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DoctorJ said:
This is such a beautiful hat!
DoctorJ said:
mayserwegener said:Here are some more.
1936 Hückel made in Germany
That's a hat powerful men would kill for. :eusa_clap :eusa_clap Simply stunning!
avedwards said:Does anyone know where to get good loden hats from? I'm not referring to some moderately priced average quality hat you can find in most skiing regions for tourists, but I mean loden as would have been made specifically to be worn in nasty weather and hold up. The only type of wool felt capable of equalling fur felt in durability.
I'd like to have a good loden hat for outdoor use and I wonder if they are still being manufactured by a German or Austrian hatmaker, preferably actually made in Germany or Austria as I don't really want something which is made in China. I'm not too keen on vintage either, as they are probably fantastic but too hard to find. I'd rather just have a well made modern loden hat which I don't have to search ebay and classifieds for until I find it after months of waiting.
metropd said:mayserwegener said:Here are some more.
1936 Hückel made in Germany
That's a hat powerful men would kill for. :eusa_clap :eusa_clap Simply stunning!
Thanks! I have to agree!
mayserwegener said:My choices would be Zapf (made in Austria/Hungary) and HutKoenig Regensburg (Germany). Most of their hats are fur felts although some are wool. Zapf might ship to you but they only accept bank transfers and online options are limited. HutKoenig Regensburg doesn't do any online business. Faustmann is another option but they also require a bank transfer.
http://www.zapf.at/
http://www.hutkoenig.de/
http://www.g-faustmann.de/
I am sure Dreispitz will have some additional information to add.
mayserwegener said:While hunting around for information on Hutfabrik A. Peshel I ran into this interesting article on Hückel (now TONAK) which also mentions Hutfabrik A. Peshel. I am not sure what happened to Hutfabrik A. Peshel after WWII. My guess is it got absorbed into the Czech-Slovak state controlled TONAK. Neutitschein (now Novy Jicin) was pat of the Austrian Hungarian Empire up to WWI.
http://www.radio.cz/de/artikel/33797
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Letter seal for Hutfabrik A. Peshel
http://www.veikkos.com/bibliodetails.php?II=90661
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