Description: Excellent Near Pristine! Vintage - very late 1950s to 1960s - DOBBS - Beaver Fifteen - Brown, size 7-1/8+++ to 7-1/4 Long Oval, see note below. This is a fraction under a perfect 7-1/4. The only thing was see is the liner has started to get that yellowish patina.So it says it’s a long oval and we added the actual measurements of the head hole, length and width but with the older vintage fedoras and because it’s new that it will easily conform to any head shape. After wearing this enough it will eventually revert to your head shape. These are unlike NEWER hats that are so stiff they will NOT conform to various head shapes, there is a big difference between New and Older Vintage hats!Really the only thing we could say is that the feather set is not perfect. The rest of the hat appears unworn. It must have been worn though, it’s just to beautiful! Perfect leather sweatband, NO MOTH BITES or Stains. Pictures tell the story about this great fedora! 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 shape.This Beaver Fifteen is easily “Hand-Bashed”! That fedora shape we did in 2-3 seconds! It just so very soft and thick that it’s easily “Hand-Bashed”! Currently it is shaped as a Center Dent and pinched crown but if you wanted a shape steamed into a center dent only before we ship you MUST write to us!As you can see the leather sweatband is still in excellent condition, there is no wear to the top edge (hat reed) and the sewn joint is perfect! If this was worn it was only worn less than a handful of times and stored away.You can see that this is a very late 1950 -1960s DOBBS because there is a very very thin plastic overlay on the liner and the liner design and color. The liner cover is not the thicker plastic but one of the thinner ones.This is what Stetson call a Chocolate Brown color and the picture looking at 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?NOTE: the oval Dobbs box is in bad condition so Dad has replaced it with that 8 sided Worth Hats box. That box is still in great condition! Minor paper wear and it does have its hat holding insert set. If you DON’T want the hat box you must write to us and we will only charge $18.20 to ship the hat to you.NOTE Shipping outside the Continental USA is WITHOUT the hat box, it’s just to expensive to ship. If you DO a want the hat box you MUST write to us before buying the hat so we can adjust the dimensions and weight.This Beaver Fifteen is very very soft and thick. We took out dad’s collection of 1950 Stetson Beaver hat, 3X 10X, 15X, 20X and the Twentyfive and This best matches a Beaver Fifteen. This is a very nice high 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 OUTSTANDING classic fedora.NOTE: this was just edited to now include an option for a coat trolley string. The black one looks perfect with this fedora! This is NOT sewn onto the hat but could be by any decent tailor or the end can be trimmed off and used just as an adornment. It’s pretty easily done.Dad has a few different color newer 1960s Coat Trolley strings that are listed here on eBay. They make great additions to any hat for that extra bit of styling. Write to us if you’d like to buy one. The size is a fraction under a perfect 7-1/4. A perfect 7-1/8 is 22-3/8 inches and a perfect 7-1/4 is 22-3/4 inches. This is less than an 1/8 of an inch under a perfect 7-1/4. This is easily stretched to a perfect 7-1/4 by any inexpensive hat stretcher. Many of our buyers have written and tell us the Amazon $15 hat stretcher works perfectly.Dad s placing this one one f his hat stretchers, it can takes days to weeks to get a perfect stretch to remain in the hat’s leather sweatband. So you may write to us and ask is the stretch is completed? If you have any questions please write DetailsColor Dark BrownSize 7-1/8+++ or 22-5/8 inches or 57.7Head hole measurement: Length 8.1 inches, Width 6.25 inches, these are the closest we could measure, maybe a fraction off.Length 12.2 inchesWidth 10.6 inchesHeight 4.9 inches at the tallest pointMatching Grosgrain ribbon 2 inches Brim 2.25 inches The original feather set is in good condition. 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.If there are any reccomendations to help with our listings please write us. 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. Please see our 100% Ratings and 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. No smoking or PetsThank you for lookingNOTE: 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: 172 USD
Location: Miami, Florida
End Time: 2024-11-28T15:02:57.000Z
Shipping Cost: 28.2 USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: Stetson
Department: Unisex Adults
Size: 7-1/8+++ 7-1/4
Color: Brown
Style: Fedora
Theme: Vintage
Material: Beaver
Fabric Type: Beaver Fifteen 15
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Vintage: Yes