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DRB

One Too Many
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What an amazing score you got while over in Italy. Congratulations once again. The hats are magnificent! :eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap
 

rlk

I'll Lock Up
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Evanston, IL
European backlog trio

P. Mathies Melon
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Borsalino "Sprint"
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German Market Borsalino
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Aureliano

I'll Lock Up
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What an amazing score you got while over in Italy. Congratulations once again. The hats are magnificent! :eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap

Thanks, DRB!

I posted this the day I found it in Venezia but what the heck. In a tiny vintage shop that we stumbled upon while lost (I feel you're always lost in Venezia. But it's a nice way of being lost anyway) Box, hat and the "shape keeper" (it's not a stretcher as it only opens to the diameter of this hat... or any 7 1/4 I suppose) Better pictures of it, including inside in the Borsalino brotherhood thread.

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Salty O'Rourke

Practically Family
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SE Virginia
And now one from the bargain bin. $4.99 on eBay. 60's(?) Andhurst stingy brim. I'm guessing Andhurst was either a dept. store or a regional clothing brand.

The felt is worn to a tiny hole at the front pinch and very thin at the back. A little hot glue and some first-aid gauze on the inside, and it should last another lifetime. With a little manipulation, you can't even see the damage at the front. Not something I would do with an expensive hat, but with a beater, why not?

I's beat up, crumpled and stained, but it does have character. I may wind up wearing this more than I do my Akubras or Stetson. ;)

I recall Andhurst as the store brand for the old Leggett department stores in Virginia. They were connected in some way to the Belk chain in the Carolinas; along the Va/NC border the stores were called Leggett-Belk. The Leggett part was eventually absorbed by Belk; I'm not sure if they still use the Andhurst house label.
 

Rodkins

Call Me a Cab
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Orlando
Thanks, DRB!

I posted this the day I found it in Venezia but what the heck. In a tiny vintage shop that we stumbled upon while lost (I feel you're always lost in Venezia. But it's a nice way of being lost anyway) Box, hat and the "shape keeper" (it's not a stretcher as it only opens to the diameter of this hat... or any 7 1/4 I suppose) Better pictures of it, including inside in the Borsalino brotherhood thread.

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That "shape keeper" is very cool. I have only seen stretchers.
 

Rodkins

Call Me a Cab
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Orlando
Here is the Penney's Marathon I received yesterday from LocktownDog. It's really a cool hat.
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I spent a decent amount of time with a brush and sponge on it and reshaped it but that's it so far. The sweat band needs some work but I'm not there yet. It's marked as a 7 1/4 but fits my 7 3/8 spot on. It may be a little small if I put a new sweat in it versus trying to restitch the one thats in it. The existing one is very thin. It's a neat hat. Thanks LocktownDog!
 

Adcurium

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Newport County, Rhode Island
RLK:

This is kind of awkward... umm... maybe asking this is like asking a woman her age... or how much she weighs... so if I shouldn't be asking this question, please forgive me and pretend I never asked...

Here goes...

How many hats do you have? It seems like you get a new lid every day!
 

rlk

I'll Lock Up
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Evanston, IL
RLK:

This is kind of awkward... umm... maybe asking this is like asking a woman her age... or how much she weighs... so if I shouldn't be asking this question, please forgive me and pretend I never asked...

Here goes...

How many hats do you have? It seems like you get a new lid every day!

I stopped counting some time ago.
 

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