Great colour and very nice proportions, Marcel.
For a modern Tonak, it's a good looking find.
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Czech Republicans: Tonak, Huckel, no name
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For a modern Tonak, it's a good looking find.
Pellie
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Thanks Steve. Yes agree....that's why i bought it and the price was low.
M Hatman
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Arrived today, I have NO IDEA as to how to date...Steve?
Anyway 6" crown with 3"brim of awesome velour goodness! Best I have ever felt (pun intended).
Very happy with this get!
Anyway 6" crown with 3"brim of awesome velour goodness! Best I have ever felt (pun intended).
Very happy with this get!
Pellie
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Nice one! It looks old to meArrived today, I have NO IDEA as to how to date...Steve?
Anyway 6" crown with 3"brim of awesome velour goodness! Best I have ever felt (pun intended).
Very happy with this get!
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Daniele Tanto
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Super!Arrived today, I have NO IDEA as to how to date...Steve?
Anyway 6" crown with 3"brim of awesome velour goodness! Best I have ever felt (pun intended).
Very happy with this get!
Mean Eyed Matt
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What a beautiful hat: Congrats! You can see the quality of the velour felt from the pictures.Arrived today, I have NO IDEA as to how to date...Steve?
Anyway 6" crown with 3"brim of awesome velour goodness! Best I have ever felt (pun intended).
Very happy with this get!
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Like Marcel, I think it's an early one, based on the liner material, the sweat band an the celled paper label (that looks like the pre war paper tags but without the Hückel crest etc.) - so my guess is very likely late 40s/early 50s.
But Steve will know better.
Fabulous!Arrived today, I have NO IDEA as to how to date...Steve?
Anyway 6" crown with 3"brim of awesome velour goodness! Best I have ever felt (pun intended).
Very happy with this get!
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Would never have guessed the 'real' colour from the sales photo. It looks great, a real win. Lovely shape to the crown.
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Thank you Edward. It's indeed a nice modern hat, well made!
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Mark, Congrats! Super find! It's an early Tonak. Possibly late 1940s. Is it "Anti." or "Antl." on the paper label. It looks like Seal Velour. Is there anything under Tonak on the liner logo?Arrived today, I have NO IDEA as to how to date...Steve?
Anyway 6" crown with 3"brim of awesome velour goodness! Best I have ever felt (pun intended).
Very happy with this get!
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M Hatman
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No, just scrolls.....in the logo itself. Nothing on the tip but the simple logo. It really is one heck of a fine velour!
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Modern Tonak i think. Not sure about the age of it. I bought this for 5 euro's and the felt is great of this one. Glad i picked it up!
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I got this Huckel for Selco from an online auction in Montana, of all places. Selco, now Selentino of New Jersey, got its start in Brooklyn selling mostly Huckel/Tonak hats to the Eastern European/Hungarian Jewish community in the area. How this hat made it from Brooklyn to Montana, seemingly never worn and never creased, I guess, is a mystery that will continue. Czechoslovakia dissolved in 1993 so I have a timeline on the hat from about 1950's to 1993. Hopefully the label provides more clues.
The hat is a very thick felt, the opposite of a Borsolino, what would have been its competition in the market. It is fantastically well made, with a genuine leather sweatband, as supple as the best can be. It has a brim of 2 5/8" and the open crown is at 5 1/4". A wonderful hat to add to my black collection.
The hat is a very thick felt, the opposite of a Borsolino, what would have been its competition in the market. It is fantastically well made, with a genuine leather sweatband, as supple as the best can be. It has a brim of 2 5/8" and the open crown is at 5 1/4". A wonderful hat to add to my black collection.
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