Vintage Great Late 50s KNOX Black Beaver Fedora 7-1/2

Description: This Excellent Late 1959 Vintage KNOX Beaver - Brown Fedora, size 7-1/2 . It states this is a Long Oval but that seems to matter much less in the older True Vintage hats. Because it is an older vintage hat it will easily conform to any head shape. We added the interior length and width of the head hole below. If this was worn more than a handful of times we’d be very surprised! You can see the hat appears to be in excellent condition, well besides that fix that Dad did to insure that the line that devolved when we went to us that hat sizer to measure the hat. Dad added a strip of leather from an old Stetson sweatband, using Weldwood glue. See pictures we Never hide anything! This is now the strongest part of the leather sweatband! There is only very minor wear on the leather sweatband and if you look at the reed ( the actual part that attaches to the hat and gets all the wear when it’s been worn and placed on a surface) it’s pristine. This came out of my Son’s collection. If you look closely at the Liner Design inside the fedora you can see that it has the late 1950s to early 1960s liner design. Dad does have an actual late 1950s, early 1960s KNOX 8 sided hat box if you are interested in a hat box? It’s still in outstanding condition with its original hat holding insert set. We forgot to add pictures but if you wanted to pay $30.20 for the extra shipping please write to us before buying the hat. The brim can be easily turned up or down, as you may like it? We can steam that shape into the hat if you’d like, just write and ask. This style fedora can be seen in all those 1940s and 1950s Crime Gangster Movies! Favorites of James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart and so many others.So as my Grandson wanted to add to a newer movie: The Blues Brothers and the fedora hat that John Belushi wore in that movie. The color is BLACK and The picture of the whole underside reflects the actual dark brown color. This is a Beaver Twenty. We took out Dad’s personal collection of 1950s Stetson Beaver Hats: 3X, Ten, Fifteen, Twenty and TwentyFive. This matches up with the 3X Beaver. The beaver is very very soft and thick.Actually the best way to determine the Beaver Quality is while steam shaping any hat. The BUTTERY softness while steaming the hat and how soft and easily shaping is really does tell how Great a Beaver quality a hat material is. While steaming this fedora it was so easy to feel the Buttery softness the Beaver feels! Once shaped this will remain in this shape until someone steams it again. Dating was easy! Between the late 1950s to early 1960s because of that KNOX logo design on the liner and with the very thin plastic type liner cover liner as opposed to the thicker plastic overlay started in the 1960s. You can see the liner is still very clean. Pictures say much more about this great KNOX fedora! We took all angles and this is also part of the description. If you have any questions please write to us. This is a VINTAGE 3X Beaver and It’s nothing like what you would compare to any newer hat! It’s just very soft and thick beaver, soft and thick and so easy to shape! We NEVER hide anything on the great hats we list for dad. Though dad and I are both very old we always have my grandson do the final inspections with his young healthy eyes. NOTE Shipping outside of the Continental USA is WITHOUT a hat box, it’s just to expensive to ship. If you do want the hat box please write to us so we can edit the dimensions and weight before buying the hat. If you’d like to add a Black coat trolley string to this hat? Dad has these listed here on eBay. If you look through the listings you can see these. Dad has quite a few of older 1960s dead stock ones he acquired from an old hat shop that went out of business. They sell for about $18 but if you decide you’d like one it will add $14 to the sale price. These are still all very elastic and can be sewn on by any decent tailor or just added as a decoration. We suggest the brown one to match the hat. If you have any questions please write us. Ok now the particularsThe size tag states 7-1/2 and this measures to a perfect 7-1/2 at 23-1/2 inches. Inside Head Hole Measurements, these are the closet measurements we could do.Length 8.4 inches and the Width is 6.6 inches. So we always measure each hat 3 times, using different methods to verify the actual size. We use the Tilley hat size chart. This chart is still in use today. Color Black Size 7-1/2 or 23-1/2 inches or 60 Length 12.2 inches Width 10.75 inches Height 4.8 inches, at the highest point, as shaped now Wide Brim width 1.95 inches Grosgrain ribbon 2 inches THIS IS JUST 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. Please read our very excellent feedback. 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 NOTE: when we ship Dad’s hats out we use strong shipping boxes and each hat we ship is FULLY INSURED and we are no longer going to handle broken box insurance claims. We discovered that one buyer crushed their shipping box and asked for a hefty partial refund. The shipper sent us a picture of the box sitting at the front door and it was NOT CRUSHED? We also discovered that because we were NOT in possession of the box it was impossible for us to file the claim. So now and in the future all claims will be handled by the buyer of the hat or item we ship. Again we ALWAYS carefully pack each hat so it will not be crushed in a good strong shipping box. There are always some Bad Apples around who make everyone’s life impossible! It not fair to the rest of the GOOD FOLKS but it’s a fact of life these days! If you have any questions please write to us. Thank you for your understanding.

Price: 64 USD

Location: Miami, Florida

End Time: 2024-12-16T17:00:15.000Z

Shipping Cost: 18.2 USD