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The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

Borsalino Buntal. Modernish I'm guessing with the size being "small".

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Mighty44

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This beauty finally arrived. 5 ⅝” open crown and a 2 ⅞” wide brim. The felt is very thin and shapes easily without steam. It fits pretty true to size, or maybe a bit small. The slightly tight fit, the thin easily shaped felt, and my long oval head all conspire to cause the brim to curl up on the sides when I wear it. I’d love to keep this hat, but it’s just too small. :(

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This beauty finally arrived. 5 ⅝” open crown and a 2 ⅞” wide brim. The felt is very thin and shapes easily without steam. It fits pretty true to size, or maybe a bit small. The slightly tight fit, the thin easily shaped felt, and my long oval head all conspire to cause the brim to curl up on the sides when I wear it. I’d love to keep this hat, but it’s just too small. :(

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Dang it. Was pulling for this one to be a go!
 
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Having trouble interpreting this sticker on a prospective purchase - any ideas on year of manufacture and name of colorway?
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The size is the easy bit: it's a size 56 or 7 American. Borsalino used this style of label from the early eighties onwards. So it is later than 1983. The size label is an earlier type, so I'd say mid-eighties to mid-nineties. The colour is anyone's guess. Borsalino has several colour is that "natural" colour scheme:
albino
aureola
avorio
crema
cristallo
fiocco
gesso
gesso sfumata
ghiaccio
lino
malva
panera
schiuma
sfinge
If I'd have to take a guess I'd go for avorio (ivory) for this one.
 

escher

New in Town
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The size is the easy bit: it's a size 56 or 7 American. Borsalino used this style of label from the early eighties onwards. So it is later than 1983. The size label is an earlier type, so I'd say mid-eighties to mid-nineties. The colour is anyone's guess. Borsalino has several colour is that "natural" colour scheme:
albino
aureola
avorio
crema
cristallo
fiocco
gesso
gesso sfumata
ghiaccio
lino
malva
panera
schiuma
sfinge
If I'd have to take a guess I'd go for avorio (ivory) for this one.
Thanks for the insight. I've seen an avorio Borsalino before and it was a nasty dirty grey/beige color - probably owned by a heavy smoker. I guess I'll try my luck and see what comes of it.
 

Rmccamey

I'll Lock Up
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Do you remember how it feels when you find that new best friend? Thank you @BobHufford for yet another terrific hat! This Borsalino Qualita Superiore is like new and, best yet, it's the first Borso that actually fits. Try as I might, Borso fedora's have just too much taper for my head. This nero homburg is fantastic and sports a wind cord, 5 inch crown as creased, a 2 1/8 inch curled brim, 1 1/2 inch black ribbon and a 2 inch brown sweat. Too bad it is getting too hot to wear felt hats!

Here are a few initial pictures with my recent garage sale find, a $5 Brownie Hawkeye camera.

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Do you remember how it feels when you find that new best friend? Thank you @BobHufford for yet another terrific hat! This Borsalino Qualita Superiore is like new and, best yet, it's the first Borso that actually fits. Try as I might, Borso fedora's have just too much taper for my head. This nero homburg is fantastic and sports a wind cord, 5 inch crown as creased, a 2 1/8 inch curled brim, 1 1/2 inch black ribbon and a 2 inch brown sweat. Too bad it is getting too hot to wear felt hats!

Here are a few initial pictures with my recent garage sale find, a $5 Brownie Hawkeye camera.

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Great new Borsi for you Randy!
 
Do you remember how it feels when you find that new best friend? Thank you @BobHufford for yet another terrific hat! This Borsalino Qualita Superiore is like new and, best yet, it's the first Borso that actually fits. Try as I might, Borso fedora's have just too much taper for my head. This nero homburg is fantastic and sports a wind cord, 5 inch crown as creased, a 2 1/8 inch curled brim, 1 1/2 inch black ribbon and a 2 inch brown sweat. Too bad it is getting too hot to wear felt hats!

Here are a few initial pictures with my recent garage sale find, a $5 Brownie Hawkeye camera.

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That's great Randy! I'm impressed you developed the photos of the hat you took with that Brownie so quickly.

Wear the hat in good health my friend.
 

Mighty44

One Too Many
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5 ⅝” open crown and 2 ¾” brim with decorative edge stitching. Size is 6 French Point / Punti so 7 ⅜ US. It’s definitely grey, but in the late evening light it’s showing as brown in some of the photos.

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That’s an interesting brim treatment, I like it.
 
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Modern Borsalino fedora. Size 57 witht the raw edge brim at 6,5cm and the crown at 11cm at the center dent. Suede finish. The hat is green, I know. It's for resale obviously ;)

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This Borsalino baseball cap came with it. Didn't know they made these.

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Treatment repels water…. The color repels Stefan.
 

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