Glad you saw that diamond in the rough. Hats of that era are something special indeedPart II. This what it looked like in the ad.
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The liner it came with.
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To prove it's not black I put it next to a bowler hat.
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Thanks, Joe. Could not pass that one up, no matter how stingy.Glad you saw that diamond in the rough. Hats of that era are something special indeed
The more I look at this one the more I like it. Great lines… and you can just see the felt qualityI could call this Barbisio Incognito, because that's basically what it is. It doesn't say Barbisio anywhere on the hat, but they are definitely the maker. Same size label and tag and same label underneath the sweatband even without their name on it.
So. Barbisio fedora in grey (Cervo on the label). Size 57 with the raw edge brim at 5,5cm and the crown at 10,5cm at the center dent. Wonderful hand to the felt, shapes with ease and holds it without problem. Weighs 94 grams.
Thank you, Joe. You have a very good eye, because the felt is indeed autstanding.The more I look at this one the more I like it. Great lines… and you can just see the felt quality
Some thoughts on your commendable work as a librarian with a penchant for Italian hat brandsContinued from both Borsalino threads I had to look up the Barbisio part and it is even more special. It's going to take up quite a few posts to get it all on here. I happened to stumble upon the Italian State Archive (Archivio centrale della stato) and with some advanced squirreling you can find the archives of The Ministero D'Agricoltura, Industria e Commercio. The ministry was responsible for the trademarks and they have their archive digitalized. So, I dug up the trademarks for Barbisio for the years 1909, 1914, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952 and 1954. The way these are presented varies, but usually it consists of the image and on a separate page a description or notes. Since this determines which trademarks were introduced at what date, it will help us with dating hats. Unless there is something special to note, I'll just post the images.