Show us your 2022 hats!

[dh66]

I showed great restraint and fiscal responsibility in 2022 and only brought home a half dozen new ones. The black one two the far left is a Poulton's. It had some newspaper from 1934 tucked under the sweatband to make it fit it's previous owner more snugly. Continuing to the right, the lighter grey fedora is an Imperial quality Stetson and the darker one is a Dobbs. The Open Road and the bigger western are both 3X quality Stetsons, and the straw hat is a Country Gentleman brand. It still had the original price tag from Higbee's, the dept. store that featured prominently in the Christmas Story movie.

I hope all you guys have a happy and healthy 2023 and that we all continue to find some good hats.

 

[StoryPNW]

Here is my 2022 haul minus a couple that I bought and resold pretty quickly due to fit or other issues. This was me trying to hold it down, and trying not to test the limits of my wife's patience.

Hard to pick favorites as I really like most of the hats I got, but I am especially fond of the Mayser Panama my wife bought me for our Anniversary last year as well my 50's 3X Open Road long oval and my Swann Hats Gay Prince clone. Other notable hats are my two customs from Gannon and Wolfbrae, my Shudde Bros 3x, as well as my Fed IV and Banjo Paterson. I really blame all of you for your bad influence.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

No new hats for me in 2022. And I expect you all to back me up if my wife asks.

Honestly, my “core collection” of hats I intend to keep has gone down in 2022 by about 20 hats with more on the chopping block. I’m not Keeping anything that doesn’t fit perfectly or that has any flaw that I consider serious. I’m ending up with fewer and fewer vintage hats and more customs. I wish I could find more no-compromise vintage hats in my size.

 

[BobHufford]

@BobHufford that is an amazing haul for 2022. Well done!

Wow! You've been making good use of that time machine this year, Bob! Some stellar hats in the 2022 haul.

Magnificent! 40(?) hats added to your already substantial collection. Tell me how I can do that and remain married!

Bobby been a berry busy boy!!
Was tryin to pick a favorite but as they used to say...”I got stoned and i missed it”!

Thanks everyone! Gary -- my wife no longer questions each hat that comes in when four out of five go back out the door for a profit (well ... most of the time).

Looking forward to what others post for this year and hoping we all find some grail hats next year.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

No new hats for me in 2022. And I expect you all to back me up if my wife asks.


My hat collection has actually shrunk over the year. I’ve sold off hats that don’t fit perfectly or if there was anything about them that isn’t just to my liking.

 

[steur]

I've been a good boy last year. Less than half the amount of hats added compared to 2021 (am I losing my touch?).
Anyway, as tradition has it, here they are divided into finders (and moved on) and keepers (for now).

Finders

Keepers

 

[dkstott]

Love seeing everyone's acquisitions.

I didn't purchase a single hat in 2022. Those that I have are sufficient for my needs.

However, I did purchase about a half dozen or so newsboy caps.

Caps have been my grab and go Headwear lately.

These are the ones that are in the current rotation.

 

[The Shoe]

I've been a good boy last year. Less than half the amount of hats added compared to 2021 (am I losing my touch?).
Anyway, as tradition has it, here they are divided into finders (and moved on) and keepers (for now).

Finders
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Keepers View attachment 477560

31 finders and none of them came my way. I’m sending out a Please explain memo. Etsuko’s sending out a Thank you memo.

 

[Daniele Tanto]

I play the game with fun and carefully gathered the hats bought in 2022. There were few compared to other years.
I set myself some rules: buy hats of my size (59 and 60 centimeters, sometimes even a few 58 can be fine, it depends on the manufacturer). I let go of all this in other sizes, except for a few gambles and some prices too inviting to be ignored, however I managed to contain myself in buying "beautiful and impossible"
This first post is dedicated to those Barbisio hats that have been shown here on FL.
It is increasingly difficult to find quality Barbisio and I regret this because it is one of my favorite Italian hatters.
There are many recently produced hats on the market starting from the absorption of the brand by Cappellificio Cervo in 1981, hats prior to this date are increasingly rare

For any question, let me know

 

[Daniele Tanto]

The second post post is for the Cappellificio Cervo shown here on FL.
Difficult to find more than Barbisio, Cervo hats can be showed "masked" as Barbisio, sometimes Borsalino and in other brands having been the producer of Sagliano the main subcontractor and certainly the most capable in producing quality hats.
Cappellificio Cervo branded hats are rare and often overlooked by collectors

 

[Daniele Tanto]

