AlanC
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A couple of new (to me) fedoras have made their way into my possession, so I figured what's the point of owning something if I can't take multiple pictures and post them on an internet message board.
The first is an essentially new old stock Lock & Co. navy fedora. This seems to be the Lock Chelsea model.
Here's what it looked like when I got it:
Brim turned up, center dent, but no side dents. Pristine interior. The seller tells me he had stored the hat without wearing it. It looks like it was new from the shop.
I performed a feather-ectomy, snapped the brim and added some dents (a little spritzed water did the trick). Here's what it looks like now:
The second is a vintage Disney fedora I picked up in a thrift store in Chattanooga for $5. Disney was an old high quality hat maker that has no relation to and predates the more famous mouse house of the same name. I shipped it off to Art Fawcett who will do refurbishment work for his custom customers. He stripped it down, soaked and cleaned the felt and lining, put a new ribbon, binding and sweatband on it and styled it. And since I've gotten custom hats from Art he was able to conform this one to my exact head shape.
Art says the original hat dates from the 1940s. I was also able to pick up a vintage Disney hat box on ebay to store it in. It's immediately become one of my favorite hats. A recent ebay auction for a vintage Disney ended at $170, which makes this a steal.
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The first is an essentially new old stock Lock & Co. navy fedora. This seems to be the Lock Chelsea model.
Here's what it looked like when I got it:
Brim turned up, center dent, but no side dents. Pristine interior. The seller tells me he had stored the hat without wearing it. It looks like it was new from the shop.
I performed a feather-ectomy, snapped the brim and added some dents (a little spritzed water did the trick). Here's what it looks like now:
The second is a vintage Disney fedora I picked up in a thrift store in Chattanooga for $5. Disney was an old high quality hat maker that has no relation to and predates the more famous mouse house of the same name. I shipped it off to Art Fawcett who will do refurbishment work for his custom customers. He stripped it down, soaked and cleaned the felt and lining, put a new ribbon, binding and sweatband on it and styled it. And since I've gotten custom hats from Art he was able to conform this one to my exact head shape.
Art says the original hat dates from the 1940s. I was also able to pick up a vintage Disney hat box on ebay to store it in. It's immediately become one of my favorite hats. A recent ebay auction for a vintage Disney ended at $170, which makes this a steal.
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