German & Austrian Hutmachers

[rlk]

Habig '57 Ventilo with lots of decoration

 

[mayserwegener]

Great find! I haven't seen one with a feather band. Is it original to the hat? I also do not recall seeing a vented sweatband + Ventilo.

 

[rlk]

Great find! I haven't seen one with a feather band. Is it original to the hat? I also do not recall seeing a vented sweatband + Ventilo.

Seems well fitted and same age as hat. They were very popular on American Velours at that time-unlikely it left the factory that way though.

 

[mayserwegener]

I actually like it! It appears Saks, Brooks Brothers and so on sold a bunch of these Alpine numbers. By the way wears great!

 

[rlk]

Thanks. It has an outstanding sweatband too.

 

[Chepstow]

Robert, great find and hat. You look very good with him!

 

[rlk]

Late (60's?) Hückel Weilheim

New Yorker

not mine

 

[mayserwegener]

I beleive those belong to Manfred.

 

[Chepstow]

Yes Indeed, Steve and Robert. That are my! I have not enough space to store all the hats that I rarely wear!

 

[mayserwegener]

I couldn't pass up this postcard. Some serious Hutschmuck going on here. Austria early 1900s.

 

[rlk]

WOW!! Those are some heavy hats!

 

[mayserwegener]

Hopefully they didn't encounter any strong wind gusts!

 

[150719541]

Actually I'm always surprised when I see this thread, Robert, Manfred & Steve, congratulations and thanks for posting, beautiful hats and culture ¡¡¡
Saludos desde S.L.P. México ¡¡¡

 

[Chepstow]

Enrique, thanks, you are too kind! Regards to Mexico!

Steve, great postcard! What a nice group. By the way, my Habig Ventilo has also a vented sweatband!

 

[mayserwegener]

Echter Mayser, Size 58cm, excellent condtion, probably early 1950s

The felt is a beautiful shade of brown with a great finish. Also very nice bow, brim stitching and binding work. It has a tapped sweatband which is not common for Maysers. The only other one have seen in my older Mayser Talpa Velour. This makes me think it's earlier than the stitched sweatbands but this is just a guess. It was sold out of Ernst Köln Men's Store which is common source for nice hats. I would like to thank Manfred for the kind shipping assistance!

Tapped Sweatband

 

[Chepstow]

Steve, beautiful Mayser! The next one in my size is mine.

 

[Joshbru3]

Since this hat was made by TONAK, I figured it would be an OK place to put it. I looked through all 244 pages of this thread because I wanted to find inspiration for my next modern velour project. I never wear black hats, but I think I want to try wearing a black velour with a 2 1/8 - 2 1/4 brim and my standard tall crown. Basically a 1930's style. I know there are some fantastic pre-1940 black velours in this thread, so I have been collecting ideas for ribbon styles, and sweatband details. Upon doing this, I realized that my recent Dobbs (TONAK) velour conversion was missing something. The larger brim was nice, but really wasn't my style as a snap brim. After looking at all the wonderful 1930's velours in this thread, I decided to chop the brim to 2 1/4 inches wide and use a flange that was flat in front but had a high real curl. I tried to replicate the styles of the 1930's Austrian/German velours.

Before:

After:

The felt on this velour is very thick as many other German/Austrian velours that I have handled. It was exceptionally difficult to flange the rear of the brim because the flange was so high and the felt was so thick. I had to wet the felt, steam it, press it with an iron, put pressure on the iron, and go over the area about 20 times. I finally got it, and hopefully it will stay flanged for a long time.

 

[splintercellsz]

Very nice Mayser, Mayser!

Josh, that looks great! I really like it!

 

[Joshbru3]

Fantastic Mayser, Steve! I also thought that the taped sweatband seam was odd for a later hat. :eusa_clap:eusa_clap

 

[mayserwegener]

Josh, That looks really great! I really like the form after the brim and flange change. It looks right in place with the hats you are targeting. By the way the 1930s JHS Foulard and Zyphyr Velours are light weight. Have you had a chance to handle one? I believe Robert has a JHS Sigma Foulard.

Manfred, Thanks! I hope you find one like it!

Justin, Thanks!