Borsalinos (now with pictures)

[Dinerman]

I snagged two. one last night, one this morning.

This first one was sold at Brodt's, a washington DC hatter, from which I already have a '30's borsalino and a benchmade homburg. I guess they were a big borsalino dealer. I think that they went out of business some time in the '40s, so I'm hopeful.
I also get the womens hats. Oh well.

 

[Dinerman]

the other one I'm not as wild about, but I'm currious to see what their velour finish is.

 

[Cacklewack]

I think you can pull off that leopard print!

Matt

 

[Bud-n-Texas]

lol I have confidence that he can pull them all off. lol

 

[dhermann1]

Borsalino

I tried one on yesterday!!! First time ever. Tres cool. It was at Bencraft Hatters (support our advertisers!) It was a big old Alessandria. I felt as if I needed a Tommy gun to go with it. Wound up buying a Stetson "Vintage". Me very happy.

 

[Dinerman]

Any guess as to a date on the velour one? '60's? '70's?
the other one I can't tell anything about until I get it.

 

[Twitch]

You could wear that casual velour one with a T shirt and still look right.

 

[Dinerman]

I'm planning on it.
I'm also interested in seeing what the brim edging is like.

 

[Stoney]

I'm not an expert on these, but my .02 says fedoras with braided bands were very popular in the late 60s.

 

[Dinerman]

yeah- It's not exactly my normal thing, but I'm only going to know how it looks if I try. and it doesn't appear too terribly stingy.

 

[Stoney]

What's wrong with a little stingy? Ya gotta have a little variety in life or else why bother living.

 

[Dinerman]

nothing's wrong with stingy, so long as it's at 2 inches or so.

 

[Ed13]

I have a couple of velour finish Borsalinos. I think both of mine are a little earlier than yours. They have an extremely soft hand. They are the only Borsalinos I have and the only vintage ones I have handled so it is hard to compare to other finishes of their era.

 

[Dinerman]

okay, the homburg came today.
It's not as old as I thought it would be; I guess Brodt's stayed in business a tad longer than I could find records of.

The hat is very soft.

it's a wee bit tight, but wearable.
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my other hats from Brodts
1940's homburg under the Brodt's label

1930's borsalino, with brodts on the sweatband.