Homburg Nation

[steur]

Here they are. One of the pics is taken through a jeweler's magnifying glass I use to look at insects trapped in amber. I hope it is helpful.

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Thanks, Max. Can't make out the colour name, which should be on the left. I think Steve is right about the dating: thirties is most likely. The Borsalino geeks, like myself, are trying to make sense of the arcane workings of the brand with every scrap of evidence we can find.

 

[steur]

This just in (Well. Almost!) Borsalino Continental Homburg courtesy of fellow hatter 'deadlyhandsome.' I find that even though listed as charcoal, the felt takes on an olive shade in at certain angles in both inside and outside lighting! I'm waiting to see what shade the sunlight will bring! I am happy to share that my collection of Homburgs is growing! This, coming from someone who didn't think he'd ever be enjoying this type of vintage 'luxury.'

Superb hat, Jack. Judging by the liner and size labels not vintage vintage but that doesn't take away from a great hat.

 

[mayserwegener]

A. Peschel Dinkelsbühl "Bella", 57cm probably mid to later 1960s.

Natural Light

 

[NewJack]

New Arrival: Mac Lachlin Homburg in gray. Even better looking in person! The felt has a brown tint to it in natural and inside lighting. The felt? Amazing! Soft. Dense. Shapeable with no steam. It's like swqishing a block of medium soft butter without getting ones fingers greasy. If you know what I mean. The fit is larger than expected. However, it fits my LO noggin with a skosh of room to spare. 2/3/8 brim out to curl ( 2 7/8 total). Did I say amazing felt? Was seeking a gray one for some time now. Well. Here it is...Thanks MattC!









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[mayserwegener]

Fantastic!

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

New Arrival: Mac Lachlin Homburg in gray. Even better looking in person! The felt has a brown tint to it in natural and inside lighting. The felt? Amazing! Soft. Dense. Shapeable with no steam. It's like swqishing a block of medium soft butter without getting ones fingers greasy. If you know what I mean. The fit is larger than expected. However, it fits my LO noggin with a skosh of room to spare. 2/3/8 brim out to curl ( 2 7/8 total). Did I say amazing felt? Was seeking a gray one for some time now. Well. Here it is...Thanks MattC!









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Hey Jack:
Super look. Super hat. Enjoy that one. You just don’t see those hardly ever.
Outstanding!!
That liner belongs in the Lovely Liners thread too!!
Be well. Bowen

 

[deadlyhandsome]

New Arrival: Mac Lachlin Homburg in gray. Even better looking in person! The felt has a brown tint to it in natural and inside lighting. The felt? Amazing! Soft. Dense. Shapeable with no steam. It's like swqishing a block of medium soft butter without getting ones fingers greasy. If you know what I mean. The fit is larger than expected. However, it fits my LO noggin with a skosh of room to spare. 2/3/8 brim out to curl ( 2 7/8 total). Did I say amazing felt? Was seeking a gray one for some time now. Well. Here it is...Thanks MattC!









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Wow, that’s a home run! It looks great on you and your description of the felt caused me some real envy


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[Redfokker]

New Arrival: Mac Lachlin Homburg in gray. Even better looking in person! The felt has a brown tint to it in natural and inside lighting. The felt? Amazing! Soft. Dense. Shapeable with no steam. It's like swqishing a block of medium soft butter without getting ones fingers greasy. If you know what I mean. The fit is larger than expected. However, it fits my LO noggin with a skosh of room to spare. 2/3/8 brim out to curl ( 2 7/8 total). Did I say amazing felt? Was seeking a gray one for some time now. Well. Here it is...Thanks MattC!









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This is a rare bird indeed. The tartan liner is a nice touch. You really have a sweet piece with this one Jack.

 

[belfastboy]

Wow, that’s a home run! It looks great on you and your description of the felt caused me some real envy


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I read your reply and started thinking....."is felt envy a real thing?" If it is I think I suffer from the malady.

