size 8-1/2 Black Mallory

[Marc Chevalier]

Someone did a good job of steaming out the brim's original upward curl, and pulling the brim downward at the front. I've seen other vintage homburgs that have received this treatment. They make very respectable fedoras ... it's only the grosgrain trim along the underside that gives them away.


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[tonyb]

Someone did a good job of steaming out the brim's original upward curl, and pulling the brim downward at the front. I've seen other vintage homburgs that have received this treatment. They make very respectable fedoras ... it's only the grosgrain trim along the underside that gives them away.


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Man, that IS big. But maybe you can gladden some large-headed fellow who thought he'd never find a vintage hat of his own.
I've had homburgs with edge binding that covered equal territory on the top and underside of the brim. I even fedora-ized one. Did I do a respectable job? I think so.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Did I do a respectable job? I think so.

I'm sure of it. Homburgs can be fedora-ized quite nicely.

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[Dinerman]

Man, that IS big. But maybe you can gladden some large-headed fellow who thought he'd never find a vintage hat of his own.

I certainly hope so.

 

[Mr. 'H']

I'm sure of it. Homburgs can be fedora-ized quite nicely.

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Dude, case in point:

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I rest my case. :eusa_clap


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[Mr. 'H']

I'm sure of it. Homburgs can be fedora-ized quite nicely.

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Dude, case in point (almost, you still see the brim-up, but now it has the snap-brim effect):

 

[Mr. 'H']

Wow Marc - you post fast, man!

 

[Marc Chevalier]

(Almost, you still see the brim-up, but now it has the snap-brim effect.)

Some more serious steaming and handshaping would flatten out the brim-up. It takes some repetition, but it's definitely achievable.

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[Dinerman]

so- you think this work would have been done by a shop on mine?

 

[Marc Chevalier]

so- you think this work would have been done by a shop on mine?

That's a good question. Most likely it was done by (or for) a former owner who was delighted to have found a vintage hat that fit his noggin, but really wanted a fedora. It could also have been done by a costumer for an actor in a play or film.

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[big kahuna]

deleted - I should have looked under classified!

 

[feltfan]

I'm not convinced it started life as a homburg.
Certainly it's the best example of a conversion I've
ever seen, if it was. Sorry Mr. H and BinT, but those
conversions just don't work for me.

The binding doesn't go over to the other side a ways,
as it so often does in homburgs. Now you can
say that in the 20s all bets were off since the
style wasn't standardized (and indeed you can
point to my Crofut & Knapp homburg with the
Cav edge to make the point). But that would make
it non-standard as a homburg and it could just as
easily be a non-standard fedora binding.

After all, someone on this site posted a Stetson
western hat with a binding that runs on the bottom edge.

Seems to me it could very well have started as a fedora-style hat.

My favorite part is the way they had to write "8" on the
size tag 'cause they made too few to have a stamp.

 

[Bud-n-Texas]

Every time I see this,

I just can not help but remember this character

 

[WEEGEE]

Or this...

 

[Bud-n-Texas]

LMAO WEEGEE

lol That was the other one, I just could not remember what show the fedora guy was on. For some reason, I thought he was purple. lol

 

[scotrace]

The Gorilla in the Room

I think that there's an underlying element here...

If your head don't fit the lid, you should not (snipe) bid.

 

[WEEGEE]

HOODOO DONE IT

scotrace

I think that there's an underlying element here...

If your head don't fit the lid, you should not (snipe) bid.

Horatio J. Hoodoo out to get the hats at any cost or size!

 

[Bud-n-Texas]

I for one only buy hats that I can wear. I guess if one were a collector and planned on keeping it, I would understand buying it. But if one buys only to resell, isn't that the type behavior that just drives the cost of hats up?

 

[Orgetorix]

I for one only buy hats that I can wear. I guess if one were a collector and planned on keeping it, I would understand buying it. But if one buys only to resell, isn't that the type behavior that just drives the cost of hats up?

Yes, that's one way to look at it. Another is that it's the way to put money in your pocket.