This Vintage EXCELLENT 1950 Stetson TWENTYFIVE “Open Road” was found inside that Older Stetson box!  The size is 7-1/4+, read below for explanation. It could easily be stretched to a Perfect 7-3/8 at 23-1/8 inches, it just takes time and patience and any inexpensive Amazon $14 hat stretcher. So rare to find this in such great condition too! 

That beautiful Bound Brim edge really stands out on this Open Road. It could easily be shaped into a Wide Brim Fedora or a standard Open Road Cattleman shape. The only shaping that we NO longer do is that Pencil Roll! So take a minute and decide if you like to keep the Open Crown or if you’d like this custom shapes and write to us with what shape you’d like? 

You can see that the hat is from the 1950-1952. The size tag (1/4 and NOT 7-1/4), the leather sweatband design and the logo and that thin plastic overlay on the hat liner and the printed STETSON TwentyFive on the leather sweatband. This plastic overlay is the ones that were used after the “Onion-Skin” liner covers. 

This was their best and highest quality hat made at that time! Actually made by the original Stetson Hat Company and NOT HATCO! This is an OUTSTANDING hat! That 25 Beaver quality is EXTREMELY Soft and Thick! It’s so easily “Hand Bashed” and the shape you hand bash it will stay in that shape! Nothing like it in today’s market! Even the new “PURE BEAVER” hats cannot compare to these older vintage TwentyFives! The new ones are just to stiff and not pliable like this one! 

It’s easily “hand-bashed” and easily steamed into nearly any style you’d like! 

This is an outstanding wide (2.9 inches) brim, that’s when it’s shapes as a fedora. As a cattleman Open Crown it’s 2.75 inches, because of the rolled brim.

The color is the vintage Stetson SilverBelly color. The picture of the whole underside is the best representation.

This can easily be “Hand-Bashed” into nearly any shape and will hold the shape! Or dad could steam a shape into the hat? Maybe you’d like a cattleman, standard fedora or nearly any shape you’d like to shape it! If you want it changed you will need to write to dad.

Note: The original hat box on the bottom has been sold to one of dad’s hat collectors. They were desperate to buy it so dad agreed. 
The 1960s Stetson hat box is included in this sale! If you pay the extra shipping cost? The box is still in very good condition, there is a bit of minor paper loss and a small ding on the top, see picture. The hat holding insert set is still there and in very good condition!
This box is well worthy of storing and displaying and shipping. Shipping with the hat box is $30.20. You must write to us if you want the hat box?

NOTE: the hat box will be shipped outside the continental USA. It’s going to cost more and you MUST write to us if you want it included, so we can change the weight and dimensions.

If you have any questions please write us.

Ok now the particulars, color is the vintage Stetson SilverBelly color. 

And like always we measure each hat 3 times using different methods to verify the actual size! 
 
This measures to a 7-1/4+ at 22-7/8 inches. So it’s 1/8 of an inch over a perfect 7-1/4.

We hope this is a very good explanation? We always try to be as accurate as we can be and make it understandable!

A perfect 71/4 is 22-3/4 inches (22-12/16 inches) and a perfect 7-3/8 is 23-1/8 inches (23-2/16 inches). So this is an 1/8 (plus a fraction) of an inch over a perfect 7-1/4. This could be easily stretched to a 7-3/8. It will take time and lots of patience! We have a few of dad’s collector buddies that have used the $14 Amazon stretcher with great results. We still use the Tilley hat size chart. This chart is still in use today.

If you’d like some felt hat size reducers dad still has them in his old dead stock. This will reduce the size if you wear a 7-1/4. They fit under the leather sweatband and do NOT need to be glued in! These are just thicker felt strips and work perfectly! You may or may not need more but this will get you started.

 Color SilverBelly

Size 7-1/4+ or 22-7/8 inches or 58.3

Length 14.1 inches

Width 12.84 inches

Height 5.4 inches, at the highest point of the Crown 
In the fedora shape or cattleman shape it’s 5 inches

Wide Brim width 2.9 inches in the fedora shape (brim edge is steam shaped with that dip in front and 2.75 inches cattleman shape.

3/8 of an inch Matching Grosgrain ribbon string band

Coat trolley string  is out of dad’s vintage dead stock. It’s a great match for this hat and is still very elastic. It can be sewn to the hat by any decent tailor or left as is as a decoration, just trim off the extra elastic cord.

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL HAT! Everyone will turn heads for this hat!

We Carefully packaged and ships though Fedex.Local pickup is always free. Ship with Fedex or USPS priority mail, whichever arrives quickest. Both costs a couple dollars more but they are very reliable and they do not crush or damage boxes, also much faster shipping. 


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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.  We stand behind the eBay garentee and have NEVER had and issue with returns. We ask you to verify your hat size before you buy and we supply the maximum amount of pictures but if you need anything please write and ask.   No Smoking - No PetsThank You