The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

[steur]

Thanks, Daniele. I was just discussing with @Steve1857 that we should have sent a camera crew with you and Steve to document your adventures. I hope we'll be hearing about it here on the lounge soon. Part of the decision to keep the black hat was indeed the qualitá speciale designation.
"Condor" is indeed a new colour for me. I actually have a hat in "Marocco" colour; it's posted in this thread somewhere. More new Borsalino model names and colours pop up today here on the lounge. The Canadian hat find has already uncovered something new to me:
"Zizella" colour and model "Moresca"

 

[T Jones]

That looks great on you. I shy away from wearing black hats but when I see one that looks this good I cannot help but reconsider.

Thank you buddy. I felt the same way you do not so long ago. I'd like to find another one. The right one can definitely make a bold statement.

 

[JimK]

hey if anybody is around Salt Lake City... I was in the antique mall near 900 S and West Temple. There was a beaver fur Borsalino in there, a grey hat with a self-material hat band, in perfect condition. Sort of Hamburg looking but what do I know. I wear a size 61 roughly and the hat was too small by too much. So maybe a 58 or 59??? They wanted 50-some dollars for it. A total steal if you ask me... if the hat fits you, anyway.

 

[belfastboy]

hey if anybody is around Salt Lake City... I was in the antique mall near 900 S and West Temple. There was a beaver fur Borsalino in there, a grey hat with a self-material hat band, in perfect condition. Sort of Hamburg looking but what do I know. I wear a size 61 roughly and the hat was too small by too much. So maybe a 58 or 59??? They wanted 50-some dollars for it. A total steal if you ask me... if the hat fits you, anyway.

Have you ever dropped into the new(ish) custom hatter with a bricks and mortar shop just south of Provo. The name and town escape me for the moment but if I sleep on it I will remember. If so perhaps give an informal review of the place and the hats.

 

[belfastboy]

Have you ever dropped into the new(ish) custom hatter with a bricks and mortar shop just south of Provo. The name and town escape me for the moment but if I sleep on it I will remember. If so perhaps give an informal review of the place and the hats.

Hah, It is Taton Baird (or close) in Springville UT

 

[Tukwila]

https://www.instagram.com/tattonbaird/

http://www.tattonbaird.com/

 

[JimK]

thanks, I will have to visit! I did stop in Salina a while back to check out Burns Saddlery there with their hat workshop in the basement.

 

[belfastboy]

thanks, I will have to visit! I did stop in Salina a while back to check out Burns Saddlery there with their hat workshop in the basement.

I have visited Burn Saddlery in Salina twice now. It was cool watching them work on hats through the glass window. I also love the incredible saddles and that inspired me to visit a whole bunch of saddle making shops as my wife and I tour the west. Who knew there were still so many custom saddle shops still out there? At least there is still that form of artistry that hasn't move offshore to China. I visited a saddle/western shop in Miles City MT that has a saddle museum upstairs. It was amazing with American saddles all the way back to the 1800's.

 

[Redfokker]

hey if anybody is around Salt Lake City... I was in the antique mall near 900 S and West Temple. There was a beaver fur Borsalino in there, a grey hat with a self-material hat band, in perfect condition. Sort of Hamburg looking but what do I know. I wear a size 61 roughly and the hat was too small by too much. So maybe a 58 or 59??? They wanted 50-some dollars for it. A total steal if you ask me... if the hat fits you, anyway.

Go back and buy it!! There is always someone around here who would take it off your hands in the classified section. It would sell in a heartbeat.

 

[Ivano]

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After posting some other pics on another forum it was suggested that I post these on the Borsalino Brotherhood.None of these have liners like many of the pictures I've seen in this forum. The labels look similar to the one I took the pic of except that the one in pic has the word 'extra' the others do not. Otherwise the liners and labels are the same. Enjoy the pics.

 

[drmaxtejeda]

View attachment 141756 I View attachment 141756 View attachment 141754 View attachment 141755 After posting some other pics on another forum it was suggested that I post these on the Borsalino Brotherhood.None of these have liners like many of the pictures I've seen in this forum. The labels look similar to the one I took the pic of except that the one in pic has the word 'extra' the others do not. Otherwise the liners and labels are the same. Enjoy the pics.

Arrrr.

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[Just Daniel]

Those are sweet! I look forward to more pics and folks telling us more about them.

Amazing stuff!

View attachment 141756 I View attachment 141756 View attachment 141754 View attachment 141755 After posting some other pics on another forum it was suggested that I post these on the Borsalino Brotherhood.None of these have liners like many of the pictures I've seen in this forum. The labels look similar to the one I took the pic of except that the one in pic has the word 'extra' the others do not. Otherwise the liners and labels are the same. Enjoy the pics.

 

[steur]

View attachment 141756 I View attachment 141756 View attachment 141754 View attachment 141755 After posting some other pics on another forum it was suggested that I post these on the Borsalino Brotherhood.None of these have liners like many of the pictures I've seen in this forum. The labels look similar to the one I took the pic of except that the one in pic has the word 'extra' the others do not. Otherwise the liners and labels are the same. Enjoy the pics.

Looks like a banquet to my eye. Gorgeous.

 

[steur]

Three hats coming in today (some just passing through). First one is nothing too special, but I can't resist hats with those cellophane covers in the liner. Borsalino nero, size 58 with the bound brim at 5,5cm an the crown 10,5 cm at the pinch.
Interestingly I found the "export quality" sticker under the sweats of two hats today.

 

[steur]

The second one is not a spectacular model, but interesting nonetheless.
Borsalino Rodio, size 56 with the bound brim at 6cm and crown 11cm at the pinch. What makes this one different is the way the Borsalino brand name is represented on the liner and sweatband. Never seen this one before. I think this one is from the seventies.

 

[steur]

Third one coming in today fell squarely into the category "hats that make you happy".
Borsalino Lunasca model in the colour Nembo (meaning "nimbus"), which is a fantastic blueish grey colour. Size 57 with the raw edge brim at 6,5cm and the crown 10cm at the pinch. Very lightweight, unlined, hat weighing in at only 85 grams. Sold by Sools of Paris.
Both the model and the colour name I've never seen before.

 

[steur]

Part II
This is the second hat with the "export quality" sticker underneath the sweat.

 

[Steve1857]

Part II
This is the second hat with the "export quality" sticker underneath the sweat.

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Three great Borsalinos, Stefan. The Sools Borsa is really something special. Typically for a "French" hat, no liner. Super finds again.

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[steur]

Three great Borsalinos, Stefan. The Sools Borsa is really something special. Typically for a "French" hat, no liner. Super finds again.

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Thanks, Steve. The Sools is the standout hat alright. I do love these lightweight ones.

 

[Steve1857]

Hope it's a small 57, as Borsalinos can be, and it fits you like a dream, Stefan.

Thanks, Steve. The Sools is the standout hat alright. I do love these lightweight ones.

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