Six!? Now that is some score, Steve. The first one is a nice classic looking hat. Already curious about the others.Haven't come across any Borsalinos for a while, then suddenly, I bag 6 of them. This one was the first to arrive. Quite new, even still has the tag. Not up to the quality of vintage Borsalinos, but it looks nice. I was drawn by the colour and the fact that it was sold in Petitgas; Denmark's oldest, still in existence hat shop.
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Six!? Now that is some score, Steve. The first one is a nice classic looking hat. Already curious about the others.
That's very nice! Maybe the indoor pics are misleading but I would expect to write misto on the label or the nap is somewhat longer?The second of the 6 recent Borsalino purchashes arrived today. Yet another Facebook Market Place find.
Late 1950s / early 60s if I'm reading the label right. Wonderful hand to the dense felt. Shark gill bow treatment, and a double stitched overwelt edge. The 5cm brim seems to say up, but can equally be worn down. Win-win.
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That's very nice! Maybe the indoor pics are misleading but I would expect to write misto on the label or the nap is somewhat longer?
Are 2 out of the 4 rest coming from the north?
That's a really good one, Steve. Love the gills. Unusual that the label has a different layout. If the "zebú" in the upper left is the colour of the felt, it is a colour we haven't seen before. We've only ever seen Buio as a felt colour once, so that is likely the case. Wouldn't know what else the "zebú" could refer to.The second of the 6 recent Borsalino purchashes arrived today. Yet another Facebook Market Place find.
Late 1950s / early 60s if I'm reading the label right. Wonderful hand to the dense felt. Shark gill bow treatment, and a double stitched overwelt edge. The 5cm brim seems to say up, but can equally be worn down. Win-win.
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That's a really good one, Steve. Love the gills. Unusual that the label has a different layout. If the "zebú" in the upper left is the colour of the felt, it is a colour we haven't seen before. We've only ever seen Buio as a felt colour once, so that is likely the case. Wouldn't know what else the "zebú" could refer to.
Steve, Super Form and Finish! Really like the Bow. Looks great on too!The second of the 6 recent Borsalino purchashes arrived today. Yet another Facebook Market Place find.
Late 1950s / early 60s if I'm reading the label right. Wonderful hand to the dense felt. Shark gill bow treatment, and a double stitched overwelt edge. The 5cm brim seems to say up, but can equally be worn down. Win-win.
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Steve, Super Form and Finish! Really like the Bow. Looks great on too!
That's a really good one, Steve. Love the gills. Unusual that the label has a different layout. If the "zebú" in the upper left is the colour of the felt, it is a colour we haven't seen before. We've only ever seen Buio as a felt colour once, so that is likely the case. Wouldn't know what else the "zebú" could refer to.
It's certainly possible. Can't find any other meanings for the word "zebú", but the again: cryptic wording is one of Borsalino's hallmarks.Could it possibly refer to the shade of black seen on the Asien zebú cow? Borsalino were pretty inventive when it came to the names of colours.
It's certainly possible. Can't find any other meanings for the word "zebú", but the again: cryptic wording is one of Borsalino's hallmarks.
"Buio - Dark" is the color. "Zebù" Bos taurus indicus an animal in Italian language, so is the finish of the surface felt. Cocisan is the type of hat
"Buio - Dark" is the color. "Zebù" Bos taurus indicus an animal in Italian language, so is the finish of the surface felt. Cocisan is the type of hat
Steve, the Borsalino paper labels were and are, today even more than yesterday, a processing slip inside the factory, therefore they contain processing indications, some understandable such as the colors or the finish of the felt (see Zebù) but the name that here all refer to the type of hat is an abbreviation that determines the processes used for that batch of hats. There are no categories to which the shapes or proportions of a hat belong, they can be repeated, but there is very little evidence that these indications (Cocisan, Celesti, Mula, Ecosan and so on) refer to a single type of hat. They have often been used to determine, I repeat within the Borsalino departments, to indicate lots of hats for export. These indications are also linked to the manufacturing periods of hats in Borsalino, according to a series of procedures that have changed over the years and the curves of the markets. There are very vague connections between this terminology printed on the labels and the type of hats, while the colors and finishes of the felt are certainThank you for the clarification, Daniele. However, Cocisan seems to cover at least two types of hats. The Cocisan type is not as clear a definition as Bowler, Homburg, Fedora for example. Or am I missing something?
Steve, the Borsalino paper labels were and are, today even more than yesterday, a processing slip inside the factory, therefore they contain processing indications, some understandable such as the colors or the finish of the felt (see Zebù) but the name that here all refer to the type of hat is an abbreviation that determines the processes used for that batch of hats. There are no categories to which the shapes or proportions of a hat belong, they can be repeated, but there is very little evidence that these indications (Cocisan, Celesti, Mula, Ecosan and so on) refer to a single type of hat. They have often been used to determine, I repeat within the Borsalino departments, to indicate lots of hats for export. These indications are also linked to the manufacturing periods of hats in Borsalino, according to a series of procedures that have changed over the years and the curves of the markets. There are very vague connections between this terminology printed on the labels and the type of hats, while the colors and finishes of the felt are certain