Waltar Barnard & Son, Jermyn St. - new hat.

[PADDY]

Just got a pretty pristine fedora made by Waltar Barnard & Son of 97 Jermyn Street, London. A really nice (cavanagh) - (Meant to say, bound edge! sorry) edge, black felt with black grossgrain ribbon. By Appointment to Prince of Wales. Looks to be 30's.

Anyone know of the history/heritage of this company? All info appreciated.

 

[Brad Bowers]

No information for you, but I'm interested in seeing photos. Non-American Cavanagh Edges are fairly uncommon, with the notable exception of Borsalino. Oh, and Canadian-made hats, like the licensed Dobbs.

Brad

 

[jamespowers]

I'll stand by with bated breath waiting for pictures as I have never heard of this brand before.

 

[PADDY]

Onto it.

I'll get some photos over the w/end. I'm assuming the PoW must have been Edward Duke of Windsor, or earlier!

 

[PADDY]

PICS 1.

 

[PADDY]

PICS 2.

 

[cookie]

The crispness and newness of the felt maks it look like NOS quality right? Was it sitting around with that dust or in a box unnoticed?

 

[buler]

Very nice looking hat Paddy! They were around in 1953 in this Life magazine article. See caption under bottom left photo. Life1953

B

 

[PADDY]

Thanks Gents.

Found in the back of a thrift store. Now has a new loving home.

 

[CRH]

Found in the back of a thrift store. Now has a new loving home.

That one's certainly a stonker, PADDY. Looks like it was on a shelf or a hanger and not on the bottom of a full box .

Nice, elegant taper to it.

What are the dimensions?.

 

[Levallois]

Geez, what a beautiful hat!! Why don't those "found in the back of a thrift store for .99 windfalls" ever happen to me, dang it?

John

 

[PADDY]

It'll happen...

Be patient. This 'rarely' happens to 'me' - honestly. But it tastes sweeter 'when' it does.

 

[indycop]

Those are gorgeous! :eusa_clap

 

[kaosharper1]

Beautiful! But it doesn't look like a cavanaugh edge to me. It looks like a regular ribbon bounded brim. Or am I looking at it weird?

 

[PADDY]

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Bound edge (I corrected my error - foot-in-mouth disease!)

 

[jamespowers]

You did very well. :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[ScionPI2005]

Very nice find, Paddy! I've never heard of the company, but it appears to be of high quality, and I like the black felt. Nice ribbon treatment too.

 

[PADDY]

I was never sure of black...

But this is 'so fine' that it really is growing on me, and the company 'in it's day' was obviously a very fine purveyor of hats (you don't get a Royal Appointment to the PoW for nowt!). It's also a sad indication of how these old family firms/businesses have just died out and few remember them even existing [huh] How many have gone the same way?

Sadly, Jermyn St. in London is slowly becoming another average city high street...alas..!