The two blacks arrived early this morning and the grey is one of the sleeper in the cabinet from to much time not to see the light.
They are homburgs in different EU intepretation:
Austrian Peschel
Italian Borsalino
German Brabant
More to come in the Homburg Nation
$25 + shipping.
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I picked this up at the Resistol (and Stetson now also) outlet in Garland. Nice felt. Not thin felt but still malleable and holds dent and brim shaping well.
I have no idea what the felt is supposed to be. I would guess a rabbit/beaver mix of maybe 50/50 but that is SWAG and not based on anything I really know about the hat.
I can say it exceeds my expectations based on what I have seen from them in the last couple of decades.
I don't think the Royal DeLuxe is near the top of their range but it feels it. There is a chance since it is an outlet hat an is hole punched in sweatband, that it may be a Sovereign or other body that failed some QC and was finished with Royal DeLuxe sweatband. It has a very nice leather sweatband.
great hatLooks good Stratcat. I bought a Tumi rollable Panama for my holiday last year and I think they look great on an Englishman abroad. I had another new hat delivered today, an Olney crushable fedora in sable all for £35 delivered. Bargain! Not a bad hat for the money I think and ideal to stuff into my daysack when on my travels.
Does it have a paper label? It could be a prototype.