So for nearly solid 8 years I have been looking for a Borsalino roll up vintage hat in my size 7.5 and have never been able to find one even close. Almost all of them are smaller in sizes.
Now I have been long thinking of an outlandish idea that I am not sure will work and sounds downright silly honestly but I HAVE to ask experts here.
A lot of Borsalino rollups without hatbands and linings show up at vintage shops and Ebay in various sizes nearly 10 times more than the ribbon version I am after. Most of them are for women I guess such as this one below. So my question is this
Can this be treated as an unblocked felt and be turned into a men’s borsalino rollup (assuming this has a women's shape to it and I don’t know what that is :eeek
. Can this be treated as a felt "body" and a professional hatter like Art or Penman or Graham can turn this into the version I am after?
see this http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?16185-Vintage-Rollable-borsalino
this below from the thread above was listed as a womens hat as well. That is what I am actually after.
OR this is a lost cause already for reasons I am unaware of? Please do list them such as inherent shape related problems that may arise or whatever. I will not be changing the size much if at all. Just trying to put a hatband on it and perhaps give it some shape to not look like women’s hat and thereby looking idiotic wearing it lol!
Kindly help me out
Regards
c
P.S If this has been addressed before please direct me to the thread or the post. I couldn't find it in searches
Now I have been long thinking of an outlandish idea that I am not sure will work and sounds downright silly honestly but I HAVE to ask experts here.
A lot of Borsalino rollups without hatbands and linings show up at vintage shops and Ebay in various sizes nearly 10 times more than the ribbon version I am after. Most of them are for women I guess such as this one below. So my question is this
Can this be treated as an unblocked felt and be turned into a men’s borsalino rollup (assuming this has a women's shape to it and I don’t know what that is :eeek
. Can this be treated as a felt "body" and a professional hatter like Art or Penman or Graham can turn this into the version I am after?see this http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?16185-Vintage-Rollable-borsalino
this below from the thread above was listed as a womens hat as well. That is what I am actually after.
OR this is a lost cause already for reasons I am unaware of? Please do list them such as inherent shape related problems that may arise or whatever. I will not be changing the size much if at all. Just trying to put a hatband on it and perhaps give it some shape to not look like women’s hat and thereby looking idiotic wearing it lol!
Kindly help me out
Regards
c
P.S If this has been addressed before please direct me to the thread or the post. I couldn't find it in searches
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