1900's Green Bowler

[ofcoursemyhorse]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Vtg-19...881?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5654e7a9c9

Without a doubt one of coolest i've seen one on ebay so far. If it was my size i'd be all over it.

 

[Denton]

Very nice. I am not buying a lot of hats these days, but I am thinking about this one.

OCMH, I seem to recall that you have some experience repairing tattered brim bindings on bowlers. Do you think this would be a difficult repair job?

 

[Dinerman]

Often, that green shade comes about when the black dyes of the time fade out.

 

[splintercellsz]

I really like that one, faded or not!!

 

[LocktownDog]

Nice!

 

[ofcoursemyhorse]

I've never done a complete one myself, i've just done the occasional stitch or two on a loose one. A full replacement would require a bit of skill to put it lightly, if you have the sewing aptitude, the link below has instructions on how to do it yourself. If not i'm sure theres a hatmaker who'd love the opportunity to try and restore that bowler.


http://glorioushats.blogspot.com/2008/04/bowler-hat-restoration.html

 

[ofcoursemyhorse]

I figured that might be the case, only I thought it might have originally been a brown one.

Either way, the color its taken on now is really nice, not too mention that delightful tall crown and swoopy brim.

 

[Denton]

Interesting. I spent some time looking through the bowler / derby thread, and found one hat from roughly the same time period that looks to have faded to a similar shade of green -- a super cool bowler made by the Roelofs firm, owned by Mr. Speakeasy.

Thanks for the information, Dinerman, and thanks for the advice, OCMH.