You're welcome, I knew you'd like the binding. I love it myself!Great score, Ale! Thanks for posting the close-up shot! I always take delight in your high-quality pictures.
... The numbers on the paper tag are :3397 9982 7 1/4
Are we still going with the thought that the year is the first two numbers, that is 1933 ??
I don't think so... not in 1933. I hope you'll share pictures.
I don't think so... not in 1933. I hope you'll share pictures.
Alan's right about the numbers. Rapallo is located in northern Italy, famous for its harbor and Castles. Borsalino used town or location names as models in some of its hats. Allesandria, Torino, Rapallo, Como, Bellagio are some examples that come to mind.
Will have to defer to Dr. C. for an accurate diagnosis, but my sense is the dated tags appear during the decade before the factory relocation.
That is one sharp-looking hat. I didn't know it came in that color -- a blue-tinged gray, like Akubra's Moonstone, right? The gray in the pic on Bencraft's site is a very light silvery gray.
A testimony to the decent felt quality - the felt is very soft and takes any crease easily.
That is one sharp-looking hat. I didn't know it came in that color -- a blue-tinged gray, like Akubra's Moonstone, right? The gray in the pic on Bencraft's site is a very light silvery gray.
This one has a tag dated 1957......
I got this one from Aureliano who in turn bought it from Bencraft - last year, I think. I have no reason to believe that the color is not the one currently offered on Bencraft's site. The color in my photographs is pretty close to the actual felt color, a cool lighter grey. Note, however, that it does have a very faint greenish undertone. The pic on Bencraft's site is a little too light, perhaps.
I don't own any Akubras, but from what I've seen on the FL, Moonstone appears to be a little darker than the Film's grey version.