Van Dyke Custom Hat Maker

[Purplesage]

This Van Dyke just arrived yesterday from Canada. I tried to find some information on the company without much luck. There is a Van Dyke Hatters located in Brooklyn, NY but I don't believe they are in any way affiliated. The hat has a 2 1/2" brim with a thin overwelt edge and a 5 1/4" crown as shown which is wrapped in a 1 3/4" grosgrain ribbon. The liner tip may have had an oilkskin cover at one time. The leather sweatband is unreeded. I tried the hat with both a front pinch with the brim turned down and a side pinch with the brim turned up and I think I prefer the latter. Inside the hat appears much darker like a navy blue. If anyone has some information about this hat maker please let me know. NOTE: Hat is not for sale, unintentionally posted in the wrong thread.

 

[Worf]

Tease.....

Worf

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Thank god. I really don't need another black hat! Or so 'er indoors tells me.

 

[Tomasso]

This Van Dyke just arrived yesterday from Canada. I tried to find some information on the company without much luck. There is a Van Dyke Hatters located in Brooklyn, NY but I don't believe they are in any way affiliated.]

I recall them being located around Penn Station. I stopped in once or twice in the late 80s, though it could have been earlier.

PM FL member 'besdor' and he can probably fill you in on them.


BTW, why are you so sure that the Brooklyn shop is of no relation? Just curious.

 

[carldelo]

^^^ I think AC is on to something, I'd guess the current incarnation of Van Dyke out in the wilds of Brooklyn is probably the last vestige of the old shop in Manhattan. And without a client name or initials on the sweat band or inside somewhere, I wouldn't assume this is a custom hat --- I'm guessing that's just the name of the manufacturer. Maybe they had a custom service, but it doesn't necessarily appear to be a custom lid. A really nice hat nonetheless, I really like the old-school, derby-style liner, very slick...