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Another Cavanagh Milan economy brim
Brad Bowers said:Just had to win this one! It's a casual Cavanagh model I haven't seen before, but similar to other hats we've seen, including some circa-1930 C&K hats.
All in all, a nifty little Cavanagh, quite the gem to add to my collection.
Brad
GWD said:What a beautiful Hat! Very nice Viper! :eusa_clap
That panama looks to be treated/painted with something?XPLSV said:
Bernie
feltfan said:That panama looks to be treated/painted with something?
If memory serves, Dinerman recently cleaned up such a panama.
You might ask him what that was all about before sending it
on to Optimo.
Brad Bowers said:Thanks for the great photos, buler!
This is an interesting hat, almost a derby/homburg hybrid. It has the narrow fornt and rear lip of a derby, but the sides are curled horizontal like a proper Cavanagh derby, they're more like a homburg. Also, the edge binding is stitched all the way through the brim as on a homburg. On a derby, the edge binding was stitched on by hand, so that the stitches from the underside didn't show through.
The ribbon is a derby-sized ribbon, not homburg. The liner and tip is also for a derby, not a homburg.
How soft is the crown? Homburg soft, or just slightly softer than a regular derby?
I'm not sure what to make of this hat, so I'll keep calling it a hybrid for now.
The $15 price point is a homburg price point for Cavanagh, as the derbies started at $20, even in the early days. This hat is maybe late-'40s into the '50s. Because of some of the details, I'd almost say it's from the 1959 derby revival, but I don't know if the $15 price lasted that late. Something to find out, for sure.
Great find!
Brad