Big Apple, Newsboy, eight panel flat cap by Broner

[Corky]

I had been looking for the perfect Big Apple or Newsboy cap for a long time. I wanted one made out of all cotton, so it would age like an old pair of jeans. It needed to be the correct size (no tab adjustment) and to have a substantial construction that one associates with a better quality of hat.

I tried on many Newsboy hats over the years, but the wool was scratchy, or the linen felt wrong somehow, so I kept looking.

I walked into the Surplus Store in Culver City and found a pile of Broner's "Mo' Money" hats. The price was $16.50 in white and black.

The Broner hat just feels right and it falls over to the side at just the right angle. I am very happy with this cap.

I decided I wanted a second cap in another color, so I located them on the internet. Price for the black is $18.00 on the internet. Inexplicably, the other colors of the same hat are different prices.

This is no big deal, as even the most expensive color is about the same price as a Newsboy from The Hat People (and you don't have to put up with a safety pin size adjustment or a wire in the brim).

Ebay link:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Broner-8-4-...hash=item41b07c89eb:m:mNHeDEpDkdOwY6YsVvHEY6A

 

[RJR]

I had been looking for the perfect Big Apple or Newsboy cap for a long time. I wanted one made out of all cotton, so it would age like an old pair of jeans. It needed to be the correct size (no tab adjustment) and to have a substantial construction that one associates with a better quality of hat.

I tried on many Newsboy hats over the years, but the wool was scratchy, or the linen felt wrong somehow, so I kept looking.

I walked into the Surplus Store in Culver City and found a pile of Broner's "Mo' Money" hats. The price was $16.50 in white and black.

The Broner hat just feels right and it falls over to the side at just the right angle. I am very happy with this cap.

I decided I wanted a second cap in another color, so I located them on the internet. Price for the black is $18.00 on the internet. Inexplicably, the other colors of the same hat are different prices.

This is no big deal, as even the most expensive color is about the same price as a Newsboy from The Hat People (and you don't have to put up with a safety pin size adjustment or a wire in the brim).

Ebay link:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Broner-8-4-...hash=item41b07c89eb:m:mNHeDEpDkdOwY6YsVvHEY6A

Nice find,congrats.

 

[tropicalbob]

Thanks for the tip - I'd never heard of them. How's the sweatband? A couple of the hats I have with cloth sweatbands I've found to be irritating to my skin, particularly in the warm weather. Sort of itchy and uncomfortable. Any feelings about it?