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[jaco]

Hi all

Saturday in my hat wanderings I went to a nice shop in Milan: Cabella, Viale Monza 20 (if someone come in Italy...go to visit that small but nice shop).
The owner is a very nice person: almost two hours of conversation between me and him (a very smart person son and grandchild of hatter) upon various arguments fedora-related.
He's the only "Barbisio" (modern brand) reseller in Milan: I undercovered that actually Barbisio is a "Cappellificio Cervo" brand and, as someone here knows yet, the "Cervo" products actually are maybe the best fur felt in Italy (even better than Borsalino at a 25 to 30 % less in prices).
I saw many beuties in that shop and hope that the seller start an online merchant becaus I can assure you that the hats are magnificent.
See you

 

[Craig Robertson]

The most worn of all my hats is a vintage Barbisio. I would love to have a couple more. Any more info you have about Barbisio or Cervo would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Lefty]

Craig,
Search Cervo and you'll see that the reviews of the modern incarnations of that brand are not so good, including several such posts by besdor.

 

[Craig Robertson]

Thanks, Lefty...bummer. I'll just search for a vintage one. If I found one, I can find another.

 

[Craig Robertson]

This is my Barbisio, by the way.

 

[besdor]

The original Barbisio factory closed in the mid 1980's. The hats being made today are by Cervo of Sagliano Micca . A nice hat , but not the same as the original. They are however trying to increase the quality. I saw a pure beaver hat made by them recently. It was very nice.





Steven
www.bencrafthats.com

 

[Craig Robertson]

Thanks for the info, Steven. I knew that they went out of business, but I didn't realize that Cervo had picked up the brand. Shame about the quality.