Vintage Excellent 1930s Knox Black Bowler 7 -1/8 Stetson

Description: Excellent Vintage late 1930s (because of the stamping of the Knox logo on the leather sweatband, it’s not printed onto the leather but actually stamped) black Bowler size 7-1/8. Dads believes that these old Knox bowlers and their homburgs were made in England. This hat is near pristine, see pictures. It is solid black. You just don’t find hats like this anymore! These were made by artists! NOTE those 3 metal initials are NOT glued on! Each letter is metal that has a metal feed though that can be removed. See the picture of the underside of the leather sweatband and how easily these initials can be removed. There is no hat box in this sale. It will be very gently and securely boxed and shipped. This is an extremely well made bowler hat, extremely clean and the felt is extremely soft and thick. The shape will remain as it is just don't sit on it. No moth bite or chews! Firm and solid shape and form. Please write if you have any questions. If you closely look at the pictures you will see a bit of lint. We wrote Stetson in the title because most folks think that Stetson was the only and best hat manufacturer, NOT TRUE! Back then All these hat manufacturers we all excellent! Please take a minute to look through dads vintage hats that are listed and you’ll see there were so many back in the day. They were all excellent and very competitive. This classic Bowler is just the hat that folks look at and see prestige and status. The bowler came about when equestrian riders with their top hats falling off all the time (walking in doorways but mostly they said from riding their horses) and at that time hat were considered a must. These hats are also used in the dog shows and other fancy outings. Please see all of dads classic hats listed, dating back to the 1930s. There are Stetsons, Borsalino's, Knox, Resistol and many more. We measure each hat 3 time, using 3 different methods to verify the size of each hat we list. This has a size tag, size 7-1/8 and this actually measures to a size 7-1/8 at 22-3/8 inches. We use the standard Tilley Hat Size chart to cross match the size. This chart is still in use today buy all the hat manufacturers. This is a size 7-1/8 or 57 or 22-3/8 inches. Length 12-1/2 inches Width 10-1/2 inches Height 4.75 inches, at the tallest point Brim 2.1 inches then the curl Crown grosgrain ribbon 1.1 inches with standard bow The finely bound brim edge is just a real eye catcher! My grandson found this on this internet, about Joe Lynch Clothing Store: noted in the book "Irish Milwaukee" as follows:When Joe Lynch opened a men's clothing store in Milwaukee in 1925, the entire city knew it. The dapper Irishman ran a full page teaser campaign in The Milwaukee Journal for four successive days prior to the store's grand opening. The progressive headlines read: "Who's Joe Lynch.", "What's Joe Lynch", "Where's Joe Lynch", and "Here's Joe Lynch!!!" Known for introducing the Hart Schaffner & Marx label to Milwaukee, Lynch maintained high fashion men's clothing stores for 38 years at various locations on Wisconsin Avenue.Residence: 5122 W. Washington Blvd, MilwaukeeJoe and his brother, Wilbur, owned Lynch Brothers men's clothing store in Milwaukee.” If you have any question please write. Take a look at dads other great vintage hat he has listed, we try and list couple each week. If you have any additional information or corrections, please write us. This is just a really great hat! NOTE SHIPPING OUTSIDE THE CONTINENTAL USA IS WITHOUT THE BOX. It’s just to expensive. 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. If you have a shipping account we are happy to work with you to get this shipped under your account number and then of course the shipping will be charged to you and ours would be free. We do not make an profit on shipping! 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. 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 Pets Thank YouNOTE: 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: 100 USD

Location: Miami, Florida

End Time: 2025-01-23T13:24:35.000Z

Shipping Cost: 18.2 USD