OTHER THAN eBAY Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

[Blare]

Well it finally happened… after nearly 10 years of going to the thrift shops in my area... three fur felt fedoras turned up today. All three 60s maybe 70s style somewhat shorter brimmed hats. Two of unfamiliar brands and one Rossolino Milano velour like. Being not my size and considering brand style and condition…. I ended up leaving them in the wild.

The nicest of the three was probably this raw edge Barcelona which was “Designed by Roland your Hatter of Miami, FLA”. The first hat I’ve come across originally sold in a South Florida store. I wonder if this is a Beaver Brand/Langenberg product…. Couldn’t look under the sweat as it was stiff as could be and I didn’t want to crack it.

The second a rolled underwelt by Copley Square Hats. I almost grabbed this one for its cool little Liberty Bell pin

 

[Blare]

Lastly this velvety velour like finish Rosollino Milano with self felted had band. This one had a fairly cracked up sweatband. Interesting note on this one…. The brand Rosollino Milano is on the liner… but on sweat is Barlesoni

Was proud of myself leaving them behind.……
I‘m gonna end up back there tomorrow Picking these up aren’t I?? Damn HAS!!!!

 

[Blare]

It is fab!

Thanks Bob. I’m looking forward to having it in hand. Regardless of its obvious 50s sweat markings. It really looks like it has some of that earlier Playboy style.

 

[Rmccamey]

Lastly this velvety velour like finish Rosollino Milano with self felted had band. This one had a fairly cracked up sweatband. Interesting note on this one…. The brand Rosollino Milano is on the liner… but on sweat is Barlesoni

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Was proud of myself leaving them behind.……
I‘m gonna end up back there tomorrow Picking these up aren’t I?? Damn HAS!!!!

Everything happens in 3's. Nice collection, Joe.

 

[M Hatman]

He3ySometimes searching on “hat”

Sometimes searching on “hat” can be frustrating:

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Every dang lot turns up in the search (depending on the platform).

Col. Christie Hatman is fairly local to me so I’ll try and remain neighborly.

HEY!!! That is NOT my store!

 

[M Hatman]

And another hat find in an antique shop..........Child's western. "ElRancho Grande"

No I cannot show the back, sweat is too stiff....

Originally sold for $1.95

 

[RickP]

Well darn... I took a stab in the dark on a goodwill auction for a dark green stetson with fuzzy pictures, no size given and a feathered hatband. was kinda hoping it might have been one of the Weekenders.

The good, it got here quick on fed ex, boxed well, and is in great shape... and it fits... a hair snug but it fits. Its marked as crushable and water repellant. nice green and has the same feathered hatband like the weekender that my brother went home with last weekend.

The not so great, its one of the crushable 100% wool Stetson Explorers. with a cloth sweatband. If I wanted to wear a wool hat, Ill wear one of a couple of my old Pendletons.

Oh well, it was $20... nothing lost... at least its new looking. Im sure Ill find someone that can use it. Since my brother really liked the feathered hatband on his new Weekender, and had ask how hard would it be to replace it for leather strap the Moose River that he also went home with, I can tell him to come back and well sew this on onto his Moose River. Ive got about a dozen spare hatbands that would look good on this one. Too bad its wool... I like the green. Guess Ill have to give my green Akubra Lawson some love now

Guess we cant be lucky on the "fuzzy picture" auctions all the time lol

 

[BobHufford]

Not sure what happened here. Two determined bidders I guess. Appears to be a 1950s or early 1960s model.

 

[steur]

Lastly this velvety velour like finish Rosollino Milano with self felted had band. This one had a fairly cracked up sweatband. Interesting note on this one…. The brand Rosollino Milano is on the liner… but on sweat is Barlesoni

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Was proud of myself leaving them behind.……
I‘m gonna end up back there tomorrow Picking these up aren’t I?? Damn HAS!!!!

A veritable who's who? of Borsalino knock off brands! Barcelona, Rosolino and Barlesoni all in one batch!

 

[RickP]

Well darn... I took a stab in the dark on a goodwill auction for a dark green stetson with fuzzy pictures, no size given and a feathered hatband. was kinda hoping it might have been one of the Weekenders.

