Just how awesome does it get? It's unlikely we'll ever see anything as clean as this and it's doubtful even the Borsalino museum has them. So if only for hat history you are to be commended, Mike. They have my heart racing. Thanks for saving these and I'm sure one of the members here will volunteer to the one that doesn't fit you off your hands.Yesterday during a typical online-hat-trawl I discovered these old Borsalinos a half hour away. I immediately wrote Stefan asking "Help! ..What's the story?" .. While waiting for a reply I fired up the FL search engine, found this thread AND exact same pictures I'd just sent Stefan! I got impression no one was imminently moving on them and they were very local so I put in an offer.
I bit hard too. No more hats for this guy for awhile. Fortunately the gray is my size, the black is too small. I feel fine about purchase as both hats are dead mint, un-bashed and apparently unworn. Seller relayed to me her Great Grandfather brought them over from Italy, had some pictures taken before his wife stored them away, where they've been since. First picture is how they were stored (I suspect tissue paper is original packaging from factory) This made me smile as it reminded me of my Italian Grandmother as this is exactly something she would have done .. probably at the same time she was saying "EAT!"
Felt is just incredible on both hats. Brim 1 7/8" Crown around 5 1/4"
Both hats take any bash dry. Black hat's brim slightly stiffer than gray's.
Liner and sweatband are identical on both hats. Enjoy Pictures!
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Would be interesting to hear the year they were brought to the US, so we could put some sort of a date on them.