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Another addition of yesterday. Resistol Majestic in Black. Made under license in Germany. Size 56 with the bound brim at 6,3cm and crown 11cm at the pinch. It was the kitten finish felt and its nice shape that won me over. I have other hats which claim to have kitten finish, but I'd say there is a substantial difference between one kitten and another.
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Here's something unusual. This week we've seen some German manufactured Excellent Stetsons popping up. Steve @mayserwegener and Georg @Steinbockhase posted examples of those. Well, I found one too yesterday. Excellent Stetson, made under license in Germany. This one is a Stratoliner in black (which is quite unusual I gather). Size 57 (7 1/8), bound brim at 7cm and crown 10,5cm at the pinch. This one looked like someone had been sitting on it for a month (I really should take "before" pics), so it did take quite a bit of steaming to get it back to glory. Seemed to fit me in the store, but after steaming and shaping I found it is a roomy 57, so too large for me (dammit), so another one for sale, auction or trade.

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Last one for today. Cervo in Diano colour, which is a nice little wordplay by them. Cervo meaning "deer" and "daino" meaning "fallow deer". Size 56, with the overwelt brim at 5,5cm and the crown 9,5cm at the pinch. Cervo is a manufacturer who made hats under other brand names too, among which was borsalino at some point. Hats under their own brand name don't come up all that often. This is a later hat by them. The crown is a bit lower and shows some taper, but that was a style choice.

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Another addition of yesterday. Resistol Majestic in Black. Made under license in Germany. Size 56 with the bound brim at 6,3cm and crown 11cm at the pinch. It was the kitten finish felt and its nice shape that won me over. I have other hats which claim to have kitten finish, but I'd say there is a substantial difference between one kitten and another.
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Glad you found a Resistol kitten, Stefan. They're a must have in any collection.

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Here's something unusual. This week we've seen some German manufactured Excellent Stetsons popping up. Steve @mayserwegener and Georg @Steinbockhase posted examples of those. Well, I found one too yesterday. Excellent Stetson, made under license in Germany. This one is a Stratoliner in black (which is quite unusual I gather). Size 57 (7 1/8), bound brim at 7cm and crown 10,5cm at the pinch. This one looked like someone had been sitting on it for a month (I really should take "before" pics), so it did take quite a bit of steaming to get it back to glory. Seemed to fit me in the store, but after steaming and shaping I found it is a roomy 57, so too large for me (dammit), so another one for sale, auction or trade.

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Stefan, Super! I believe Manfred had the only Stetson = Mayser Excellent "Stratoliner" and now 3 appear in a short period of time. Also great looking Borsalino!
 
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Phew, now I'm more at ease, Stefan.

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Not too much I hope, Steve. One of them will make the trip across the pond and find a place in Max' collection.

Glad you found a Resistol kitten, Stefan. They're a must have in any collection.

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Most of the hats I find in the vintage stores are black, so it takes something special to convince me to bring another black hat home with me. The Resistol was just that: excellent felt and a great shape to it.
 
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Another addition of yesterday. Resistol Majestic in Black. Made under license in Germany. Size 56 with the bound brim at 6,3cm and crown 11cm at the pinch. It was the kitten finish felt and its nice shape that won me over. I have other hats which claim to have kitten finish, but I'd say there is a substantial difference between one kitten and another.
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Stefan, Great to see this one. It was made by Wegener who had the Resistol license for Germany starting in 1958.
 
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One more I picked up friday. It was in the infirmary yesterday, but full of life again today. Hückel chamois in Grey. Size 56 with the bound brim at 7cm and the crown at 10cm. Not a very rare hat; I believe Steve has about half a dozen of them in various forms and I have another one too, but these are such fine hats that given a chance I bring them home with me. This one was very wrinkled and dirtier than I thought when I bought it (the lighting in the shop was deceptive), but cleaning it with both naphta and water and white vinegar has brought it back to life (bar a small spot at the back of the crown). The hand of the chamois finish is fantastic, but it doesn't shape easily; there's a certain springy feel to the felt. No label inside the hat, as is common with these Hückel Welheim hats. We'll call it hellgrau.
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Not too much I hope, Steve. One of them will make the trip across the pond and find a place in Max' collection.


Most of the hats I find in the vintage stores are black, so it takes something special to convince me to bring another black hat home with me. The Resistol was just that: excellent felt and a great shape to it.
Congrats to you and Max, Stefan. I'm more than pleased with my share of the booty.

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Steve, thanks. And thank you for the extra information too. I may have read that somewhere before, but it didn't spring to mind. Wegener did a superb job on this one; maybe the best of their production I've handled.
Stefan, Would it be possible to take a photo of the other paper label?
 

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