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[steur]

Prince & Co Top Hat arrived today.

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I'm thinking, try to bash the left side brim up rather than fix the right side down.
If only I knew how the previous owner fell

Luckily, I was going for the leather case.

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Despite the damage, this is still one nice early 1900s Topper.

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I read that bowlers and toppers were shaped using just heat (no steam). This damage could likely be corrected if the hat was heated up enough (in an oven maybe?) to bring it back into shape. That box is fabulous.

Vintage Borsalino mid 60's. The colour i think it's dark green or something, but i'm not sure. Needs a little steam and brush. Pictures seller.
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It's a nice find, Marcel (certainly at that price). Alpestre is indeed a green, but they vary in hue. I'm sure it will clean up nicely with some TLC.

Bates Weekender. Size is 62cm or 7 3/4 US. The felt is surprisingly thin, dense, and moldable. It dry creases easily enough and it has a nice hand. I’m impressed with the felt. The raw edge brim is two inches wide and the open crown is approximately 5 1/4 inches and has moderate taper.

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Nice find. Brent. Bates is a hatter of some name, but I've never handled a hat by them. The felt looks nice and thin.

 

[Steve1857]

I read that bowlers and toppers were shaped using just heat (no steam). This damage could likely be corrected if the hat was heated up enough (in an oven maybe?) to bring it back into shape. That box is fabulous.

Thanks for the tip, Stefan. I'll try baking it

The box was what I was after for another Top Hat, but I'd still like to save the Prince & Co.

 

[steur]

Thanks for the tip, Stefan. I'll try baking it

The box was what I was after for another Top Hat, but I'd still like to save the Prince & Co.

Believe it or not but they used to do exactly that. Even had a special stove for them:

 

[Steve1857]

Believe it or not but they used to do exactly that. Even had a special stove for them:
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I wasn't doubting you at all, Stefan. Love that ad.

 

[BobHufford]

You're living the life, Bob. You get to handle all these hats, bring most of them back to life and get to keep the very best ones: how nice is that !?

Thanks Stefan (and others for the comments and likes). I need to make the hobby self-sustaining plus I have to pay some into the "house" fund to make it appear that I'm not just doing this for my own gain.

It is fun to see and handle these hats. For some reason about 90% of the one's I've found recently have been size 7-1/8. It is great to keep one or two of the 7-1/2 LOs that I stumble across.

My wife asked why I don't sell some of the other **** we have accumulated over the decades and I said that since this was my hobby, it was fun! Selling the other stuff would just be work and I really don't want a second job right now.

 

[Steve1857]

Scott & Co Bowler from 1961.



Original box



Sweet letter some 12 years after:



If only it were an 8th or two of a size larger.
Trying to tweak it some.

 

[steur]

Scott & Co Bowler from 1961.

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Original box

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Sweet letter some 12 years after:

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If only it were an 8th or two of a size larger.
Trying to tweak it some.

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Nice find, Steve, certainly with the box. I think I would have placed it a bit earlier than 1961, but there it is. I believe there are a few Scotts hats on Ebay UK right now, but they were pricey.

 

[Steve1857]

Nice find, Steve, certainly with the box. I think I would have placed it a bit earlier than 1961, but there it is. I believe there are a few Scotts hats on Ebay UK right now, but they were pricey.

Thanks Stefan. This one is yet another Facebook Market Place find.

Sold to me by another Brit living in Denmark

I look at ebay now and then, but the prices leave me leaving.

 

[Pellie]

Last 3 hats arrived today. 2 Borsalino's and 1 green Barbisio.

Part 1.....

 

[Pellie]

Part 2, the Barbisio

 

[mayserwegener]

Nice find, Steve. Looks like the brim curve is not as tight as one might expect from a homburg. It leans towards the camber style in that way.

Stefan, Thanks. Yes it's more like that but was probably modified although I couldn't bring back any Homburg brim curl.

 

[Mighty44]

Last 3 hats arrived today. 2 Borsalino's and 1 green Barbisio.

Part 1.....
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That first Borsalino is beautiful

 

[Pellie]

That first Borsalino is beautiful

Yes, it is. Very soft and a great colour. And also the windcord is cool

 

[Steve1857]

Part 2, the Barbisio
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Another 3 cool looking hats, Marcel. You've really been on a great roll lately. Congrats.

 

[Pellie]

Another 3 cool looking hats, Marcel. You've really been on a great roll lately. Congrats.

Thanks Steve. 1 More Borsalino to come and then i will have a break ;-)

 

[steur]

Thanks Steve. 1 More Borsalino to come and then i will have a break ;-)

That's what we all say Great haul, Marcel!

 

[Steve1857]

Thanks Steve. 1 More Borsalino to come and then i will have a break ;-)

Ja, right!

 

[Pellie]

Ja, right!

No... haha

 

[Steve1857]

Believe it or not but they used to do exactly that. Even had a special stove for them:
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Stefan, you are a mind of information, as if I didn't know, and I thank you for it.

I used the oven heat treatment,



but went the other way to give the Prince & Co Top Hat a wings up look.



Don't try this at home folks, or maybe you should

 

[Mighty44]

Stefan, you are a mind of information, as if I didn't know, and I thank you for it.

I used the oven heat treatment,

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but went the other way to give the Prince & Co Top Hat a wings up look.

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Don't try this at home folks, or maybe you should

I love it!