Up for sale is a late 1930s/ earliest 1940s Stetson Special Homburg midnight blue Size US 7 1/4" (snug, fits in-between 7 1/8 and 7 1/4 or a regular 7 1/4 once broken in)
This is one occasion where I'm asking more than what might be customary for a Homburg of whatever vintage. The condition of this hat is simply incredibly good. If you have the hat in hand, you'll see what I mean.
Most Homburgs sell for around $150 or even less, since the market for Homburgs is much smaller than the market for Fedoras.
For the record, I listed this hat once in the Classifieds, but removed it later.
$235.- shipped worldwide (from Germany)
Dimensions 5.5" x about 2 1/2" curled, on a rather straight block - not quite #52, but nearly there.
This specimen is absolutely mint, inside and out. It's like walking into a store back in the late 30s and buying a new hat. The felt has a very dense finish and is very malleable. The hatband and binding appear to be an extremely dark shade of midnight blue. At first I thought it was black, but now that I've seen many more black and near-black ribbons, I see it as midnight blue. The felt itself is true midnight blue; it looks nearly black in low light, and it has a subtle blue shade when viewed in full sunlight - quite unlike navy felt, which pops in the sunlight, revealing a stronger blue shade.
The sweatband is stamped with the coveted deep embossing that fell out of use by the 1940s.
The liner material is rather special; it has a very dry feel. It could be a fine, "dry" silk or an early rayon.
This is one occasion where I'm asking more than what might be customary for a Homburg of whatever vintage. The condition of this hat is simply incredibly good. If you have the hat in hand, you'll see what I mean.
Most Homburgs sell for around $150 or even less, since the market for Homburgs is much smaller than the market for Fedoras.
For the record, I listed this hat once in the Classifieds, but removed it later.
$235.- shipped worldwide (from Germany)
Dimensions 5.5" x about 2 1/2" curled, on a rather straight block - not quite #52, but nearly there.
This specimen is absolutely mint, inside and out. It's like walking into a store back in the late 30s and buying a new hat. The felt has a very dense finish and is very malleable. The hatband and binding appear to be an extremely dark shade of midnight blue. At first I thought it was black, but now that I've seen many more black and near-black ribbons, I see it as midnight blue. The felt itself is true midnight blue; it looks nearly black in low light, and it has a subtle blue shade when viewed in full sunlight - quite unlike navy felt, which pops in the sunlight, revealing a stronger blue shade.
The sweatband is stamped with the coveted deep embossing that fell out of use by the 1940s.
The liner material is rather special; it has a very dry feel. It could be a fine, "dry" silk or an early rayon.
