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Why is it that the Star H logos on hats and such lack detail. All New Era hats have the star with raised detail and look really good. When you get a Nike, American Needle, Twins Interprise they use a flat, bland looking star. Just curious. It looks goofy with the plain looking no detail star.

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If your looking for accuracy, go with the flat. Raised logos on hats have only been around for about a decade or so. And they are evil.

Actually, the New Era cap is correct. I have one of the old orange polyester caps (purchased in 1980) and the navy cap that is pictured and they did have that threading pattern on the star. The star is not raised, but that pattern is there.

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It looks goofy with the plain looking no detail star.

The original logo and original hats of the time had a "plain looking no detail star." If you ask me, adding detail into the star post mortem is INCREDIBLY goofy, not to mention inaccurate.

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If your looking for accuracy, go with the flat. Raised logos on hats have only been around for about a decade or so. And they are evil.

Actually, the New Era cap is correct. I have one of the old orange polyester caps (purchased in 1980) and the navy cap that is pictured and they did have that threading pattern on the star. The star is not raised, but that pattern is there.

I meant the raised H on the bottom one is inaccurate. I have an Astros hat that I bought when it was current as well and it has the pattern on the star with a flat H.

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If your looking for accuracy, go with the flat. Raised logos on hats have only been around for about a decade or so. And they are evil.

Actually, the New Era cap is correct. I have one of the old orange polyester caps (purchased in 1980) and the navy cap that is pictured and they did have that threading pattern on the star. The star is not raised, but that pattern is there.

I meant the raised H on the bottom one is inaccurate. I have an Astros hat that I bought when it was current as well and it has the pattern on the star with a flat H.

Sorry about that. BBM's post, which followed yours, mentioned the "flat star" so that's what I thought you meant.

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Interesting pic, that's news to me. The official logo certainly always had a flat star. I have a few New Era Astros hats from the 80s and they all have the flat star. Do you know what year that pic is from?

Judging from the fact that there is no rainbow stripe on the shoulders, it would have to be 1986 or earlier. As I mentioned earlier in the thread, I have an orange (polyester) New Era cap purchased in 1980 as well as a navy version, also purchased in 1980, and both have that pattern.

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