Post New Hats Here!

[Judgmentalist]

Hat #3 From Jeff. A lovely vintage Borsalino. I love the felt on all the Borsalinos I have touched. This is the only one I have with an overwelt edge. It may be the only hat I have period with that edge. I love the rich chocolate brown liner these have. It's a bit stingy-brimmed for my typical preference, but it's nice to have a variety of options and it's very wearable. I believe "Amiata" on the internal label indicates the felt color? and c. Nera indicates the ribbon color? If you can tell anything else about this hat, please let me know.

Thanks Jeff.

 

[jba972]

@Judgmentalist What color are the first two you posted. Very cool.

 

[Judgmentalist]

@Judgmentalist What color are the first two you posted. Very cool.

Like a mid grey and a black - the interior pics always look more blue for some reason, but this isn’t accurate.

 

[Judgmentalist]

Hat #4 and final hat (for the moment at least) from our very own @jeffgarf .

Brown Baby Borsalino 60. I have this one already, basically, in a 61, but the 61 is just a hair bigger than I prefer. The ribbon on this one is more narrow than on my 61.

Not super old, but a lovely brown Borsalino. Thanks Jeff.

 

[jeffgarf]

Hat #4 and final hat (for the moment at least) from our very own @jeffgarf .

Brown Baby Borsalino 60. I have this one already, basically, in a 61, but the 61 is just a hair bigger than I prefer. The ribbon on this one is more narrow than on my 61.

Not super old, but a lovely brown Borsalino. Thanks Jeff.

View attachment 794950 View attachment 794951 View attachment 794952 View attachment 794953 View attachment 794954 View attachment 794955 View attachment 794956

I'm glad you liked them and hope you wear them all in good health.

 

[Judgmentalist]

This is hat #2 I recently got from @Bill Hughes. I posted the other one in the "wearing" thread.

I think this is probably my oldest Borsalino. This one is a 7 1/4 in American sizing, and I'm probably just on the high side of 7 3/8.

I bought this hat because I've been looking for ways to upgrade my vintage hat collection, and buying from Bill is a solid plan, provided you can wear his hats, in my humble opinion. Reason #2 is because I wanted an excuse to try and stretch one a little, and it worked well.

I put a hat jack in it, hit it with a little steam, tightened the jack up a little bit - a couple hours later, it fits me just fine. I was concerned about potential issues with distorting the crown or the brim, but I don't see anything I don't like. Let me know what you think.

I was expecting it to shrink right down as soon as I took it off the jack, but that was yesterday and so far it still fits.

Bill Hughes 7 1/4 Borsa - love a bound brim. The felt on these is lovely. It flips instantly to fully open crown and I can't stop fiddling with the bash.

You can tell I used a 2-way jack looking at this photo. This was taken right after I pulled it off the jack. I won't be using it again. The 4-way jacks are much better in my opinion.

 

[Judgmentalist]

New production Art Fawcett (that I bought from Marsha on eBay directly)

It's a 7.5, and it's just a smidge bigger than I would prefer, but still wearable without padding it out, and I couldn't resist. I may add a strip of cork to tighten it up a bit.

Art Fawcett - darkish grey with a blue/purple ribbon - there's no blue in the felt

 

[jeffgarf]

Long before Steven Spielberg was making films, Herbert Johnson was making hats. Before Raiders (over twenty years), they were reputed to make great hats. I think I have one from the late 1960's. Rabbit in a napped velour finish, the red label that reads "Made in Gr. Britain" seems to date from this time period. It has a 6cm brim and is easily shaped. It was shipped to me in a small box with a couple of sheets of paper towel and nothing more. It snapped bank quite well.