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[steur]

This came in this week as part of a lottery lot. Just two vague pictures. The price was right, so why not? This is what showed up (thank the heavens they were packed up well enough).

Panama hat of nice quality. No brand or size or anything really. What I look for is a decent weave and if the brim edge is woven as well. In that case I can use these as a panama hat body, to be made into a decent hat later. It's way cheaper than buying a ready made panama of the same quality.
I consider panama hat weaving a dying art and it is so for a while now. Soon nobody will be making these finely woven straw hats anymore, so best get them while you still can.

 

[steur]

The second hat of the same lot. Somewhat less refined, but it'll do.

 

[steur]

P&C Habig Spezial Sport fedora in black. Definitely meant to be an outdoors kind of hat as it's not as refined as other Habig hats I've handled and the felt is fairly sturdy; this can take some rain if need be. The ribbon also points in the direction of outdoors. Size 59 (I think; can't read that part of the label anymore) with the overwelt brim at almost 6cm and the crown at 10cm at the front. This has the "ventilo" system that Habig patented, with little strips of felt in between sweatband and front of the crown. It dates from 1955.
PM me if you're interested.

 

[steur]

This hat was generously gifted to me by Daniele @Daniele Tanto. So a big thank you goes to Verona for this one. Funny thing is I've never seen a Fléchet homburg before. Apparently not a model they saw as a market for them. They probably should have though, because it's a very fine quality hat.
Fléchet qualité superieure homburg in dark brown. Size 56 with the bound brim at 6cm and the crown at 11cm at the center dent. Liner used to have a cellophane covering as there are traces of it left on the liner. Nice hand to the felt, but it takes a bit of work to shape it.

 

[Blare]

This hat was generously gifted to me by Daniele @Daniele Tanto. So a big thank you goes to Verona for this one. Funny thing is I've never seen a Fléchet homburg before. Apparently not a model they saw as a market for them. They probably should have though, because it's a very fine quality hat.
Fléchet qualité superieure homburg in dark brown. Size 56 with the bound brim at 6cm and the crown at 11cm at the center dent. Liner used to have a cellophane covering as there are traces of it left on the liner. Nice hand to the felt, but it takes a bit of work to shape it.

Great looking hat.

 

[Steve1857]

You know it's going to be a good day when a package arrives from everyone's favourite Dutchman.

I'll post these individually over the next few days.

Their arrival was a real cheering up shot in the arm after having broken my wrist a week ago.

 

[BobHufford]

You know it's going to be a good day when a package arrives from everyone's favourite Dutchman.

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I'll post these individually over the next few days.

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Their arrival was a real cheering up shot in the arm after having broken my wrist a week ago.

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Oh man … sorry about the break. The hats will help with the healing, I’m sure of it.

 

[steur]

You know it's going to be a good day when a package arrives from everyone's favourite Dutchman.

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I'll post these individually over the next few days.

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Their arrival was a real cheering up shot in the arm after having broken my wrist a week ago.

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Good to see they made it in time as a little basket of easter eggs you won't have to look for.

 

[steur]

Great looking hat.

Thank you, Joe. It is!

 

[steur]

It took a while to get hold of this one. Seller wouldn't budge on the price even though at didn't sell several times. Somewhere along the way it got a hold on me though. Daniele @Daniele Tanto was the middle man for this one, as he often is. So, thank you, Daniele.
Barbisio Lontra Visone longhair finish hat in Sesia colour. Overwelt brim at 6cm and the crown at 11cm at the center dent. So is it otter (lontra) with a mink (visone) finish or vice versa? Don't know, but whatever it is, the feel of the felt is incredible. Super soft hand and shapes without any effort. Only thing I can say about it really is that it seems to have shrunk a smidge over the years (or at least the sweatband has), so it shows a bit a gaptooth there. Nobody's perfect. It's a superb bit of hat history and skill. And it has the Barbisio shark gill bow. Nobody does them better.

 

[Steve1857]

Oh man … sorry about the break. The hats will help with the healing, I’m sure of it.

Thanks Bob

 

[Steve1857]

Good to see they made it in time as a little basket of easter eggs you won't have to look for.

Thanks Stefan. So happy with them, and they're much better than eggs

 

[Steve1857]

It took a while to get hold of this one. Seller wouldn't budge on the price even though at didn't sell several times. Somewhere along the way it got a hold on me though. Daniele @Daniele Tanto was the middle man for this one, as he often is. So, thank you, Daniele.
Barbisio Lontra Visone longhair finish hat in Sesia colour. Overwelt brim at 6cm and the crown at 11cm at the center dent. So is it otter (lontra) with a mink (visone) finish or vice versa? Don't know, but whatever it is, the feel of the felt is incredible. Super soft hand and shapes without any effort. Only thing I can say about it really is that it seems to have shrunk a smidge over the years (or at least the sweatband has), so it shows a bit a gaptooth there. Nobody's perfect. It's a superb bit of hat history and skill. And it has the Barbisio shark gill bow. Nobody does them better.

I can see why you were like a dog with a bone on that one, Stefan. It's a beauty!

I can just about feel the felt. Wonderful Barbisio gill bow, too.

 

[Frunobulax]

You know it's going to be a good day when a package arrives from everyone's favourite Dutchman.

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I'll post these individually over the next few days.

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Their arrival was a real cheering up shot in the arm after having broken my wrist a week ago.

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Ow! Sorry about the wrist! The hats should make you forget.

 

[steur]

I can see why you were like a dog with a bone on that one, Stefan. It's a beauty!

I can just about feel the felt. Wonderful Barbisio gill bow, too.

Thanks, Steve. Some of these hats you just can't let go.

 

[Steve1857]

Ow! Sorry about the wrist! The hats should make you forget.

Thanks Jim

 

[Mighty44]

You know it's going to be a good day when a package arrives from everyone's favourite Dutchman.

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I'll post these individually over the next few days.

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Their arrival was a real cheering up shot in the arm after having broken my wrist a week ago.

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D’oh! Sorry to hear that, Steve! New hats will definitely help with the pain, though. Hope you heal quickly!

 

[hambone71]

Just arrived last night via DHL all the way from Athens, Greece. HNC Angoulita Pandemator with the exact mods I asked for. Caribou felt and pecan 5/8 ribbon. I’ll post my thoughts later on

over in HNC Angoulita thread.

 

[Steve1857]

D’oh! Sorry to hear that, Steve! New hats will definitely help with the pain, though. Hope you heal quickly!

Thanks, David.

The new hats are already proving to be the best medicine

 

[The Shoe]

You know it's going to be a good day when a package arrives from everyone's favourite Dutchman.

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I'll post these individually over the next few days.

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Their arrival was a real cheering up shot in the arm after having broken my wrist a week ago.

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Whenever I hurt myself as a kid, Dad would offer to hurt the other side more, to help me forget about the original injury. I think hats are definitely a better form of therapy.