The good, it got here quick on fed ex, boxed well, and is in great shape... and it fits... a hair snug but it fits. Its marked as crushable and water repellant. nice green and has the same feathered hatband like the weekender that my brother went home with last weekend.

The not so great, its one of the crushable 100% wool Stetson Explorers. with a cloth sweatband. If I wanted to wear a wool hat, Ill wear one of a couple of my old Pendletons.

Oh well, it was $20... nothing lost... at least its new looking. Im sure Ill find someone that can use it. Since my brother really liked the feathered hatband on his new Weekender, and had ask how hard would it be to replace it for leather strap the Moose River that he also went home with, I can tell him to come back and well sew this on onto his Moose River. Ive got about a dozen spare hatbands that would look good on this one. Too bad its wool... I like the green. Guess Ill have to give my green Akubra Lawson some love now

Guess we cant be lucky on the "fuzzy picture" auctions all the time lol





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Already salvaged the feathered hatband for my brothers Moose River I gave him for his birthday ( He also got a Stetson Weekender and he loved the feathered hatband on it). I put the original simple leather Moose River strap on this one. Already found a good home for it!

 

[Blare]

A veritable who's who? of Borsalino knock off brands! Barcelona, Rosolino and Barlesoni all in one batch!

And to think they could all been had for about $6.95 each

 

[RickP]

Its not exactly a hat, but I did pick up this really old Boy Scout Bugle on a Goodwill auction. Its a perfect pairing for my old Texas A&M Corps of Cadets Campaign cover. So there ya go!

 

[BobHufford]

Had to double check to make sure the box wasn’t addressed to “SpongeBob SquarePants”.

And under that one was an equestrian helmet I asked them not to ship. Wondered why the box was so heavy.

 

[steur]

OK, so the price was low, but this is still not the way to send a hat

alongside a straoliner for comparison

A plastic bag, jeesh...

The hat as it arrived. If you want to see the resurrection go to the German and Austrian thread..

 

[wsmontana]

I liked the look of this Akubra Town and Country and price was good. Hat had no size tag but seller said it was a small in the description. I got some length and width measurements from the seller and I thought it had a good chance of fitting so I pulled the trigger. Well, size turns out to be a 63 (4 sizes too big for me).

How big of a head do you need to consider a 63 a small!?

 

[Woodtroll]

I liked the look of this Akubra Town and Country and price was good. Hat had no size tag but seller said it was a small in the description. I got some length and width measurements from the seller and I thought it had a good chance of fitting so I pulled the trigger. Well, size turns out to be a 63 (4 sizes too big for me).

How big of a head do you need to consider a 63 a small!?


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I really like the colors on that hat. Should you decide you can't make it work for you, please let me know by PM. I may be interested in it. Thanks!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

I really like the colors on that hat.

Might be the color Akubra used to call Bran. I like it also.

 

[Woodtroll]

Might be the color Akubra used to call Bran. I like it also.

It may indeed be Bran. I was thinking it might be another color they used to offer called Acorn Fawn. I always liked that color but it had been discontinued, apparently, about the time I got interested in "good" hats , and was no longer available in anything my size. I remember someone, maybe Brent?, posting a chart of discontinued colrs at one time. I'll have to go try to dig it out.

I couldn't find a single thing online about the Akubra "Town and Country" model, so I don't know what colors it was offered in. I thought that was strange - usually I can turn up a page from somewhere with a description, but I guess my search powers are getting weak. Either way, Bill made me an offer I couldn't refuse, so even if I have to shim it slightly I'm happy to have it!

 

[The Shoe]

@Woodtroll I bought a Stylemaster in Acorn Fawn a couple of years ago. I see the Hattery Katoomba. I see they still offer it.
https://hatsdirect.com/collections/the-akubra-range-1/products/stylemaster
I seem to recall reading on the Akubra thread that they were going to stop making the Stylemaster, so you might need to be quick.

 

[The Shoe]

@Woodtroll Hats by the Hundred also has it…at 20% off until tomorrow.