What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[moontheloon]

Hello my dear old friends and new folks
Been about a year since I’ve joined you here.
Wanted to drop in to say hello

Wearing this Borsalino Featherweight
OPS era or slightly earlier

Equipped with a beautiful felted edge that Borsalino called “Feltrato”
also Punti size tag

Hope you are all well

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[Short Balding Guy]

Hello my dear old friends and new folks
Been about a year since I’ve joined you here.
Wanted to drop in to say hello

Wearing this Borsalino Featherweight
OPS era or slightly earlier

Equipped with a beautiful felted edge that Borsalino called “Feltrato”
also Punti size tag

Hope you are all well

What an entrance! What a hat!

Thanks for sharing Anthony. Best to you, family and of course your new drumming partner (son), Eric -

 

[BobHufford]

Hello my dear old friends and new folks
Been about a year since I’ve joined you here.
Wanted to drop in to say hello

Happy New Year Anthony! Good you see your face and an awesome hat on top. Hope you and your family are well. Stop by more often!

 

[Historyteach24]

Been a long time lounge. Wearing my newsie today

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[alanfgag]

Great to see old faces looking as young and fresh as ever. Welcome home.

 

[alanfgag]

An unusual Dobbs Gay Prince, no liner, lightweight heather felt and missing the whipstitch detailing on the self ribbon. 1940s HCA manufacturing label and $12.50 price sticker. The Gay Prince trademark was filed in 1946 (the year of this advertisement) but the filing shows a first use in trade date of 1940. From the felt (which might contain wool) and the sweatband, I think this is possibly a wartime era GP, but that is just a guess of course.

 

[Frunobulax]

Hello my dear old friends and new folks
Been about a year since I’ve joined you here.
Wanted to drop in to say hello

Wearing this Borsalino Featherweight
OPS era or slightly earlier

Equipped with a beautiful felted edge that Borsalino called “Feltrato”
also Punti size tag

Hope you are all well

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Good to see/hear from you, my friend. Wonderful Borsalino. Hope you are doing well. Miss ya, buddy.

I'm under a Stetson 25 today.

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[Frunobulax]

An unusual Dobbs Gay Prince, no liner, lightweight heather felt and missing the whipstitch detailing on the self ribbon. 1940s HCA manufacturing label and $12.50 price sticker. The Gay Prince trademark was filed in 1946 (the year of this advertisement) but the filing shows a first use in trade date of 1940. From the felt (which might contain wool) and the sweatband, I think this is possibly a wartime era GP, but that is just a guess of course.

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And a heather, no less. Good show.

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[Rmccamey]

Gannon kind of day for me.

 

[nvilletele]

Biltmore “Brooklyn” fur felt fedora. Made in Canada.

 

[BobHufford]

Beater Resistol to check the game cam.

Buck:

Bobcat butt:

 

[Michael A]

Furry hat and furry coat. Beaver Hats 10X
DSCN6859 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
DSCN6862 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
1-10-2019 Today's Clothes by Michael A2012, on Flickr
Have a good evening,
Michael

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Hello my dear old friends and new folks
Been about a year since I’ve joined you here.
Wanted to drop in to say hello

Wearing this Borsalino Featherweight
OPS era or slightly earlier

Equipped with a beautiful felted edge that Borsalino called “Feltrato”
also Punti size tag

Hope you are all well

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Good to see you here Anthony; you’ve been missed.


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[deadlyhandsome]

Churchill that I strongly suspect was made by Biltmore.

It’s a decent quality hat, but I just like “more” hat.

Still looking for a 7 5/8 Beaver 50 or 100.


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[Dlaniger]

I like everything about this hat! The shape, the size of the ribbon, the color combination is perfect!!

Thank you, Byron.


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[Dlaniger]

Furry hat and furry coat. Beaver Hats 10X
DSCN6859 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
DSCN6862 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
1-10-2019 Today's Clothes by Michael A2012, on Flickr
Have a good evening,
Michael

Looking good in your fuzzy stuff, Michael!


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[Dlaniger]

An unusual Dobbs Gay Prince, no liner, lightweight heather felt and missing the whipstitch detailing on the self ribbon. 1940s HCA manufacturing label and $12.50 price sticker. The Gay Prince trademark was filed in 1946 (the year of this advertisement) but the filing shows a first use in trade date of 1940. From the felt (which might contain wool) and the sweatband, I think this is possibly a wartime era GP, but that is just a guess of course.

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That’s some real whip stitching for sure, Alan. Wonderful hat.


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[drmaxtejeda]

Max, as I have already said in other posts and here I repeat, Borsalino had no classification given by names or abbreviations of the hats. In modern times the only tangible classification is given by the mixture of fur for special felt (vicuna, beaver, cervelt, guanaco) and by the denomination "Marengo" for the second price range hats. In the past it was the price that determined the quality of the hat, according to its construction, felt and shape. Therefore the words found in the linings of ancient Borsalino or a recent past do not say anything at all. For the American market, marketing strategies have been developed to give the buyer a foothold in the market that American competitors had saturated with names, acronyms and captions for their hats. I have Borsalino marked "Trionfo" that are the opposite of each other like shape, felt and finish and so on for all the denominations that Borsalino has given over the years to his hats. "SuperTrionfo" is one of the variations of the marketing strategies implemented in the past for the American market. As you can see from the Borsalino hats I wear, I never mention what is written on the lining or sweatband, but only the color and the type of hat that is one of the mysteries of Borsalino, because with the same wording there are hats of obvious different shape. Borsalino, like the other Italian producers has always made hats that spoke, for good or bad, for themselves, none of us asks the shopkeeper for a Borsalino such, but simply a Borsalino, no matter what is written inside or outside.

Excellent! Very well explained, Daniele!
I mostly asked because, perhaps by chance, a gift Super Trionfo that @Just Daniel gave me has the softest felt I remember feeling in not only a Borsalino, but any hat. I assumed incorrectly that that is why it said "Super" Trionfo. It really is wonderful, better than the MGL, three, four, five star, or X, or whatever.
Grazie.

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[Dlaniger]

Hello my dear old friends and new folks
Been about a year since I’ve joined you here.
Wanted to drop in to say hello

Wearing this Borsalino Featherweight
OPS era or slightly earlier

Equipped with a beautiful felted edge that Borsalino called “Feltrato”
also Punti size tag

Hope you are all well

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Hey Anthony, Very nice Borsalino today and its great to see you. Don't stay away so long!

 

[Historyteach24]

Ready for the weekend. Early release day for students means meetings on a Friday, cruel punishment for us teachers. Akubra coober pedy in an awesome sand color.

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