 

[Redfokker]

Cool enough to walk around in my new NW Hats Whippet Clone in granite. Had to get some sunshine photos. This color is really interesting, inside it is a dark greenish gray. Outside, it lightens up and looses those tones. I'm really happy. Now it is getting too warm to walk around the farmer's market in it (getting the wife to move took too much time), so I'll switch to a NW Hats Cuenca Straw.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

Cool enough to walk around in my new NW Hats Whippet Clone in granite. Had to get some sunshine photos. This color is really interesting, inside it is a dark greenish gray. Outside, it lightens up and looses those tones. I'm really happy. Now it is getting too warm to walk around the farmer's market in it (getting the wife to move took too much time), so I'll switch to a NW Hats Cuenca Straw.
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Hey Red:
I really liked this hat first time i saw it posted. I like it more every time i see it. It keeps climbing the “I like Mike’s” hat ladder.
B

 

[Redfokker]

Hey Red:
I really liked this hat first time i saw it posted. I like it more every time i see it. It keeps climbing the “I like Mike’s” hat ladder.
B

Thanks Bowen!

 

[steur]

A. Peschel Dinkelsbühl "Bella", 57cm probably mid to later 1960s.

Natural Light

Beautiful hat, Steve. Great colour combination. The taper to the crown suggests to me a later production of Peschel?

 

[steur]

New Arrival: Mac Lachlin Homburg in gray. Even better looking in person! The felt has a brown tint to it in natural and inside lighting. The felt? Amazing! Soft. Dense. Shapeable with no steam. It's like swqishing a block of medium soft butter without getting ones fingers greasy. If you know what I mean. The fit is larger than expected. However, it fits my LO noggin with a skosh of room to spare. 2/3/8 brim out to curl ( 2 7/8 total). Did I say amazing felt? Was seeking a gray one for some time now. Well. Here it is...Thanks MattC!









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That is a stunning hat, Jack. Homburgs don't come much better than this. Yours has the tartan liner too (which mine doesn't have). A rare beast. Wear it with pride and take good care of it.

 

[steur]

Cool enough to walk around in my new NW Hats Whippet Clone in granite. Had to get some sunshine photos. This color is really interesting, inside it is a dark greenish gray. Outside, it lightens up and looses those tones. I'm really happy. Now it is getting too warm to walk around the farmer's market in it (getting the wife to move took too much time), so I'll switch to a NW Hats Cuenca Straw.
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Great hat, Mike. The ribbon does lift it up a notch or two. Mike Miller did a great job on it.

 

[Redfokker]

Great hat, Mike. The ribbon does lift it up a notch or two. Mike Miller did a great job on it.

I see now that this one was posted in the wrong thread. Thanks Stefan, I was going for a Whippet look and a bold, showy fedora shape. It started with a full 6" crown.

 

[mayserwegener]

Beautiful hat, Steve. Great colour combination. The taper to the crown suggests to me a later production of Peschel?

Stefan, Thanks! Yes it's later production and machine formed.

 

[Musher]

Went to lunch in a straw homburg today (Stacey Adams)

 

[Daniele Tanto]

Borsalino Trionfo sold in Sofia in the Simon Zlateff shop with the wind cord

The color is "Mirtillo" and the "type" is "Mula" (a female mule) Size is 6 1/2 Ancient French way to measure hat, a more simple 60 centimeters

It came from UK as many of the "Zlateff field" in Europe. I'm making some research to understand why so many Bulgarian hats surface in UK.

The Bulgarian homburg are alway marked "Mula" that is a type for Borsalino, that in the same years, produced more high end homburg in other shape and dimension at least for the Italian market

The proportions are the classic Lobbia Borsalino: 5.5 cm. curled brim, around 11.5 crown with a soft felt

I added another "Mirtillo" to my collection of the this color interpreted in a very bizarre way by the Borsalino dyeing man during the years

 

[mayserwegener]

Daniele, Super nice. I know there were a good number of these Zlateff hats dumped on the market by Bulgarian sources around 10 -12 years ago. I actually got some great JHS hats that were not marked Zlateff but I am pretty sure they are Zlateff. I have tried to find out what happened Zlateff post WWII but haven't come up with anything.