The third chapter is dedicated to the large Borsalino family, certainly the most present on the vintage market in Italy. There are hats of all types, shapes, colors. The production put on the market goes from the 20-30s up to the present day. There is an inflation of models and colors in which it is difficult to choose considering that the sellers often have prices that border on the impossible.
Quality is the discriminating factor that makes me choose, there are a large number of Borsalinos available that you can do without

 

[Daniele Tanto]

Fourth chapter is for Panizza. Increasingly difficult to find in his creations before 1980, the closing date of the factory on Lake Maggiore. The current market is infested with poor quality hats made in the last twenty years. When I find a decent one and in my size I certainly buy it

 

[Daniele Tanto]

Fifth chapter is for everything else found and bought this year.
There are some small gems of both national and foreign hats.
These are the gambles that are the salt in the hat hunt
Foresto - Tesi 58cm
G.B Borsalino fu Lazzaro 58cm in US Steve collection
Guerra 1855 59cm
Huckel Durit 59cm
Pagani & Messaggi "Elefante" 60cm
Pagani & Messaggi "Nero Forte" 60 cm
Morreton Velrex 56cm in Nedherlands Stefan collection

 

[Daniele Tanto]

The last chapter concerns the "Unpublished"
Some were officially photographed, others arrived two days ago and, considering the low light, photographed on the terrace of the house
Borsalino "Condor" 59cm
Borsalino "Cafro" 59cm
Habig homburg 59 cm
Tonak Top Hat (half) 58cm
Cervo Bantam 60cm
Guerra 1855 58cm

 

[FOXTROT LAMONT]

I like your Homburg. That and a black topper would be just spot on once winter chases this mild away.

 

[Daniele Tanto]

Thanks. I agree with you

 

[Mighty44]

I've been a good boy last year. Less than half the amount of hats added compared to 2021 (am I losing my touch?).
Anyway, as tradition has it, here they are divided into finders (and moved on) and keepers (for now).

Finders
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Keepers View attachment 477560

A lovely assortment! I think the Stetson Custom V is my fave—a real stunner is a crowded field of quality hats.

 

[Granville]

Wow. I had no idea what I was getting into when I bought a couple of new, wool hats at the end of '21. Then I found out about the lounge and the vintage market. I sold off the three (yeah, I picked up another before my epiphany) woolies this November.
Without further prologue, here are my 2022 acquisitions, almost all "trilbys" in the style my old man wore in the 1960's.
I first dipped my toe in with this obscure Warwick "Bench Made" brand.

Then I picked up a Check-made Italian-designed Selentino Rose. Great felt, but a more brim than I like. When I need room, I'm afraid this one is going to have to go.

Light-weight Royal Stetson. It looks black, but in direct sunlight turns green. I grabbed it in time for St. Patrick's Day.

Royal Coachman by Dobbs, in Gold, caught my attention next. The picture doesn't do the color justice. Check my avatar for a better look.

...to be continued

 

[Granville]

part two

Around this time my wife started to get worried.
Here's The Champ. A very cool dark taupe/grey. A surviving piece of the factory label reveals the model is a Duncan.

Looking for a match for my olive green overcoat, I picked up another obscure brand: Barbizona. Probably a "Beaver Brand". Couple of moth holes, but she gets a lot of head time. Very stingy brim.

Another Royal Stetson, in black, with a grosgrain ribbon-bound edge. Heavier, thicker felt, than the St. Pat's hat. Lotta moth holes in this baby, and a wider brim, it's my rain hat.

Still looking for the perfect olive green, I picked up a J.C. Penney Towncraft. Another bound and generous (for me) brim, it works as a formal hat. And it's not as brown as it looks here, so matches well with my long overcoat.

Even I had to admit, maybe I've got a problem, when I picked up this Triumph by Champ. I told myself I was simply replacing the black wool hat I'd sold off.

Topped off the year with a Homburg from Hats in the Belfry, another "replacement" hat. My better half had a bout of Covid over the holiday (she's fine now, thanks), so it didn't get the head time I expected, and didn't get photo'd after I steamed in a good pinch.

Also picked up a couple of flat caps, a summer linen and a light Scots tweed (previously, i.e., my whole life, I've worn Irish tweed caps), but that's a different thread.
Now, if I can only figure a way to casually mention to my old lady that I've got a blue Flying Cloud by Knox coming in the mail.
Happy New Year everybody!

 

[steur]

31 finders and none of them came my way. I’m sending out a Please explain memo. Etsuko’s sending out a Thank you memo.

Aren't you subscribed to the newsletter, Gary? Perhaps Etsuko unsubscribed you
Not many were in size 60 to be honest.