Just got mail from 1975. NEW PICTURES.

[Holt]

Just received an original vintage stetson Pre-temple of doom. 1975. I allways love vintage items!! It smells like the inside of my great grandmothers curtain closet tho

But this is a pretty sick hat. IMO it has pretty much all the features of the original Temple hat. Short crown, slightly wider ribbon, wide flat awesome brim!

I allready gave it a temple bash and as you can see, it comes out perfectly! With some aging this is going to look pretty awsome!!!

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[Mitch LaRue]

WHOA! Gorgeous!

Holt, what's the Size of that beauty?
And what size do you wear?

[Holt]

Thanks!

It's a 57. I usually wear a 58 but this fits fine... and funny thing is, vintage items usually runs alittle smaller then what the tag says.

But it fits.

[Mitch LaRue]

Yep! Looks like it's a great fit!
Well done, pal

[JohnnyD97]

I all-ready gave it a temple bash and as you can see, it comes out perfectly! With some aging this is going to look pretty awsome!!!

Aging? It's already older than most people on this board!

[Jeremiah]

I all-ready gave it a temple bash and as you can see, it comes out perfectly! With some aging this is going to look pretty awsome!!!

Aging? It's already older than most people on this board!

My thoughts too

[Holt]

LOL. yeah, I allready took out the bash and got to work on it.. we will see how it turns out...

[JohnnyD97]

Well you know what they say...

"It's not the years honey, it's the mileage..."

[RJR]

OUCH

[Holt]

Okay,

so been busy wiht this hat since I got it and let me say, it's been one of the most frustrating hats I have ever worked on!!! It wasn't as easy as I thought it would be when I first got it..It looks like an easy bash but to me, it was not!!! Maby I am just used to do LC hats.. Or maby not used to work on short crowns... Anyways..

I finally got the look I wanted. The shorther slightly tapered crown vs the wide flat brim. I love that look. it's the temple look to me.

And here she is. The original Stetson from 1975 pre-temple of doom.

I hope you like.





Inspired by this hat.

[Mitch LaRue]

[Weston]

Fantastic! You are really pulling this one together in a hurry. It always amazes me how you have the ability to locate just the right items, and tweak them just enough to be dead ringers for the real thing.

[Indiana Jeff]

Indeed. Where in the world did you find a c1975 Stetson that wasn't falling apart?


Regards,

Indiana Jeff

[Holt]

Thanks guys!

I found this one on ebay. It was in mint condition and was stored in the box for all those years. I guess I was lucky and so was the hat. We were ment to be. I got a temple hat and this old hat got new life.

[WConly]

Only one word here -- Wow ! W>

[Screencapped]

Okay,

so been busy wiht this hat since I got it and let me say, it's been one of the most frustrating hats I have ever worked on!!! It wasn't as easy as I thought it would be when I first got it..It looks like an easy bash but to me, it was not!!! Maby I am just used to do LC hats.. Or maby not used to work on short crowns... Anyways..

I finally got the look I wanted. The shorther slightly tapered crown vs the wide flat brim. I love that look. it's the temple look to me.

And here she is. The original Stetson from 1975 pre-temple of doom.

I hope you like.





Inspired by this hat.

I've heard before from other members that a few Stetsons were actually used in TOD. Anybody know which scenes?

[Screencapped]

Oh, btw, AWESOME job on the bash Holt!

[davidd]

Wow! Impressive! Easily as good as, and probably better than, many of the new, and stratospherically expensive, custom designed hats.

Do you know the name of this Stetson model? Whatever it was, this was a fantastic find!

[Holt]

Thanks.

No idea what the name is. The ad said, ''Sovereign'' but thats the name of the felt I think?

[Dangerfreak]

That looks like a great ToD hat mate, nice one!

[Odo]

A great finding, and an amazing work you did. It doesn't look short for a TOD fedora...actually looks spot on compared to that village pic...

[Holt]

Thanks mate