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Langenberg / Beaver Brands

TheOldFashioned

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Hi
OK, I like the hat, especially the crease, but ummmmmm, where in GAWD's name would I wear it???
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Umm, I don't know where you'd wear it. I wore it out and about for the routine grocery run.

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This was a new one to me: Arizona Sun:

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NOT my hat.
 
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Daniele Tanto

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A few years ago I bought in the USA some hats of Beaver Brands from a seller who had participated in the auction after the collapse of the hat factory. The hats arrived and even if they are my size, so a 59 cm. or a 7 3/8 in US they are wide.
I never wear them for this reason, also because they did not work with a thickness of cork or felt. A great disappointment.
I have kept them so far excellently preserved and I want to show them to you.
Let’s start with what’s best on my head
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American Legend size is 7 3/8 and it is a true size
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This is the inside of the hat that I wore three times, more or less, in many years
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Felt is thick and very substantial, the finishes are a bit approximative, but I think this depends on the difficulty of the manufacturer.
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I confess that at the time I was a bit amazed by the little malleability of beaver felt, but I had his confirmation with a Stetson bought in the States. I learned to "master it" and my knowledge of felt and its characteristics increased
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From the photographs you can see the small flaws on the brim, but the hat and its shape I really like
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I must confess that this shape of the hat I like very much with the massive crown and flat brim, so much so that I had to give one to a friend who wanders in love with the shape not very common in Italy.
 

Daniele Tanto

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This Beaver Brands called "Classic" and its brother are my big disappointment :rolleyes:
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Both are size 59, but they are large for my head and even in the presence of cork or felt inside the sweatband they struggle to fit on my head, consequently they have been well preserved for years in a box dedicated to them
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Beaver Brands size 59 centimeters or 7 3/8 US about to be sold to Silver Spring MD came to Italy and rested here.

The beaver felt is very thick and finished with a slightly hairy surface, very nice to the touch and finished like its brothers with some approximation.
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The shape is rounded in the crown and the brims are flat, a very nice and elegant hat IMO
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The color is a very interesting, a deep browm with some hint of subtle green

It is new and comes from the liquidation of the inventories of the glorious Beaver Brands/Langeberg

Pia Vindex
 

Daniele Tanto

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I wasted some time trying to re-tie the threads of the Beaver Brand story.
I knew I had another one hidden somewhere, but I can't find it.
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So here is one of my regrets, the size is marked as 59 centimeters ( 7 3/8 US), it must fits perfectly to my head, instead it is wide and not very wearable.
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It arrived new after the liquidation of Beaver Brand/Langeberg last production
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I like the blue color and its shape, a little less the felt which is like in its brown brother, a little too much shellac on it.
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Too bad because I am still in doubt what to do with it, evrytime I got it in my hands I try to wear it and most of the time it does not work
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Called "Classic" as the brown one it is here waiting for the sleepy summer:rolleyes:
 

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