I picked up this hideously awesome hat recently. Any guesses on how old it is? Vintage Hat by Blazer_Hippie posted May 23, 2017 at 8:45 AM
I'd say its less than 10 years old. I don't think its vintage, I think they just put some patches on a trucker hat tbh.
I'd say sometime in the 80s. They switched to the tilted pinwheel in 1990. The generic font is no help. I don't recall them ever wearing something that bland on the uniforms. Plus, it all upper case, the exact opposite of the all lower case they used from 1970 - 1991. They did switch to all caps in 1992, but it was a totally different font that was angled, and the unis at that time simply said BLAZERS (no PORTLAND and no TRAIL). BNM
That's what I was thinking, too. Along with the fact that the letters are all uppercase case as BNM pointed out.
Yep, both the upright pinwhell and all uppercase font have appeared on Blazer uniforms, but never at the same time. So, probably not an officially licensed product, but it's still cool and has a very 1980s vibe to it. BNM
It's hard to see from the pic, but the trucker hat itself is almost definitely 80's. It's a really weird synthetic that they definitely haven't used in a long time. The front isn't cloth at all.
Good Call!! It is AJD. I Googled and came up with a Steeler's hat that looks like it was made with the same cheesey embroidery/adhesive technique as the Blazer hat. Even the stitching and the places they used the colored thread match. Looks like it's "legit" (meaning made by a company/not some random dude in a basement). **Update- I realize I'm probably way more interested in this than anyone else in the universe... but I just found an AJD that even matches the stripe pattern.. It's from somewhere between 1975-1980, so that's when I'm guessing the Blazer hat was made as well.
