The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

[belfastboy]

Heartbreaking. Don’t give up, stranger things have happened.

The Postie just delivered a package I ordered from China over 3 (almost 4) months ago.

 

[Blare]

How unfortunate. What beauties they are. You never know... maybe one rainy afternoon the postman will knock at your door with this long lost bounty.

 

[TheGuitarFairy]

sorry, stefan! beautiful hats that might still show up!

 

[Just Daniel]

Oh. Sorry to see that, maybe they will come out with the COVID?

what decade do you place the hat? Your label info puts it mid 30s to early 50s? That $10 original price point for the Qualita Superiore is pretty cool. I hope it lands on your doorstep!

Soooo. After waiting for well over three months now I'm going to have to live with the idea that these next two hats are not going to make it to my doorstep and must be written off as victims of the corona-pandemic. In the grand scheme of things there are worse things, but I can tell you that I'm pretty bummed out by this. So, for posterity, here are seller's pics.

Borsalino Landasti Misto Ruitor

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[steur]

that's a shame

Can I like and dislike this? That's a real shame if those don't show up, but after three months I guess it's probably not likely. Just curious, was this through the Global Shipping Program?

I really would have liked to have seen the Aligi ribbon on that Misto Ruitor. I have an Aligi ribbon on my Averla Gorasgu and it's definitely a shade of brown. It appears slightly so on the seller pics but for the most part looks closer to black on my screen.

Heartbreaking. Don’t give up, stranger things have happened.

The Postie just delivered a package I ordered from China over 3 (almost 4) months ago.

How unfortunate. What beauties they are. You never know... maybe one rainy afternoon the postman will knock at your door with this long lost bounty.

sorry, stefan! beautiful hats that might still show up!

Oh. Sorry to see that, maybe they will come out with the COVID?

what decade do you place the hat? Your label info puts it mid 30s to early 50s? That $10 original price point for the Qualita Superiore is pretty cool. I hope it lands on your doorstep!

They are from the 1937-1953 timeframe, most likely late forties or early fifties.
Thanks for the support guys. I've never had a package completely disappear before, so the postal services might still redeem themselves (let's hope they do). The seller has been great about this and is as disappointed as I am. It's not about the money but more that two hats of this quality could be lost. How often am I going to find hats like them?

 

[carouselvic]

, most likely late forties or early fifties.

I’ll bet you dollars to donuts that both these hats are older than you think.

 

[steur]

I’ll bet you dollars to donuts that both these hats are older than you think.

Could well be. I'd have to do some more digging and look back to what the seller managed to turn up (he wasn't their original owner).

 

[M Hatman]

Soooo. After waiting for well over three months now I'm going to have to live with the idea that these next two hats are not going to make it to my doorstep and must be written off as victims of the corona-pandemic. In the grand scheme of things there are worse things, but I can tell you that I'm pretty bummed out by this. So, for posterity, here are seller's pics.
Borsalino Landasti Misto Ruitor
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Awesome hats!!!!!

They could still show up.....I had a package that fell off the radar on November 1st last year.......it finally DID show up almost 4 months to the day later, on February 27th this year....with NO record of where it was all that time.

Yep...there is hope they both arrive and I call "Dibs" if they end up size 7 punti!!!!

 

[steur]

Here's to hoping they're still going to make it. Chances of them being a 7 punti are purely theoretical I think.
Thanks, Mark.

 

[M Hatman]

Here's to hoping they're still going to make it. Chances of them being a 7 punti are purely theoretical I think.
Thanks, Mark.

Yes......I am at 95% they will get to you, and .00017832% that either or both will be punti BUT...I still call "dibs" if they are! If for no other reason than I like to say...."DIBS"!!

 

[alanfgag]

I hope these hats do make it to you eventually... the misto a cousin from the same store to this one:

https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/the-borsalino-brotherhood.13133/page-382#post-2613276

 

[steur]

I hope these hats do make it to you eventually... the misto a cousin from the same store to this one:

https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/the-borsalino-brotherhood.13133/page-382#post-2613276

Thanks, Alan. Would be interesting to find out where they have been all this time if they show up eventually (fingers crossed).

 

[carouselvic]

 

[steur]

Good looking hat, Vic. Unusual with this type of label that it doesn't have the model name on it. I've never seen the "torino" model name mentioned on any label but this proves it's been around for quite some time.

 

[steur]

It has been months since anything decent came along, but here's one I found this week. Seller was so delighted that someone put in a fair offer that he shipped it over for free. Nice bloke.
Borsalino Suprema in Bismuto. Size 60 with the bound brim at 5,5cm and the crown 10cm at the center dent. Fairly lightweight at 110 grams. Early to mid sixties for this one.

 

[Marivo]

Hello, I'm Ivo and newbee at this forum. Usely I only wear Pork Pie hats. But yesterday at a thrift shop I found a nice Borsalino Fedora. Any knowledge about this hat is very welcome.
Thanks and have a nice evening.

 

[steur]

Hello, I'm Ivo and newbee at this forum. Usely I only wear Pork Pie hats. But yesterday at a thrift shop I found a nice Borsalino Fedora. Any knowledge about this hat is very welcome.
Thanks and have a nice evening.
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Welcome to the lounge. Interesting hat you've found there, Ivo. Dates from the mid-sixties to the mid-seventies; no way to tell exactly. "Biber" is the name for the colour. The second name "noce" is the name for the colour of the ribbon. Can't tell you how long Lippits was located in Haarlem exactly, but I know they were located in Hoorn earlier in the sixties. Nice catch.

 

[M Hatman]

Hello, I'm Ivo and newbee at this forum. Usely I only wear Pork Pie hats. But yesterday at a thrift shop I found a nice Borsalino Fedora. Any knowledge about this hat is very welcome.
Thanks and have a nice evening.
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WELCOME and NICE way to start!!!

Other than to say pretty much any Borsalino is a good hat, I will let others with more knowledge let you know about that particular Borsa....

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Hello, I'm Ivo and newbee at this forum. Usely I only wear Pork Pie hats. But yesterday at a thrift shop I found a nice Borsalino Fedora. Any knowledge about this hat is very welcome.
Thanks and have a nice evening.
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If it fits, I think you’ll be wearing your porkpies less often. Nice find.

 

[Blare]

Hello, I'm Ivo and newbee at this forum. Usely I only wear Pork Pie hats. But yesterday at a thrift shop I found a nice Borsalino Fedora. Any knowledge about this hat is very welcome.
Thanks and have a nice evening.
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Welcome... beautiful hat.