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Nice work Joao! Looks great.
Thank y'all.
It already made a huge success!
Not my dream hat but I'm pleased with the result. I have several dream hats that are beyond my wallet. This hat cost me less than $50 (+1h30 of my work)!
It already survived sweat test as today was a hot day (courtesy of Saara desert heat).
Not a new hat but a new refurb project that I found at a yard sale today for 3 dollars. It as two small holes, or one small hole and a thin spot on the crown and the previous owner used one of those eyelet tools on it to put a tie-down on. I removed those, and am going to try to refelt the holes. I disassembled it, washed it, and it is now drying on my block.
I know that the liner style was used from the 70's through the mid 90's, and I'm guessing that this hat wss made probably in the last 10 years or so of that time framecby the modern look of the sticker and paper sweatband label. What I don't know is the rest of the style name, as most of that part of the label is missing. If anyone can supply that, I would be grateful. The open crown is about 5 1/4 inches, the brim is 2 3/4 inches, it was open crown when I found it so I don't know what crease it had in it. The sweatband is real leather, not the fake stuff, and the band on it is a leather belt with buckle style. I don't know if it was original, but from the color fading pattern when I took it off it looks like it was there a long time.
Thank you! It was fun!Btw...nice work Joao!
Thank you BobOh Moehawk!!!! I'd wear that hat just the way it is!!!! Mebbe a crown tweek or two!
Joao!!! Congrats!!! That's awesome!!!
Thank you!It's fantastic, Joao! Congrats!
The key is that you are comfortable wearing it.
Echter Borsalino, size Point 6 1/2, near Mint condition, date stamped 17.5.29 (May 17, 1929). The felt is very soft / light weight with a unique box bow design for this style hat and also has a wind cord. It has an fantastic over welt curled brim and the non-reed sweatband is very finely stitched to the hat. I was able to take a photo of the paper label which has a hand written Point size and the words "Bismuto" (Bismuth) and "Sanboca" (?). This a the same model / seller as the previous Point 5 1/2 size Max Eckard Echter Borsalino.
picked up two new hats recently. a positively rich Art Fawcett in a tan featherweight fur felt - 2" brim on this. got it used and it's a real keeper. then i got a Hopsie Hats beaver fur felt in silverbelly - 2.75" brim. thinking of selling this as i'm not quite sure it's for me. feel free to offer thoughts on both.
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