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Thanks for posting. Do you have any hats with paper labels / stamps that look like these?
The 5 1/2 is European measure.Look up "punti".hi, ok this is the one from Holland that went missing in postal land. What can anyone tell me about it now there are better pictures? It's in very good condition. Really nice hat.
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it says 5 1/2, but it fits my 57cm well. It was advertised as a 57.
Karl, that's a very nice looking borsalino. The size of 5 1/2 punti makes it a 58 but borsalinos almost always run small. The consensus here is that the label with the borsalino brand sideways stops appearing somewhere around 1955, so this hat is therefore earlier than that. Early to mid fifties I'd say. Welcome to the brotherhood! You realise of course there's no going back...
Karl, that's a very nice looking borsalino. The size of 5 1/2 punti makes it a 58 but borsalinos almost always run small. The consensus here is that the label with the borsalino brand sideways stops appearing somewhere around 1955, so this hat is therefore earlier than that. Early to mid fifties I'd say. Welcome to the brotherhood! You realise of course there's no going back...
Cheers! I got a new Borsalino Panama hat (will post some pictures on the weekend). Since it's my first Panama, i wonder how i take care of this nice hat? What's best for Panama hats?
is there a label under the sweat? they'll (the brotherhood) want to see it to tell you more.I was given this hat in the late '70s and have worn it ever since. Undoubtedly my favorite hat and I tend to get positive comments about it stll. I was told the gentleman who originally owned it purchased it in Rome and I would guess that was in the '60s or earlier '70s. It did have the onionskin liner but that started to crack up at one point so I removed it. Honestly it's more breathable/comfortable without it. Other than being due for a cleaning/blocking, the sweatband is starting to come unstitched in a couple of spots. Otherwise this hat looks no worse for its years.
I was wondering if those in the know could tell me anything about this Borsalino? Sorry for the less than ideal photos. I would describe it as a chocolate brown. It is a Punti 6 1/2 and I wear a 7 3/8, which seems to back the statement upstream that these hats run smaller than labeled.
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Just for clarification it's French sizing so Point not Punti. The site has the correct country but doesn't use the French word. I guess most people now associate the sizing with Italian hats but most European hat companies used French sizing (along with CM sizing) up to WWII and a good number afterwards. Here is 1930s JHS size label with Centimeter, American Size, Point French and English Size.punti: http://www.thehatmovement.co.uk/sizing.html
Yes, italian vintage hats in general often run one size smaller apparently.
beautiful hat doc
I was about to answer no but did discover a tag which I would not have seen except the stitching pulled away there. Might have made that a little worse but it needs to be restitched anyway. Not a great photo. The top line reads "2C732 44307". Bottom line I believe reads "Cafro Secosca". And of course the size, 6 1/2.is there a label under the sweat? they'll (the brotherhood) want to see it to tell you more.
crikes! Sorry i made you pull some stitching, i thought the sweat would accessibly pull back from above.View attachment 74859
I was about to answer no but did discover a tag which I would not have seen except the stitching pulled away there. Might have made that a little worse but it needs to be restitched anyway. Not a great photo. The top line reads "2C732 44307". Bottom line I believe reads "Cafro Secosca". And of course the size, 6 1/2.
Thanks for your reply!
Wear it. I've been led to believe it's good for the hat to be sprayed with a bith of water (to prevent it from drying out).Cheers! I got a new Borsalino Panama hat (will post some pictures on the weekend). Since it's my first Panama, i wonder how i take care of this nice hat? What's best for Panama hats?
Very nice looking Borsalino. In my experience the Borsalino hats with beaver or nutria content in the felt are thin on the ground. Hardly ever see one.View attachment 74859
I was about to answer no but did discover a tag which I would not have seen except the stitching pulled away there. Might have made that a little worse but it needs to be restitched anyway. Not a great photo. The top line reads "2C732 44307". Bottom line I believe reads "Cafro Secosca". And of course the size, 6 1/2.
Thanks for your reply!