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  1. besdor

    The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

    Its not good news............
  2. besdor

    Italian brands hats

    After just retuning from a trip to Italy, there is not much left to choose from in the Italian hat market. Borsalino is changing and not for the good. Cervo is now closed until they reorganize. This leaves just Panizza and Guerra as the main manufacturers. It is a shame what has happened to the...
  3. besdor

    The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

    I just came back from the Pitti show . I saw the complete Borsalino collection.
  4. besdor

    Hatbox Homage

    Never seen that Huckel box before.
  5. besdor

    The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

    These hats could become real collectors items if the courts dont straighten out the mess in italy now.
  6. besdor

    The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

    I dont think there will be any major news before Christmas. You never know though what can happen. As long as a certain person is not there any more, i will be very happy.
  7. besdor

    The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

    Very interesting. Lets hope it turns out good for everyone.
  8. besdor

    The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

    You paid 369.oo Euros for the hat ???? Wow, im going to raise my prices!!!!
  9. besdor

    The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

    This did not happen overnight. Years of mismanagement and trying to be another big italian brand like Gucci and Prada is what started the problems. The current CEO of the company hurt a lot of people in the past year and a half by doing things his way. Lets hope that a new owner will change...
  10. besdor

    The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

    The cause of this problem is due to the mismanagement of the company by the Marenco and Gallo family. They basicaly took all of the money out of the company and left them with nothing. The new director of the company Marco Moccia decided to change everything and has hurt many people in the...
  11. besdor

    BARBISIO Brothers

    The Barbisio name was licenced to be made in the USA during the late 1980's by Bollman and also in Columbia SA by Puerto Fino Hats. You can easily tell the differences between the Italian version and the other two.
  12. besdor

    Hat manufacturing equipment sales

    I doubt that you could buy these machines anymore. the only place that sells machinery today is in Germany . They are called Bonner. They should have a website.
  13. besdor

    The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

    I know Borsalino has used mink, beaver, nutria ,deerfelt and guanaco but not otter .
  14. besdor

    The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

    Ive never seen a Borsalino hat made from otter. They dont make them like that anymore!
  15. besdor

    The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

    The Borsalino company that we all new and dealt with is sadly no more. With the new ownership , the situation is very different now . Instead of being known as a hat company , the new owners are treating it as a fashion company that produces hats. Everything is being streamlined . There will...
  16. besdor

    The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

    That Columbo is a very nice hat . The Como in taupe (monlov) is a very neutral color that goes with just about everything. We do stock the hat in that color.
  17. besdor

    Bencraft Hats - 13th Ave Location

    Sorry for not posting this earlier. Our store on 13th ave was destroyed completely. We lost just about everything in the store including a beautiful antique hat collection that I had collected for over twenty five years. We hope to rebuild . We have opened a temporary location in the...
  18. besdor

    My Borsalino Trionfo Bari. How to date a modern Borsalino? Decipher the tag?

    It looks better on you with the smaller brim!
  19. besdor

    Stetson Stuff

    Nice finds!!!
  20. besdor

    The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

    Kleinhans was a famous department store in Buffalo NY . Its long gone. They sold a lot of Borsalino hats . I was able to email the grandaughter of the hat buyer years agothat ran the hat dept. She sent me a lot of interesting things that her family had .

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