Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

[alanfgag]

Good snags there, Josh and Ale. I'm glad to have these off the street and in sensible hands.

 

[Lefty]

7xCB, size 7

If this had been tagged as my size, I'd have been all over it.

 

[Aureliano]

Good snags there, Josh and Ale. I'm glad to have these off the street and in sensible hands.

 

[alanfgag]

Tipped from a noted Lounge hat whisperer... feltfanish brim binding, good looking felt and flat brim. I took a gamble without asking for more photos. What do you think? Vintage 5XCB?, or no.

 

[Iyor]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/280849190262?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
I think we have a case of 2 bidders thinking nobody is going to get close to their max bid on this big size borsalino. I have one of these, and I believe dinerman also does, its a really great hat.

 

[buler]

Tipped from a noted Lounge hat whisperer... feltfanish brim binding, good looking felt and flat brim. I took a gamble without asking for more photos. What do you think? Vintage 5XCB?, or no.

Alan, your a lucky guy. I think thats going to be a beauty! I've always wanted to find one with that brim treatment since seeing feltfans.

B

 

[alanfgag]

Thanks for weighing in, B. Hoping it turns out to be a winner... more camera angles to follow if it does.

 

[delectans]

I won this vintage brim trimmer yesterday. I can't believe I won it for less than $85 bucks shipped. Finally, my western conversions can be done in half the time. I'm still going to sand the edges though, for a nice smooth finish.

Vintage Antique Hat Brim Trimmer Tool

You beat me by a buck, Josh! lol
Luckily I had my eye on another one, which I snatched for $40 BIN . Should be here tomorrow!, I'm as thrilled as you are

Hat brim trimmer

Scalpel, please...lol

 

[delectans]

Thanks for weighing in, B. Hoping it turns out to be a winner... more camera angles to follow if it does.

A real stunner, Alan.

 

[carouselvic]

Tipped from a noted Lounge hat whisperer... feltfanish brim binding, good looking felt and flat brim. I took a gamble without asking for more photos. What do you think? Vintage 5XCB?, or no.

promising...very

 

[Aureliano]

Scalpel, please...lol

lol

 

[Joshbru3]

You beat me by a buck, Josh! lol
Luckily I had my eye on another one, which I snatched for $40 BIN . Should be here tomorrow!, I'm as thrilled as you are

Hat brim trimmer

$40 bucks!!?? That's a steal! Congrats!

Sorry I swiped the trimmer out from under you. I have been looking for so long and was about to spend over $260 for a brand new one. I prefer to have the original hatting tools anyways, and I literally remembered the auction about 5 minutes before it ended. I was lucky that I got my bid in.

 

[Joshbru3]

Good deal on that one! For all of the antique shops I've been in, I've only found one.

B

Thanks, Bill! I've only found one block and flange at an antique mall, and that was when you and I went the last time I came up to Milwaukee. It seems that hatters tools are getting harder and harder to find in antique malls. I always see tons of cobbler equipment and old industrial stuff, but never hatter tools.

I'm still on the hunt for a flange stand though....

 

[Joshbru3]

Good snags there, Josh and Ale. I'm glad to have these off the street and in sensible hands.

LOL

I just hope I can use the cutter with surgeon like precision. We all know what damage a brim cutter can do in the wrong hands......

Scalpel, please...lol

 

[Joshbru3]

Today I won this gorgeous turn of the century boater. I usually never pay a ton for boaters, especially one that's just going into my collection, but this one just caught my eye right from the start. The weave looks very interesting and fine, and with the shinny finish, makes me think its a Baku straw. I could be wrong though. It has the early size label and while its 5 sizes too big, the fact that its a 7 5/8 makes it even more rare. I have looked though a bunch of vintage ads like many here on the lounge, and in the early part of the 20th century, many hats were sold in sizes from 6 1/2 to 7 1/2. 7 5/8 would have been a pretty big melon about 90 or so years ago.

Vintage Men's Boater or Skimmer Hat - Very Tight Weave w/ Design, Sz 7 5/8

 

[Lefty]

great 7 1/8 Dobbs

 

[TipTop]

Today I won this gorgeous turn of the century boater. I usually never pay a ton for boaters, especially one that's just going into my collection, but this one just caught my eye right from the start. The weave looks very interesting and fine, and with the shinny finish, makes me think its a Baku straw. I could be wrong though. It has the early size label and while its 5 sizes too big, the fact that its a 7 5/8 makes it even more rare. I have looked though a bunch of vintage ads like many here on the lounge, and in the early part of the 20th century, many hats were sold in sizes from 6 1/2 to 7 1/2. 7 5/8 would have been a pretty big melon about 90 or so years ago.

Vintage Men's Boater or Skimmer Hat - Very Tight Weave w/ Design, Sz 7 5/8

Elegant weaving pattern; buy a wig and enjoy it!

 

[Aureliano]

buy a wig and enjoy it!

[huh]? what's that supposed to mean?

 

[bowlerman]

Interesting purchases, guys-- can't wait to see more photos of them!
Josh-- what a cool weave pattern in that crown. I'm not a big straw connoisseur yet, but I've heard the pattern in the crown can suggest regional origins. Any truth in that?

 

[mayserwegener]

[huh]? what's that supposed to mean?

I think he means to size up to 7 5/8.

Josh, Neat Boater!