Vintage Excellent 1960s Beaver Hats 3X Beaver BIG Tom Mix-Gus Cowboy Hat 7-3/8

  

Here's an EXCELLENT 1960s Beaver Hats, BIG GUS a or Tom Mix cowboy hat, size 7-1/4, Light Brown (we think Stetson called this Rusty Brown or Copper Brown), 3X Beaver. This is the OLD vintage 3X Beaver.

Nothing like you find in todays or yesterdays hats! This has a very tall crown! In the Gus Shape, it's 7 inches tall. It could be reshaped into an Open Crown again, just write to dad and ask him to do that.

The height then will be over 7 inches. So we know the leather sweatband has no lettering on it and dad believes that it was replaced years and years ago.

Also Beaver Hats did make hats using beaver back then and then made their hats from Coney Fur (Rabbit). This does not feel like Coney Fur. We compared this to dad's 1960s Resistol 3X Beaver and they matched up very well!

When shaping it was very easily steamed and shaped. The beaver is very soft and semi-pliable. Just as you'd expect from this time period! If this was worn it was very rarely. We hid NOTHING in the pictures! We removed the feather and saw a tiny surface moth chew hiding behind it and added that picture. Also under the hat, by the edge of the brim (dad and I missed it but my grandson's final inspection did find it, good to have young healthy eyes) another tiny surface chews, see picture. Again it's unseen when hats worn. Only you'll know it's there. The picture looking from the top down is the best representation of the actual color. Dad is calling this a Copper Brown? It is easy to identify this as a 1960s, maybe early 1970s by the liner and the size tag. This was actually manufactured by Beaver Hats! This is NOT a a HATCO product, very big difference. These older 3X Beaver hats are so easy to with! This is very soft and semi-pliable and so very easily steamed and shaped.

This is NOT an anything like the newer, EXTREMELY stiff Resistol or Stetson or other manufacturers hat! Steam shaping this is easy to do if you'd ever wanted to change it?

It's just beautiful the way it sits now. Once dad and grandson steamed this into an Open Crown they both agreed that because of the brim shape this would look great as a Gus or Tom Mix cowboy hat. So that shape was steamed into the hat. If you'd like an Open Crown please write and ask us to steam it that way. We just think this is the best looking shape for this hat. NOTE: my grandson needed that Lions hat box for one of his own vintage hats so he has it now and it is not included in this sale. If you have any questions please write us.

The was a hat tag states 7-3/8 and this measures to a perfect 7-3/8 at 23-1/8 inches. We actually measure each hat 3 times to verify the size, whether tagged or not. Size 7-3/8 or 23-1/8 inches or 59. Width 13.3 inches, widest part, not flattened out. Height 7 inches at the tallest point and the front is 3.8 inches.

Wide Brim width 3.5 inches. Grosgrain Ribbon is 1/4 of an inch. Feather set is still in good condition too. If you have any question please write. Dad seems to know quite a bit about this hat.

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! Please see our excellent Ratings but 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.

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