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This Borsalino is an elegant hat during the 60 - 70, now it is rare and at that time it was one of the top line and expensive.
Borsalino Ghiaccio (Ice) fur felt finishing melousine
The color is a light silver with some blueish shades. Deep navy ribbon (4,5 cm.)
Finishing of the felt is medium soft and the hairs are long and rich of glints. Brims are sewed overwelt
The hat is gently worn or almost new
Dimension are the following: brim at 6 cm. and crown at 11 cm. (lowest point). Size is tagged at 60 or 7 1/2 US, a little bit tight as most of the Borsalino
One of the best example of fur felt or beaver finishing with the melousine method
TY for the date guess on my hat Mayser and ty AMG. So, is the finish on the above hat similar to velour finish? Or is it a whole different animal so to speak?
Yes it is almost true, but the combed long hairs stay (after steam, not so much because when too much wet the long hair is sticky like human hairs) in position until your fingers touch the hat, then they became uncombedOriginal poste by mayserwagener
If Daniele applied steam and brushed with the nap it would look different
For this purpose I have prepared a comparision between three hairy Italian hats. Borsalino, Barbisio, Guerra that appear singly in the appropriate thread.
I hope from this comparision you can have more informatioms about the melousine finishing. For this purpose I have prepared a comparision between three hairy Italian hats. Borsalino, Barbisio, Guerra that appear singly in the appropriate thread.
I hope from this comparision you can have more informatioms about the melousine finishing.
For the short hair finishing I will take my time to prepare something special.
But finally the Borsalino finishing is not velour.
Yes it is almost true, but the combed long hairs stay (after steam, not so much because when too much wet the long hair is sticky like human hairs) in position until your fingers touch the hat, then they became uncombed
You are right Steve. This kind of finish as the short hair or velour or suede or flammand seems not so common outside Europe.
I'm preparing one comparision on the short hair finish, hoping it match the interest of hats lovers.
I see, on the other side, that Black Sheep is launching these types of finishes of the felt on US market
Your estimate of 1960-ish is good. The numbering that included a year notation is later.
It's generally agreed that the "golden age" for quality lasted considerably longer at Borsalino than most other hatmakers, is it not?
In flipping through this thread, I see another lounger purchased a "Daino" a few years ago, a hat for which the styling looks identical to my eye apart from that hat having a raw edge, and which appears to bear the same style of factory tag (rectangular, straight-sided, same lettering). That hat was said to be 40's, but I wouldn't have placed this one quite that early.