What hat are you waiting for today?

[BobHufford]

RE: the moldy oldie, all I can say is you are BRAVE.

I'm hopeful anyway. I don't expect it to be perfect, but at least wearable.

Here is a recent Portis:

And a Borsalino Thirty:

 

[BobHufford]

Sometimes I don't even ask for the size. Roll the dice! View attachment 463473 View attachment 463474

A sure winner! We're just wondering what color the dice are ...

 

[deadlyhandsome]

The quest for a nice homburg continues, and after a few mis-steps, I think I've found it . Labeled "Hats in the Belfry," I'm told by the "ask a question" gang that it's probably a Beaver Brand product. View attachment 463454 View attachment 463453 View attachment 463455
A little research tells me 5 X's means 5% beaver. I most recently picked up a nice hat for my long overcoat, but this one will be for Christmas/Weddings/funerals. The state occasions lid.

Wouldn’t it be nice if there was some standardized way to interpret the “X” count. This 5X is almost certainly a 100% rabbit fur felt hat just as their 10X hats are. Their 20X hats tend to be 100% beaver. It’s a crazy world.

 

[Steve1857]

Sometimes I don't even ask for the size. Roll the dice! View attachment 463473 View attachment 463474

Looking forward to seeing more of those, Stefan.

 

[Granville]

This 5X is almost certainly a 100% rabbit fur

Ouch! I conflated the "Beaver Brand" with the "XXXXX"
Still, I think I got something I'll like.

 

[Spats McGee]

Well, I gave up on the Chocolate Open Road (for now) and ordered myself a Stetson Chatham in Mink: https://www.delmonicohatter.com/product/IT503.htm

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Ouch! I conflated the "Beaver Brand" with the "XXXXX"
Still, I think I got something I'll like.

Some (most?) of the best vintage soft felt hats such as fedoras and homburgs have no beaver content.

 

[Blare]

The quest for a nice homburg continues, and after a few mis-steps, I think I've found it . Labeled "Hats in the Belfry," I'm told by the "ask a question" gang that it's probably a Beaver Brand product. View attachment 463454 View attachment 463453 View attachment 463455
A little research tells me 5 X's means 5% beaver. I most recently picked up a nice hat for my long overcoat, but this one will be for Christmas/Weddings/funerals. The state occasions lid.

I think that will do nicely. Congratulations

 

[BobHufford]

Not sure I've seen a Keith (from Beaver Brands) with the price debossed on the sweat band. At least not one for "Thirty Dollars".

And, for "Fifteen Dollars" you could have this Finissimo! Not sure if this is a Beaver Brand (the size tag is similar as is the quality of the sweat band logo). The liner implies Italian manufacture -- but also "imported furs" so maybe only the felt is Italian.

I got them both for a "Twenty Dollar" bid so I'm happy.

 

[M Hatman]

Not sure I've seen a Keith (from Beaver Brands) with the price debossed on the sweat band. At least not one for "Thirty Dollars".

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And, for "Fifteen Dollars" you could have this Finissimo! Not sure if this is a Beaver Brand (the size tag is similar as is the quality of the sweat band logo). The liner implies Italian manufacture -- but also "imported furs" so maybe only the felt is Italian.

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I got them both for a "Twenty Dollar" bid so I'm happy.

I have ONE hat that says the "dollars" on the sweat....I posted it sometime back, and don't remember the brand just now. It was a "Twenty Dollars" hat. And now you have two, which means I have now seen three hats so marked with "Dollars" on the sweat. That Keith looks especially nice, but the campaign bow on the other one is always a cool touch!

 

[BobHufford]

I have ONE hat that says the "dollars" on the sweat....I posted it sometime back, and don't remember the brand just now. It was a "Twenty Dollars" hat. And now you have two, which means I have now seen three hats so marked with "Dollars" on the sweat. That Keith looks especially nice, but the campaign bow on the other one is always a cool touch!

Thanks Mark! I dug around a bit, but didn't find your post ... yet.

 

[T Jones]

Here's another of my Whippet clone conversions. If I'm not mistaken I believe that this is a Resistol Stagecoach that Bob Hufford sent me a few years ago(?) I remember it was under a size 7 and was pretty beat up and moth bitten. He saved it from a yard sale and gave it to me. Of all the hats I converted this one made the biggest transformation. I turned it into a Longhair Whippet clone and salvaged the ribbon and bow work and the brim binding from a different and used them on this one...

On the head:

 

[T Jones]

Here's another of my Whippet clone conversions. If I'm not mistaken I believe that this is a Resistol Stagecoach that Bob Hufford sent me a few years ago(?) I remember it was under a size 7 and was pretty beat up and moth bitten. He saved it from a yard sale and gave it to me. Of all the hats I converted this one made the biggest transformation. I turned it into a Longhair Whippet clone and salvaged the ribbon and bow work and the brim binding from a different and used them on this one...

On the head:

WRONG PAGE! CRAP!!!!

 

[M Hatman]

Thanks Mark! I dug around a bit, but didn't find your post ... yet.

Well...thinking about it it MAY have been a "Fifteen Dollars" hat....I cant remember....
And I also don't remember where I put it......
I do know it was a later 50's with a Cav edge.

It was a Beaver Brook.....found the link...and WAS a $15 dollar hat.

Post New Hats Here!

Not a new acquisition (I have had it for a couple of years) and as I have not posted it (and there seems to be no dedicated thread) here is my mid-Late 50's BeaverBrook Fifteen stingy brim. Interesting to note is that it is actually Debossed into the sweat..."Fifteen Dollars" never have seen...

www.thefedoralounge.com

 

[BobHufford]

Thoroughbred and Stetson.

Last Best West

Last Best West

Stylepark

 

[biffnix]

I just ordered the Borsalino Bellagio in charcoal grey, as a complement to my tobacco Stratoliner to round out the colors I can wear them with. It's my first Borsalino, and I see it doesn't have a bound brim. I'm curious - do unbound brims require special care or more delicate storage? Or is the bound trim purely decorative?

It took about six days to arrive last time I ordered from Delmonico Hatters, so I imagine it'll take about the same time. Although tomorrow is the start to a holiday weekend, so we'll see if that delays things a bit...

Cheers, all.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Sometimes I don't even ask for the size. Roll the dice! View attachment 463473 View attachment 463474

Come one size 62cm!!!!

 

[deadlyhandsome]

This was sold to me as new without tags…doubt it, but it’s supposed to be a 7 3/8.

 

[steur]

Come one size 62cm!!!!

Here's hoping it will happen at all. Seller hasn't been forthcoming so far...

 

[steur]

This was sold to me as new without tags…doubt it, but it’s supposed to be a 7 3/8.


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Well, the sweatband is new without tags, so there's that