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Thanks BuddyJust noticed. They were in pretty good shape. The Champ is really nice.
Congratulations and enjoy them.
Thanks BuddyJust noticed. They were in pretty good shape. The Champ is really nice.
Congratulations and enjoy them.
Thanks Buddy
Hi, I have a very timely hint here. DO NOT buy a bunch of that there wax and put it on the hat. I'm not sure how dry the things are supposed to get before you put wax on them, but I waxed one and went to Quivira Scout Ranch where it was 108 most days, the wax melted and the hat got droopy, really really Droopy. The wax DID soak in good though...Not a hat, but a cap! Waxed canvas modified 5-panel based on the hat Robert Shaw wore in "Jaws" (1975).
Got this a few weeks ago in a hat exchange with Mike @Redfokker (miss you over here, buddy).
Gimbel homburg in blue. Size 56 with the brim at 5cm and the crown at 11cm at the center dent. Unreeded sweatband and a gloriously coloured liner (it's what sold it to me). There might be some wool content in the felt and it has that nice old-time feel. In great shape with just some loose stitches on the sweat.
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Stefan, Again major Congrats on this find. It's a really fantastic Velour!Steco Echt Velour in grey. Model is called "Saale" and the colour is "grafit". Raw edge brim at 5,5cm and the crown 10cm at the center dent. Size is 55, but it fits me perfectly. Unreeded sweatband and a fabulous liner in this one (I think Steve has a similar one his website). Sweatband printing says EMA "Schutz Marke" (top) and "Gut zieht an!" (below).
More in the German and Austrian Hutmachers thread.
Thanks again, Steve. Also for the research you did on the brand. I'll have a dig through your website to see where I can find that similar liner with the black and white blocks on it.Stefan, Again major Congrats on this find. It's a really fantastic Velour!
Stefan, I have some hats with a diagonal strip but not sure exactly like your STECO. I really like how they look. Here is one example.Thanks again, Steve. Also for the research you did on the brand. I'll have a dig through your website to see where I can find that similar liner with the black and white blocks on it.
I think that might be the one. Great look and such attention to quality and detail.Stefan, I have some hats with a diagonal strip but not sure exactly like your STECO. I really like how they look. Here is one example.
Bavaria?
Stefan, Thanks! Here is a Brüder Böhm "Bristol" that doesn't belong to me with a diagonal strip.I think that might be the one. Great look and such attention to quality and detail.
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New Hat Day at the office on Monday! Steel Gannon, possibly the first one made in California. 62 CM, 7 3/4, 5 1/2" shaped crown with a 2 3/4 mild flange brim. The headband is the "mushroom" one offered and is very soft. This is my 2nd Gannon and it is a fine piece of hat! Very happy customer. Felt is thinner than the whiskey diamond crown I had made a little over a year ago. Thanks again Michael!