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  1. alanfgag

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    Not my No.1 No.1, but with its scooped brim, it cuts through the wind and snow like a clipper ship on a stormy day. From the Chestnut Street factory store, c.1940.
  2. alanfgag

    STETSON 7x CLEAR BEAVER QUALITY

    An interesting hat... look forward to your thoughts and photos when you receive it. Special makings like this are hard to date from the parts. The rondel would suggest post-war 1940s-1950s. The decorative perforated sweatband made a brief appearance in Stetson hats during the late 1930s-early...
  3. alanfgag

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    Agree... superb felt. This one is remarkably thin and firm at the same time.
  4. alanfgag

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    Barbisio Titan...
  5. alanfgag

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    Thanks very much. The coat is a Missoni double breasted jacket that I've had for many years.
  6. alanfgag

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    Lord, love a hat. Wonderful.
  7. alanfgag

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    Thanks Perry... it's always special when you have an odd color hat and just the right odd color coat to match it up with.
  8. alanfgag

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    Heather Mallory, c.1940.
  9. alanfgag

    Men rings - How to choose? What do you wear?

    It’s always good to have a meteorite ring or two...
  10. alanfgag

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    You know you have a hat problem when you prepare for travel and decide to travel light and bring only a beret and then you can’t decide which one to bring... so you pack four.
  11. alanfgag

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    I can relate to silver hare...
  12. alanfgag

    The OLD WAY.......Ephemera, and other stuff...BEFORE 1920

    I have never seen the scientific genus "castor" used in connection with beaver fur hats in the United States, only in Italy, where castoro is the common name. Has anyone else? Castor (bean) seemed to have been in common parlance referring to a bitter oil for medicinal purposes, which would...
  13. alanfgag

    The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

    <smile> yes, you definitely need two.
  14. alanfgag

    The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

    Well said Stefan. You have to look back in time and far and wide to find this quality of materials and workmanship.
  15. alanfgag

    The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

    Now I am going to dream about a gentle snowfall of hats. I have been a little fussy about condition when shopping on eBay and have been fortunate to find clean hats of interest. It helps to wear a wee size, of course. Steve, iPhones keep getting better and the new 11 pro is a pretty remarkable...
  16. alanfgag

    The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

    Thanks very much for your enjoyment and feedback on the Borsalino misto from yesterday. I have another... this in the stately Gorasgu style, in a heather color oddly named after the dogfish (I think). Not sure if wild, or cooked. A little more recent than the hat posted yesterday, made for the...
  17. alanfgag

    The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

    Well done... it looks great.
  18. alanfgag

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    Thank you for your enjoyment and feedback on the Borsalino misto from yesterday. I have another... this in the stately Gorasgu style, in a heather color oddly named after the dogfish (I think). Not sure if wild, or cooked. Made for the American market following WWII.
  19. alanfgag

    The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

    Thank you, my fellow Borsalino lovers!
  20. alanfgag

    The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

    Thanks Steve... I get a little misto-eyed every time I pull it out. ;^) I'm a big fan of the over-welt brim edge. I think this is the most refined sewn edge I have handled.

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