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The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

se couvrir

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Hardy country UK
Is there no limit to your talent for acquiring such beauties Steve? Without seeing your posts, I would not have imagined such wonderful examples of the craft to be still in existence.

Chris
 
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17,514
Location
Maryland
Alan, Thanks! By the way great photo of you and your father!

Daniele, Thanks too! Yes hard to believe.

Chris, Thanks too! The old hats are out there but it can take a good amount of searching + risk taking.

Mike, RJR, Thanks too!
 
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15,259
Location
Arlington, Virginia
Thanks again! Here is a photo of the over welt stitching. I had to snap the brim down to photograph. As I mentioned it will not stay snapped. The angled stitching is visible with brim up which causes an unusual effect where the welt edge looks like it has a saw tooth cut.

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Fantastic!!!!! :eusa_clap
 
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17,514
Location
Maryland
Thanks on both counts. Yes it ended well (3 really fantastic hats + boxes) but it was an ordeal (the seller claimed health issues). The NOS find was a total shock (in a great way).
 

tommyK

One Too Many
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1,789
Location
Berwick, PA
After Mayser's knockout Echter I'm a little sheepish about showing this but, here goes;
Fished this very neglected hat out of the bay;
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Got it fairly cheap for a big size vintage Borso, I thought it had potential
steamed, cleaned, reblocked and flanged
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This is pretty close to the actual color but it is one of those that is impossible to acurately capture

shaped up nice too
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The guts
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turned out pretty nice. Any guess as to age? 50's? 60's?
 

mikespens

Call Me a Cab
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2,913
Location
Tacoma, Wa
Nice rescue tommyK, lots of good wear left in it. Best way to take a guess at dating it is via the paper label behind the sweat.
 

Bob Roberts

I'll Lock Up
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11,201
Location
milford ct
I like this hat and have seen it before on the Bencraft site. FYI: ANOTHER Italian hat maker GUERRA makes a nice navy blue fedora called a Guerra GQ. Its normally abt a $200 retail hat. HATS PLUS has em on sale (limited sizes) for $140. 4.5 in centetdent crown and 2.5 in brim. Buddy of mine has it in the deepest navy blue. I have it in Bordeaux. I believe the hat is FEPSA HARE. Its a lovely hat.
 

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