Vintage Excellent 1940s DOBBS Beaver Twenty Brown Fedora 7-1/8 No Hat Box Broken

Description: This EXCELLENT late 1940S to early 1950s Vintage DOBBS Beaver Twenty Fedora, size 7-1/8. This is a REAL LOOKER! No Hat Box. That box is not in very good condition and my Grandson has taken it as is to see if he can patch it up and use for one of his Dobbs Fedoras in his own collection. That Beaver Twenty is just outstanding! So thick and very very soft! You just don’t find hats made like this anymore! And with a SILK hat liner too! You’ll never again find hat makers using silk for their hat liners, it’s just to expensive! Every hat we have touched post 1950 or 1951 have Satin Liners. Don’t saying it’s a Bad material but it’s NOT SILK! Someone asked if the brim can be turned up and the answer to that is YES! It can easily be flipped up and down but if you’d like it steamed in the UP position please write to us after you buy the fedora. We added a picture to the gallery. Currently it is steam shaped into a dip in the front. The color of the Beaver is a light medium brown! We don’t know why it doesn’t come out consistently but the picture of the whole underside is a best representation of the color. The others are coming out a few shades darker than the actual color of this fedora. This was manufactured in the very late 1940 (1948-1949). You can see that “Onion Skin” type hat liner cover. And that is perfect too! No breaks or cracking on it. Just a bit opaque from aged patina. That was discontinued by 1950 when DOBBS then started using this thin plastic liner cover and satin, that made this easily identified as a late 1940s DOBBS fedora hat! This currently has been shaped into a “Pinched Crown” with a perfect dip on the front brim. Initially Dad steamed this into a Center Dent but Because this is a Beaver Twenty allows this to easily be “hand bashed” but Dad decided to shape this with the Pinched Crown steamed into the fedora. But dad will steamed the pinched crown out if you write to ask him? This would leave it as a Center Dent only then and you can do your own “hand-bashing. Pictures say much more about this great DOBBS fedora! We took all angles so you can see every detail, there is nothing to hide on this OUTSTANDING fedora! If you have any questions please write to us. If you have any questions please write us. Ok now the particulars:We did not want to stress the leather sweatband to find the under-tag but we always measures the inside circumference to verify it’s actual size! This measures to a PERFECT 7-1/8 at 22-3/8 inches. We actually measures each hat 3 times to verify its true hat size, whether it has a tag or not. We use the Tilley hat size chart. This chart is still in use today. Color Medium Light Brown Size 7-1/8 or 22-3/8 inches or 57 So because this has the appearance of being a Long Oval we are adding inside dimensions. It fits my head Perfectly and I wear a size 7-1/8 and I am NOT a Long Oval shape. Just thought you should know. But these Older True Vintage Hats are so Very Well made it fits any head shape. The leather sweatband is so soft and pliable it easily conforms to any head shape and just wearing the hat with these True Vintage hats it will eventually conform and remain that shape after some time. These measurements are the very best we could do and maybe within fractions of a fraction off. Inside dimensions:Length is 8.2 inches and the Width is 6.2 inches Length 11.5 inches Width 10.1 inches Height 4.8 inches, at the highest point, as shaped now Wide Brim width 1.85 inches, it’s just a fraction under a perfect 2 inches Matching Grosgrain ribbon 2 inches The feather set is still in very good condition, not perfect but still looks great! 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. 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: 172 USD

Location: Miami, Florida

End Time: 2025-01-23T13:00:08.000Z

Shipping Cost: 17.2 USD