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Alan I don't know where or how you scored that hat but a vicuna mens jacket (not suit) usually sells for upwards of USD5K. You'd have to give give it grail status as "score of a lifetime".

When did Borsalino get into vicuna?

We are talking about the wool that was so precious it was used in the Inca's royal cloak.:eeek:

 

[alanfgag]

So it's a Beaver "100" that's made out of an entirely different animal? Marketing guys should be shot.

Not to disagree with your concern about marketing but Beaver 100 was not indicating percentage I think, rather price. This is a Neiman Marcus take on the Stetson 100 from the same era. I assume some vicuna content was thrown in to up the ante in traditional NM fashion. Haven't seen it yet.

Alan I don't know where or how you scored that hat but a vicuna mens jacket (not suit) usually sells for upwards of USD5K. You'd have to give give it grail status as "score of a lifetime".

Thanks, hopefull... caught it by chance. I have another NM Churchill - a more recent hat - which I like, will let you know how this one fares when it arrives.

 

[Lefty]

I was under the impression that Churchill made the hat while Vicuna (the proper name of a person) was in the room. It could say made with Steve, but that's less desirable.

 

[alanfgag]

You might be on to something Lefty... maybe a pseudonym for Stanley?

 

[alanfgag]

A few additional pictures of the Churchill Beaver-Vicuna 100... more on this hat here.