as an option ($10 extra but you must write to us first) a 1960s NEW black coat trolley string. You can see these on dad’s other listings. It’s very elastic and can be sewn to the hat by any decent tailor. Or it’s could be left just as a decoration? There’s extra length left at the end so it can be sewn to the hat. If you just want it as a decoration you can easily trim the extra string off so it looks perfect.
This is a dark gray color as seen in picture of the whole underside is the best representation of the color. 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!
PLEASE READ THIS!
NOTE: that Stetson oval box is not included in this sale. It’s in very poor condition! With no hat holding insert set and a broken bottom.
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 10X Beaver. This is a very nice higher 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.
The perfect teardrop crown is all original to this hat! Dad added a perfect drop on it. Dad steamed The shape and form is excellent!
This is a hat folks will notice! Not many folks will have this one.
If you have any questions please write
Details
There is a size tag that states size 7 but we actually measure each hat 3 times to verify its true size. This is a size 6-7/8+ at 21-6/8 (3/4) inches. A true 6-7/8 measure to 21-5/8 inches so this is just a fraction under a perfect size 7. This could easily be stretched by a $14 Amazon hat stretcher to a perfect size 7, but NO a larger! We know there was no hat sizing standardization until 1970 with the Tilley hat sizing chart, still in use today.
Size 6-7/8+ or 21-6/8 inches or 55.4
Length 11.6 inches
Width 10.25 inches
Height 4.8 inches at the tallest point
Matching Black Grosgrain ribbon 2 inches
Brim 1.95 inches, including bound edge, it a fraction under 2 inches, just a fraction though!
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.
See pictures for more details and read description. Please write if you need anything.
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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