The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

[moontheloon]

OPS era

phenomenal Vic

 

[RJR]

phenomenal Vic

+1

 

[carouselvic]

Borsalino Aquila in the color bardiglio(sp)bardigmo

 

[alanfgag]

Great catch with your eagle eyes. Lots of new there.

 

[Steve1857]

I am in awe of all the Borsalinos on this forum.
I picked this one up at a flea market in Elsinore, Denmark, where I live. It's my third Borsalino

. I think it's from the 60's or 70's due to the colour and lining logo. Am I in the ball park?

 

[mayserwegener]

Super! Possible on the dating. Can you post a photo the paper label behind the sweatband?

 

[Steve1857]

Thanks mayserwegener. It's not that easy as the paper label is behind the hat liner, so not easy to take a photo of. I'll try tomorrow or quote the numbers.
P.S. I'm a big fan of Mayser & have a vintage Homburg I'd like to pick your brains on.

 

[TheDane]

I am in awe of all the Borsalinos on this forum.
I picked this one up at a flea market in Elsinore, Denmark, where I live. It's my third Borsalino

Congratulations, welcome and thanks for the personal message, you sent me. Now what are the odds for two fedora wearing Danes on TFL - living only 25 miles from each other - both playing 5-string clawhammer banjo and old-time Appalachian stringband music? I sure didn't see that coming!

I'm sure, we have a lot to talk about and share in the future

 

[Steve1857]

Super! Possible on the dating. Can you post a photo the paper label behind the sweatband?

Here's the paper label below. If there's a date there, is it the 15th of July 1972? It's the only one I can get to make sense. That is, if there is a date among all those numbers.

 

[Steve1857]

Congratulations, welcome and thanks for the personal message, you sent me. Now what are the odds for two fedora wearing Danes on TFL - living only 25 miles from each other - both playing 5-string clawhammer banjo and old-time Appalachian stringband music? I sure didn't see that coming!

I'm sure, we have a lot to talk about and share in the future

Thanks, TheDane. What a coincidence, eh? Verden er lille! Btw, what is the hat in your avatar? Great shape and fantastic colour. Borsalino or Dobbs?

 

[TheDane]

Btw, what is the hat in your avatar? Great shape and fantastic colour. Borsalino or Dobbs?

Thank you for the kind words, but no it's a hat, I was allowed to make, when I visited Mike Moore at his Buckaroo Hatters back in 2014: http://www.thefedoralounge.com/thre...r-mike-moore-makes.34367/page-42#post-1785915

I'm not absolutely sure about the color. I believe, it's Winchester's old Black Cherry dye. Winchester Hat Corporation is a felting plant South of Nashville, and they changed their BC-dye to a much darker color some years ago.

It's still a favorite of mine

 

[Steve1857]

Thank you for the kind words, but no it's a hat, I was allowed to make, when I visited Mike Moore at his Buckaroo Hatters back in 2014: http://www.thefedoralounge.com/thre...r-mike-moore-makes.34367/page-42#post-1785915

I'm not absolutely sure about the color. I believe, it's Winchester's old Black Cherry dye. Winchester Hat Corporation is a felting plant South of Nashville, and they changed their BC-dye to a much darker color some years ago.

It's still a favorite of mine

Wow! You created that? Cudos.
After having read your description of your trip to Buckeroo, I can well understand why it's a favourite of yours. It would be of anybody's.

 

[mayserwegener]

Here's the paper label below. If there's a date there, is it the 15th of July 1972? It's the only one I can get to make sense. That is, if there is a date among all those numbers.
View attachment 51001

I think you were about right on the dating. My guess is mid 60s to mid 70s. Please post photos of your Mayser Homburg in the German - Austrian thread.

 

[bobkeenan]

I am wanting a Barsolino Fedora really badly. I would like to get one on an upcoming vacation in the fall. It can be new or used. I will be in Chicago, NYC, London, Amsterdam. Cologne, Nuremberg, Budapest, Prague, and Paris. It will be quite a trip. I know I can order a Barsolino online but I would like to get one as part of the trip. Any stores in any of these places that would have a good chance at getting a Barsolino Fedora (7 5/8)? Paris has a Barsolino shop but I have heard the stock is limited? Also any flea markets or vintage shops in any of these places. My wife will probably only put up with me going to a few places on the trip so I want to go to places that have a good chance of finding something. Ideas?

 

[NewJack]

Recent acquisition: 50s Borsa w/ Cavanaugh Edge









Bashing Practice...

 

[NewJack]

Oops! Inside shot...

 

[Daniele Tanto]

I am wanting a Barsolino Fedora really badly. I would like to get one on an upcoming vacation in the fall. It can be new or used. I will be in Chicago, NYC, London, Amsterdam. Cologne, Nuremberg, Budapest, Prague, and Paris. It will be quite a trip. I know I can order a Barsolino online but I would like to get one as part of the trip. Any stores in any of these places that would have a good chance at getting a Barsolino Fedora (7 5/8)? Paris has a Barsolino shop but I have heard the stock is limited? Also any flea markets or vintage shops in any of these places. My wife will probably only put up with me going to a few places on the trip so I want to go to places that have a good chance of finding something. Ideas?

I think that the best place to find a Borsalino are the German towns you will visit along with Amsterdam.
The size you require is not so common here in EU.
In my chase to vintage and old Borsalino I came across only to one in your size and I live in the home of Borsalino

This was sold in Italy some years ago.
If you are looking for a new one, the best is to order it in one of the shops Borsalino have in some places you will visit.
For flea markets and vintage shops I have no indications and it seems to me like looking for a needle in a haystack.

 

[moontheloon]

Sent from my iPhone while orbiting the earth in a sea foam green 1957 Cadillac

 

[moontheloon]

all the brothers

Sent from my iPhone while orbiting the earth in a sea foam green 1957 Cadillac

 

[Miamibruno]

Perfect!! It's raining Borsalinos.