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[Blare]

Thanks Joe. The crown on this thing is huge, close to 5 inches.

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Wow... what is the brim size?


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Joe

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[Héctor Fernández]

Wow... what is the brim size?


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Joe

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1 3/4.....

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[Blare]

1 3/4.....

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Creates cool look


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Joe

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[alanfgag]

Great write-up and pictures. That Hat Corporation of America mfg. label would suggest your riding derby is from the 1940s.

 

[Héctor Fernández]

Creates cool look


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Joe

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Brim down is definitely much better than brim up on this one. I'm going to give it some steam treatment and see if I can play with the crown and different shapes.

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[Blare]

Great write-up and pictures. That Hat Corporation of America mfg. label would suggest your riding derby is from the 1940s.

Thanks Alan... and thanks again for the information. You are a wealth of knowledge.

Think I will put it in the Cavanagh thread as well for posterity [emoji3]


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Joe

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[steur]

Wow I really like that hat!

Thanks, Sanford.

 

[steur]

Borsalino Antica Casa - white long hair

The first of two wonderful Borsalino Antica Casa rollable hats that arrived yesterday.

This hat is EXTREMELY soft... and somewhat floppy. Almost blanket like. Seems virtually no stiffener in the felt at all. It will however hold its shape fairly well with the brim up

The texture is super fuzzy and soft.

As others have mentioned these were intended to be removed from their coffin boxes after shipping and blocked into shape. However these hats do have a grosgrain sweatband that leaves them very malleable and certainly can roll and unroll with ease

It is a size 4 or about 6 7/8 US size

Here is the manufacturer tag under the sweat

I’m sure purely unintentional.. when this hat was packed and rolled however many years ago... it was folded A bit off axis so if you crease it along that fold you end up with a bit of the “Indy” turn... though far from an Indy hat. [emoji38][emoji1787]

I really love the ribbon on this hat

It has a dashed gradient pattern that sort makes a greenish line towards the middle of the ribbon when viewed at a distance. Kind of hard to capture in photos though

The white long hair felt does have a few spots that are bit tan in color. I imagine this from aging though it could have been that way originally.

Overall I am very happy and somewhat pleasantly surprised with both of these little gems.

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Joe

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Such nice finds, Joe. Thanks for the pics.

 

[Blare]

Such nice finds, Joe. Thanks for the pics.

Thanks Stefan. On to the brotherhood. [emoji2]

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Joe


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[steur]

I'm pretty excited about this one. Received it a few days ago, but just got it good enough to post.

Disney Capello Twenty. Thanks to Randall @Randall Renshaw for the tip on this one on ebay ! It was pretty dirty and the ribbon badly stained, but the felt is perfect with no moth bites and liner in great condition. The Sweat has a few little cracks, but been treating with Pecard and it looks good. Still working on cleaning the ribbon, I would rather try to save it and leave it original than replace it.

Incredibly soft felt, probably the softest I have. Nice chocolate brown color. Hard to tell indoors, but no daylight for me till the weekend by the time I get home.

Nice tall crown:

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Nice catch, Tim. Disney is still absent in my collection.

 

[Héctor Fernández]

Nice catch, Tim. Disney is still absent in my collection.

Same here. I have seen a couple of Stingers, but mostly of colors I already have. They seem of great quality for sure.

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[Randall Renshaw]

Hey, Tim, it turned out nice! Looks great on you, too!! Glad it worked out! Now I can vouch for Tim’s ability to clean and shape a hat. It was a little rough. I’ve got one coming that will need a naphtha bath. Looks as if it was kept on a shelf in a chicken house! The underneath looks clean, but the top has dirt, filth and feathers on it!
The gas bath will be my first attempt. Hope it works like it does in the movies!


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[Randall Renshaw]

I'm pretty excited about this one. Received it a few days ago, but just got it good enough to post.

Disney Capello Twenty. Thanks to Randall @Randall Renshaw for the tip on this one on ebay ! It was pretty dirty and the ribbon badly stained, but the felt is perfect with no moth bites and liner in great condition. The Sweat has a few little cracks, but been treating with Pecard and it looks good. Still working on cleaning the ribbon, I would rather try to save it and leave it original than replace it.

