Rare, Weird 1934 Fedora

[feltfan]

Didn't you guys see this thread:

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=17713

That Adam Doodle was made in a similar fashion and the
Borsalino from 1929 on the cover I reproduce there is also
made that way. There were a lot of them in the old days.

I guess that fedora in the picture Marc posted could be a single
piece of felt with stitching, instead of a number of pieces as above.
But it's a similar look.

 

[DOUGLAS]

Very true Steven, Borsalino made this type of hat in 1929. It was popularand I wish I had one.

 

[Stoney]

Didn't you guys see this thread:

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=17713

That Adam Doodle was made in a similar fashion and the
Borsalino from 1929 on the cover I reproduce there is also
made that way. There were a lot of them in the old days.

I guess that fedora in the picture Marc posted could be a single
piece of felt with stitching, instead of a number of pieces as above.
But it's a similar look.

Yep, Saw that thread and thought it was ugly as well.
lol

 

[Tomasso]

OK maybe it isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I don't think it is exactly ugly either.

I agree.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I liked this hat when i first saw it in apparel arts. I like it more today.

Is it really any different to the concentric stitching we see on many hats of the era?

bk

 

[beatola]

That is a terrific hat

to each his own, but I like that hat a lot. It looks like that would have taken a lot of work to do.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I'd like to get something straight in my head. Did the hat have contrast stitching? Or is the appearance of darkness just to highlight the stitches on the picture?

Marc, i don't recall and can't be bothered checking through my files. Was there any text attending the ad which might explain?

bk

 

[budward]

oo-glay for sure.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I'd like to get something straight in my head. Did the hat have contrast stitching? .... Was there any text attending the ad which might explain?

There is no text whatsoever.


I have a hunch that the "stitching" isn't stitching at all. It seems to be an embossed design that's been stamped into the felt to resemble lines of stitching. Sort of like the tear-off lines on coupons: - - - - -.


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[Fletch]

"Plad-Line", perhaps. But not "Plad-Tone", certainly.

 

[besdor]

Marc , it was definately stitching done all around the hat . When I was at the Borsalino museum a few months ago , I saw a hat like that in the collection.I would have paid $500 for a Borsalino hat like that. It was a pearl grey hat with black stitching and it was beautiful !






Steven
www.bencrafthats.com

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Marc , it was definately stitching done all around the hat.

Thanks for solving the mystery! That really makes the hat an impressive one. Folks can argue all day about its appearance, but there's no doubt about the level of workmanship. :eusa_clap

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[DOUGLAS]

I am looking at a photo of this type of hat made by Borsalino in 1929, It is Orange with a square pattern yellow stitching and has a band of two, two colored cords.

 

[Dinerman]

I am looking at a photo of this type of hat made by Borsalino in 1929, It is Orange with a square pattern yellow stitching and has a band of two, two colored cords.

Douglas, like this?

 

[Baron Kurtz]

oh yeah. i just bought my copy of that book, DMan. $3 from amazon UK not too shabby for 150 pages of hats!

bk

 

[Baron Kurtz]

that book is available at very very very very cheap prices all over the globe (at least on US and UK websites).

bk

 

[Baron Kurtz]

p.s. I'm not sure that hat was made by Borsalino. Certainly it's Italian, but there's nothing to say it's a Borsalino.

bk

 

[DOUGLAS]

Dinerman, that is the photo. It is a great looking hat. BK I assumed that all the hats in this book were made by Borsalino.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

It's just that the text attending the hat said it was made in Monza. Were Borsalino ever making hats in Monza?

bk

 

[carter]

Interesting thread.

What is the title of the book regarding Borsalino hats that is referred to in this thread?

I like the hat that initiated this thread.