Brand new quality bowler hats search

[Theo Munhoz]

Hello, I would like to know if anyone knows good brands that manufacture good modern bowler hats! I obviously know Christys, Lock & Co, Stetson, Magill and not much else, but I would like to know more!

 

[Daniele Tanto]

Here you can find the bowlers made in Italy
https://www.cappelleriamelegari.com...nders_id=2&season_id=&colors_id=#.XymQKSgzaUl
Most of them are made by hands: the hatter is Sergio Anzani - Cappelleria Melegari

 

[Rmccamey]

Mike at Northwest Hats.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Mike at Northwest Hats.

Does Mike have the tools to do a real D’Orsay curled brim? I’d like a topper in beaver. I’m alright if the hat doesn’t have a reverse taper top, but it would have to have a D’Osay brim. I think I remember reading that @belfastboy had acquired the tooling....

 

[belfastboy]

Does Mike have the tools to do a real D’Orsay curled brim? I’d like a topper in beaver. I’m alright if the hat doesn’t have a reverse taper top, but it would have to have a D’Osay brim. I think I remember reading that @belfastboy had acquired the tooling....

No it wasn't me but I think I recall seeing one of Mike's creation on his FB page with the D'Orsay curl.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

No it wasn't me but I think I recall seeing one of Mike's creation on his FB page with the D'Orsay curl.

Hmmm...any chance one of your first blocks was a 61.5 long oval puzzle block for a topper!
They are in high demand.

I thought I read that someone here acquired a D’Orsay curling tool that Mike was going to have CAD drawing made to duplicate It. If it wasn’t you I wonder who it was....

 

[jlee562]

Hmmm...any chance one of your first blocks was a 61.5 long oval puzzle block for a topper!
They are in high demand.

I thought I read that someone here acquired a D’Orsay curling tool that Mike was going to have CAD drawing made to duplicate It. If it wasn’t you I wonder who it was....

@ChicagoWayVito

 

[deadlyhandsome]

@ChicagoWayVito

Thanks, Jared. I knew I remembered reading it.

 

[Daniele Tanto]

Does Mike have the tools to do a real D’Orsay curled brim? I’d like a topper in beaver. I’m alright if the hat doesn’t have a reverse taper top, but it would have to have a D’Osay brim. I think I remember reading that @belfastboy had acquired the tooling....

Brent maybe you will find what you are looking for here:
https://www.cappelleriamelegari.com...nders_id=2&season_id=&colors_id=#.Xyu6DigzaM-
One of the last european hatters to made topper even in melousine

 

[jlee562]

If you've got the time to wait Bob at Black Sheep does some nice curls.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

If you've got the time to wait Bob at Black Sheep does some nice curls.

There it is!

 

[Theo Munhoz]

Thanks to all for the great references! now that i have more knowledge about the bowlers i was thinking about the "famous" hat commissioned by Sir Winston Churchill known as cambridge hat... is that i only saw him on the lock & co website... it seems that nobody else manufactures this... does anyone know a good manufacturer?

 

[belfastboy]

Hmmm...any chance one of your first blocks was a 61.5 long oval puzzle block for a topper!
They are in high demand.

I thought I read that someone here acquired a D’Orsay curling tool that Mike was going to have CAD drawing made to duplicate It. If it wasn’t you I wonder who it was....

Yes, it was a post from just a few days ago. I will hunt!

 

[jlee562]

Thanks to all for the great references! now that i have more knowledge about the bowlers i was thinking about the "famous" hat commissioned by Sir Winston Churchill known as cambridge hat... is that i only saw him on the lock & co website... it seems that nobody else manufactures this... does anyone know a good manufacturer?

I believe that style is a Lock original.

 

[mayserwegener]

This is a company I came across from Altenburg, Germany. I have no idea about the quality but they have a background in Stiff Felts and Top Hats (including collapsible).

https://www.hut-und-putz.de/

https://www.hut-und-putz.de/index.php/produkte/zylinder/category/5

If you have Facebook. The beginning and end shows some of the production. They have many old forms and tools. At about 1:00 mark you can see some of the product.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2487265584687543

I believe Matt (Mean Eyed Matt) lives nearby so maybe he can check them out.

 

[Rmccamey]

We'll see in about a week!

Does Mike have the tools to do a real D’Orsay curled brim? I’d like a topper in beaver. I’m alright if the hat doesn’t have a reverse taper top, but it would have to have a D’Osay brim. I think I remember reading that @belfastboy had acquired the tooling....

 

[Rmccamey]

Does Mike have the tools to do a real D’Orsay curled brim?

Pics from Mike. It might not be D'Orsay the way they used to do it, but it looks pretty good to me! More pics in a few days.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Wow, Randy! That looks very nice, and the curl sure looks right too.

 

[Rmccamey]

Thanks Brent, I think I'm going to like it.

I had him add this bow. I'm sure it has an actual name, I just call it a stacked bow - sort of a variation of a barn door.

Wow, Randy! That looks very nice, and the curl sure looks right too.

 

[johnnycanuck]

Looking forward to seeing you in it with a full review when you get it. I am wondering how stiff it is.
Johnny