Incredibly soft felt, probably the softest I have. Nice chocolate brown color. Hard to tell indoors, but no daylight for me till the weekend by the time I get home.

Seems it's no later than 1947, as that's when they changed to 'Mr. Disney'. Would be nice to know the age and if it was from the original manufacturer, Crofut and Knapp.

Nice tall crown:

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The post above was supposed to have been attached to Tim’s post. Arg!


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[drmaxtejeda]

Optimo Homburg

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[AbbaDatDeHat]

I'm pretty excited about this one. Received it a few days ago, but just got it good enough to post.

Disney Capello Twenty. Thanks to Randall @Randall Renshaw for the tip on this one on ebay ! It was pretty dirty and the ribbon badly stained, but the felt is perfect with no moth bites and liner in great condition. The Sweat has a few little cracks, but been treating with Pecard and it looks good. Still working on cleaning the ribbon, I would rather try to save it and leave it original than replace it.

Incredibly soft felt, probably the softest I have. Nice chocolate brown color. Hard to tell indoors, but no daylight for me till the weekend by the time I get home.

Seems it's no later than 1947, as that's when they changed to 'Mr. Disney'. Would be nice to know the age and if it was from the original manufacturer, Crofut and Knapp.

Nice tall crown:

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Outstanding!!
Disney makes a glorious hat.
Maybe you could post this in the Diner thread?
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[Rmccamey]

Great pickups today, gentlemen.

I'm pretty excited about this one. Received it a few days ago, but just got it good enough to post.

Disney Capello Twenty. Thanks to Randall @Randall Renshaw for the tip on this one on ebay ! It was pretty dirty and the ribbon badly stained, but the felt is perfect with no moth bites and liner in great condition. The Sweat has a few little cracks, but been treating with Pecard and it looks good. Still working on cleaning the ribbon, I would rather try to save it and leave it original than replace it.

Incredibly soft felt, probably the softest I have. Nice chocolate brown color. Hard to tell indoors, but no daylight for me till the weekend by the time I get home.

Seems it's no later than 1947, as that's when they changed to 'Mr. Disney'. Would be nice to know the age and if it was from the original manufacturer, Crofut and Knapp.

Nice tall crown:

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Just got this Stinger in the mail. Basically brand new. Black Dobbs Twenty. Very soft felt on this one[emoji106][emoji106]

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Just in time for HAT Day.... this one arrived on the doorstep this morning!

Cavanagh Equestrian Derby.

What is an equestrian derby as opposed to I guess a dress derby was the question I had... here was what Alan had to say

I can confirm it’s “hard hat” qualities... it is definitely very helmet like in how stiff it is. Heavier than a dress hat.. but not anything terrible.

I do not know if the reinforcement is a process of extremely stiffening the felt or if the felt is blown onto some type of under structure.

I guess the lacing on the widened sweat band is to tighten it to fit your head better for riding

Under the liner is this manufacturer tag which states 7 1/4 though it fits exactly as a 7. I am guessing they use a thicker sweat as part of impact protection.

Upon arrival I gave it a very heavy brushing which released a big cloud of what I would imagine about a half century of dirt and dust.

I also dislodged from around the sweat band this small piece of copper wire which I am guessing is part of the reeding.. I say dislodged... however it was only removed from the hat when it implanted into my finger... hopefully no tetanus!

This hat does appear it was used for its intended purposes as there are scuffing marks on the crown and brim... and from what I see more so in the photos what appears to be red clay on the front brim

After having seen the bowler/derby hats posted by some of you here... when I saw this one at a great price I figured I would give it a go. It definitely scratched that itch for me.

Happy HAT Day!!


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Joe

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[deadlyhandsome]

Optimo Homburg

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Love it, Max. Optimo might be expensive but they sure know how to make a superior hat.


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[Blare]

Great pickups today, gentlemen.

Thank you Randy.. you are part of the inspiration


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Joe

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[Héctor Fernández]

Great pickups today, gentlemen.

Thank you sir[emoji275]

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[Rmccamey]

Great, Joe, love to see those derbys!

Thank you Randy.. you are part of the inspiration


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Joe

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