Want to buy or sell something? Check the classifieds
  • The Fedora Lounge is supported in part by commission earning affiliate links sitewide. Please support us by using them. You may learn more here.

Lotsahats

One Too Many
Messages
1,370
Thanks, RBH. After a few--thankfully very few--missteps, I think I've found the dimensions, as you say. Again, it's all due to the Lounge and the education I've received here. :)

A
 

LoveMyHats2

I’ll Lock Up.
Messages
5,196
Location
Michigan
Bond sells some really clean hats! Nice one, lotsofhats.

Finally, I am able to grab up a Biltmore Open Road from a fellow lounger, was like a late Christmas present, sent all new in original box never worn! Can't be any better, I think the hat is very nice to say the least. Hat was so easy to do a bash on it, I was really impressed from that moment on.
 

TomS

One Too Many
Messages
1,202
Location
USA.
Hi Folks:
Here are some proof photos of my new custom from Cane Rod's Hats. He did a granite colored beaver felt w/ vintage ribbon for me. I am VERY impressed with his work and customer service!
.
TomS001.jpg

.
TomS014.jpg

.
TomS013.jpg

.
TomS023.jpg

.
TomS017.jpg


Best,
Tom
 

bond

My Mail is Forwarded Here
Messages
3,535
Location
Third coast
Plus 1 Tom , felt looks like it has a nice hand to it and I like the casual bash and yet the ribbon treatment gives it a sense of formality.
Aaron the Stetson looks great on you!
 
Messages
10,524
Location
DnD Ranch, Cherokee County, GA
Just received tonight. Biltmore Open Road on sale from Hats Plus. The website says Chicago, but this hat came from CO? Anyhow I love the feel of the hat. It is lightweight, soft, and pliable.

However, if it is 7-5/8 then I am the last king of Scottland! My 62cm Akubra fits fine and maybe loose. This 61cm is headache tight after 10 seconds!
...

US 7 5/8 = British 7 1/2 = 61cm
US 7 3/4 = British 7 5/8 = 62cm
You may be closer to a 7 3/4 US. All 61cm fit my 24", 7 5/8, 61cm head just fine....
 

splintercellsz

I'll Lock Up
Messages
6,141
Location
Somewhere in Time
Knox homburg... I am unsure on the date of this hat. It is black, but the ics make it seem blueish... It's a very nice hat, and seems to have rarely been worn, has no prior bash lines in it's memory. Feels great, and takes any bash with ease. I am unsure what the small sticker means with the numbers that is behind the sweat, or the number 6 that was written on the sweat.

If anyone can help figure a date, many thanks!

1v10.jpg

2v10.jpg

00413.jpg

3v10.jpg
 
Last edited:

splintercellsz

I'll Lock Up
Messages
6,141
Location
Somewhere in Time
Thank you Manfred! I really enjoy wearing something that is a bit different from what is usually seen around here, and in the real world. I really like my fedoras, but the Homburgs just have that 'special something' to them!
 

Salty O'Rourke

Practically Family
Messages
636
Location
SE Virginia
I love the hat. I am due to make a trip up to see Mike Moore in a few weeks. I will see if he can steam and stretch it. I sure hope so. I had a hat once that I hat-jacked and it ended up looking like a stepped pyramid.

I got one of those Hats Plus ORs too. I flipped the sweatband and it's dated 2002, so your hat may have drawn up a bit in storage if it's of the same vintage as mine. I checked all the Biltmore catalogs on their website and I don't see the Wilderness Collection OR after 2006.
 

rlk

I'll Lock Up
Messages
6,100
Location
Evanston, IL
Luck & Sons sold in Berlin

DSCF1337.JPG

DSCF1336.JPG
DSCF1338.JPG
DSCF1335.JPG
%2521bq9jwqgcgk%257ED%2528kgrhgookiwejllme-r%2529bj7j1vyddg%257E%257E_1.jpg


They were acquired by Battersby in the '30's. Likely safe to assume this is pre-WW2. Soft but dense with a frayed edge ribbon.

Neither location lasted much longer

Nicholl Square
Screen%2520Shot%25202013-01-14%2520at%25203.03.49%2520PM.png

Unter den Linden
Screen%2520Shot%25202013-01-14%2520at%25203.07.43%2520PM.pngg
 
Last edited:

Forum statistics

Threads
109,100
Messages
3,074,107
Members
54,091
Latest member
toptvsspala
Top