The snap brim homburg

[Feraud]

That Chamois is excellent and no reason at all to snap the brim!
:eusa_clap

 

[Dinerman]

I like how the snapped down brim is extreme.

Don't think that's meant to be snapped down, either. Not flanged that way.

 

[Jerekson]

Why would you? It's not meant to be.

For a different look? See what happens? Seems pretty consistent with the thread if you ask me.

 

[Lefty]

It wouldn't snap if I wanted it to. It's a straight brim with a shackle curl. When worn, the sides curl-up just a bit, like in the ad.

 

[thunderw21]

Don't think that's meant to be snapped down, either. Not flanged that way.

I thought Lord's Hats were meant to be worn either way. How does one tell if an unbound edge is meant to be snapped or not?

 

[cookie]

Don't think that's meant to be snapped down, either. Not flanged that way.

If I snap my Barbisio down (that Fleiger swapped me) thats's exactly what it looks like.

 

[reetpleat]

My first response was this would apply to any homburg and the magazine was just commenting on an odd college trend. But then I tried to snap the brim down on my homburg, from the forties. Didn't work at all. It would do it but it was such a sharp snap that it looked ridiculous. My conclusion is that the snap brim fedora was a variation where they would leave alittle more room in the front and mainly the sides, to allow it to snap without looking too strained, but still ahve the curl on eh back of the sides and back.

Interesting thread.

Those crazy kids and all.

 

[kaosharper1]

Miss Pettigrew Mystery Hat?

Maybe the hat in this thread (from the movie "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day") was a snap-brim Homburg:

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=33711&page=2&highlight=pettigrew

There was a lot of speculation about it, and it certainly looks like the illustration. Strange look, though.

 

[Lefty]

1907 - not really a homburg, and certainly not pretty

 

[Matt Deckard]

6 1/2" crown... GADZOOKS!!

I have an early '30s (I think) Mallory with a brim flanged like that, and a whopping 6-1/2 inch crown with a super-deep crease, and shallow side dents. It's a 7-3/8, but with some period repairwork to the unreeded sweat, it now fits a 7-1/4. A real oddball hat, especially with the purple liner. Only one I've run across with this kind of brim treatment.

 

[M Hatman]

It looks a lot like this one, which I've got dated to no later than 1913, when I pop the bash out.

I just saw this beautiful old hat and needed to bump this thread!! Wow, my size too.....would i love such a find!!!!
M