Thanks Stefan!
Of the two that I own, one is French made, no manufacturing info on the other.
I have seen one up for auction that was made in Italy. Wherever they are made, I would imagine that Motsch would sell only the best of what was available.
Hey all!
Just thought I'd pop in and say hi on a warm sunny Saturday. Wearing this green Motsch Fils.
Hope everyone had happy holidays.
Have a great day!
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If you squint real hard and poke yourself in the eye you might see a dot between the 7 and the 5.
Poke the other eye and you might see "Whippet" too. :)
It took some trial and error to find the right product. I also tried thick paper strips with some Elmer's, with limited success. Anything with glue that doesn't dry is a no-go. Only took me once cleaning the gunk off my sewing machine to figure that one out! :)
For sweatband seams I have found that a strong paper tape with a water soluble adhesive works well (I found an old roll of reinforced brown paper packaging tape at a thrift store, kraft paper tape would probably work too). You want the kind with the glue you have to moisten before use. This...
Way back when I was still messing around with woolies and dynafelts I found a Knox Challenger at a thrift store. I think HCA may have used the model name with more than one of their brands. The Knox was, to the best of my recollection, a later 60's fur felt stingy brim with nothing too...
G. H. Bass & Co. sells a wool fedora, although it seems to not be available now. I found it googling G. H. Bass wool hat. They call it a wool brim Panama on the website. Maybe that's the one?
Here is the Mossant that I was supposed to have received. Also a hat purchased originally from Plassard. It arrived in 4 days (once shipped) from France, which is pretty darn quick.
A few shots in sun and shade
The inside
The tags and stamps
The overwelt brim is 2 1/4", the crown is 5...
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