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Old (1900?) P. & C. Habig hat box (not mine).



Hi Steve, nice box,It is a great souvenir, Cheers ¡¡¡¡¡
I haven't read this entire 27 page thread so my appologies if I missed the answer to my question.
Is there a dealer in the States that sells this brand of hat?
Hi folks,
a few months ago I was invited to visit the hat "factory" of a friend in Vienna.
I thought you might enjoy seeing some of their tools and products, so here are the pictures.
http://s221.photobucket.com/albums/dd84/oberland001/muehlbauer_huete/
the company is called "Mühlbauer" and is a family-owned business for many generations, who still make their hats in the center of Vienna.
Hope you enjoy the pictures, despite my obvious limitations as a photographer.
This is my latest acquisition. Apparently it's hardly worn, if at all - there's not a mark on it. It's a late 1950s/early 60s (70s?) fur (long hair felt? velour?). Must have cost a fortune at the time. Brand new, hats like this go for a couple of hundred at least in central Europe. I saw a new simple felt one today in Heidelberg, unlined and it was 100euro.
It's Austrian, but is typical of hats found all over the German/Austrian-Tyrolean/Swiss Alpine region. It's a hybrid style (?) - it's traditional Austrian/German style ( the cords instead of a ribbon, for example), without being completely Austrian, and instead leans towards a trilby-ish style. (I might actually have a ribbon fitted instead of the cords).
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