The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

[hatophile]

Great find Tommy. I really like the color and contrasting ribbons. Looks good on you too, I saw in the WHAYWT thread.

 

[wuluf]

I'm thinking of buying a new Borsalino Laredo. Any opinions of new Borsalino quality? I know 260 dollars is not a lot for this brand..is it a good value?

 

[mayserwegener]

Great find Tommy. I really like the color and contrasting ribbons. Looks good on you too, I saw in the WHAYWT thread.

+1

 

[Guardian Enzo]

Stunning color and ribbon work there - beautiful.

 

[1mach1]

Tommy, Tommy, Tommy! That thing looks great! Beautiful color. You are the man! :thumb:

 

[dh66]

Good one TommyK!! Your vintage Borsalino find is waaaaaaaaay nicer than mine. Congrats.

 

[tommyK]

Thanks for the kind words, guys. I've gotten burned a couple of times, this time things worked out.

DH, I like yours better, I'd like to find one just like it. I wouldn't change a thing.

 

[dh66]

Thanks TommyK. I'd like to get this one refurbished, but it's gonna have to stay like it is for now. My boy just got braces for his teeth, so the hat budget just went up in smoke for a while. A long while.

 

[Daniele Tanto]

Tommy, congratulations for the magnificent Lobbia Borsalino in beaver that you have found on the market. It is rare.
Your concerns about the measure of Borsalino that in the United States is measured with Punti is only one way to read the size of the hat that is expressed, always in Borsalino hats, in French measurements of hats.
Punti is an American convention to identify the size of the Borsalinos.
Here you will find a table, for the future, of the measures of the hats that can you help in the conversion of the various measures used.

 

[Jim Flynn]

Some advice please gents. I am quite taken with the look of this rather shabby looking Borsalino and was wondering firstly is it worth a $105 dollars to my door? Secondly how might I lick it back into shape? Thank you.

 

[paratroopertim]

Hello everyone good morning!! I am new here and also to collecting lids. I was wondering if I could get help with identification of my newest. borsalino

I was told by a fellow member that this is the place to go if I have any ?s
https://scontent-dfw.**.fbcdn.net/h...=2ea6ea94f5ef44fc31b4c6d47b125ce2&oe=558A7978

 

[paratroopertim]

https://scontent-dfw.**.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/11012152_911515462226642_7738384867628951269_n.jpg?oh=2ea6ea94f5ef44fc31b4c6d47b125ce2&oe=558A7978

 

[mayserwegener]

Thanks for posting it here. As mentioned in the other threads this hat is probably from the 1960s (might be a bit earlier or bit later). It's has a nice long hair finish and felt band. Also has some Alpine influence in the form. Most on here would call it a stingy brim (under 2 inches) due to its dimensions (very common in 1960s and onward). Borsalino made very high quality hats up to the early 1980s (see details in this thread).

 

[tommyK]

Tommy, congratulations for the magnificent Lobbia Borsalino in beaver that you have found on the market. It is rare.
Your concerns about the measure of Borsalino that in the United States is measured with Punti is only one way to read the size of the hat that is expressed, always in Borsalino hats, in French measurements of hats.
Punti is an American convention to identify the size of the Borsalinos.
Here you will find a table, for the future, of the measures of the hats that can you help in the conversion of the various measures used.

Thank You for filling in the details, Daniele.

 

[1mach1]

Agreed. Very handy, Daniele! Thanks for posting.

 

[paratroopertim]

Thank you very much. I am a knowledge hound if I am collecting and want to make the right choices when buying. How much do you think a hat like this would go for. At this point I definatly don't want to sell im just curious if I over paid. Oh by the way thank you for referring me to this thread I have learned so much.

 

[tommyK]

paratroopertim, generally the older, the bigger the brim, beaver content and the larger the size are the biggest factors in value.

 

[Daniele Tanto]

This Borsalino, very well conserved from the pictures, on the Italian market will have a range of price between € 50-90 (around USD 55 - 100).
It is a short brim medium haired felt, probably beaver, with ribbon of the same material that is often found here in Italy.
I don't know its availability and how is appetibile on the US market it is.
So my guess is for Italy, home of Borsalino.

 

[mayserwegener]

My guess on the fur content would be Hare or a Hare - Rabbit blend. In the USA it would be a harder sell (around $30.00) due to the form.

 

[paratroopertim]

Truelly laughing my donkey off.As I just got these replies I recieved a wonderful emaiL ABOUT THIS HAT, I AM VERY HAPPY, THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR INPUT. ALL I CAN SAY IS WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY.