Photos of my crown jewel Borsalino - new photos added

[RedPop4]

WHAT a hat!!! That's beautiful.

 

[scotrace]

Amazing

That hat deserves to be a favorite. Really attractive and suitable for you.

 

[WEEGEE]

Someday someway....

Great lid it already looks like its been your hat for a long time.

Buddy Holly, yes but what about???

Enjoy,

WeeGee

 

[havershaw]

ha!
that's one I've never gotten.
I also have some Elvis Costello-style vintage glasses, but I can only afford to have one pair at a time - my lenses are too expensive.

 

[havershaw]

Measurements, by the way:
brim: 2 7/8"
crown: almost 5" (probably would be 5 1/8" open crown)

 

[Tony in Tarzana]

Wonderful hat. Hearty congratulations, and indeed it was meant to be yours! :eusa_clap

 

[BigSleep]

That is one saweet brim!

 

[havershaw]

Here is my other favorite, also a Borsalino (NOS, at the time - now one of the dirstiest hats I own).

I'm in upstate NY.
Also one of my favorite suits, for sure. 40s gabardine.
Wearing Aldens because that's what you need to wear if you're going to visit the farm.
This and my new Borsalino are still my two favorites, and I'm still too scared to get this one cleaned because I don't want the front dents redone. there's just something about it.

here are some more photos of that Borsalino:

and of course, the coolest, outside Abbey Road:

 

[havershaw]

Another reason that particular Borsalino is so special to me is that the doctors let me take in to the C-section when my son was born:

just made me wrap it up.

here's one of my other favorite Borsailnos. It was NOS, actually indentical in every possible detail to the one above, liner, sweat, everything, but a different color:

and I also have a grey NOS Borsalino, identical to the other two:

I bought all three of these Borsalinos on eBay, from the guy who suspiciously made you send your MO to Federal Way in WA, then the hat would supposedly be sent from Europe some time after that. Well, I was skeptical, but I got every hat no problem (though it took a while).
This guy has a few Borsalinos still in the Buy It Now section, and the quality of these hats is superb. They all have the same liners and sweats as mine, so I'm assuming they are from the same unused stock. Beatuful hats, and worth every penny.

 

[Mr. 'H']

Havershaw you Devil,

You were in London and didn't cntact me or my London cronies....

Tut tut.....

 

[Matt Deckard]

See... now that's how you wear a hat... Good show mate!

 

[jamespowers]

Hmmm... I'll have to see if I can get my hat into the delivery room like that. Great idea.

Regards,

J

 

[DanielJones]

Uncanny!

I'd say with the glasses Havershaw looks like Tom Hanks in 'Catch Me If You Can'.

Would you happen to be a long lost relative?

Cheers!

Dan

 

[havershaw]

The 60s were a dark time for hats.

No relation...though I do love that movie.

 

[DanielJones]

Uncanny resemblance though.

Cheers!

Dan

 

[havershaw]

Yeah, apologies about not contacting any FL members while in England. It was a trip conceived on very short notice, and it was pretty much all-business. The photos you see are from the two times I snuck out after soundcheck, and about two hours before I had to be on stage. I have other friends in England, too, and I just knew it would be severely aggravating to try to schedule a bunch of meetings when I had so little time.
Next time, gents!

 

[Dick Tracy]

Handsome hat, indeed.

 

[indylion]

Nice looking hat

I'm in Indianapolis, I use to shop at that store back in the day, and July 10th is my birthday.

 

[havershaw]

Whatever you say, pal. I'm not giving you the hat, OK?
No, that's really cool. Is that store still in business?

 

[Visigoth]

Inneresting: I think I have *precisely* that same Borsalino (the second, dirty one), in stone grey -- from the guys in Bulgaria. Does it have no liner, and a sticker in top saying "Trionfo"?

And, coincidentally, I just put the same bash into it.