Fantastic!Borsalino in 7 ¼. More in the Borsalino Brotherhood thread.
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Size 66??? Are we sure it's intended for a human?!Biltmore (when they were still in Canada) Royal in the color steel. I’m not sure how to make sense out of Biltmore’s brim width labeling, but it’s a 2 ¼” brim with an underwelt edge. The size is 8 ¼ US or 66cm! Biggest hat I’ve found yet. I have the same hat in the smaller sizes of 8 (64cm) and 8 ⅛ (65cm)! These need homes so send me a PM if you’re interested.
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Super colour and shape, Daniele. Very nice.A hat from the same batch as yesterday's blue Barbisio bought for its elegance
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It is a hat made for Foresto, a hat shop in Turin that has always had valuable pieces, as I can see from the ones I have collected over the years. Size is 58 cm. or 7 1/4 US
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The hatter is Tesi - Firenze, known above all for straw and panama hats of which it is a major producer
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Every now and then I come across some felt hats and they are often of excellent quality
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This for example, a true mid-season hat, unlined and with a fabric sweatband
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The felt is light and has a wonderful color and a foulard like ribbon. Perfect for the Italian spring.
The measures of this beauty: the brims, finished with an invisible seam on the edge are 6.5 cm, the foulard is 4 cm and the crown fully open is 14 cm.
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It is a fairly recent and high-end hat.
A new Oreo in town—for a visit.
A mint 50s Two Tone with the tan and brown woolen felt sandwiched together in the brim. Guessing this was done during the felting process.
Unfortunately, it’s a size 7 1/8. Grrrr!
Really wish this one was my size, but still a cool hat to have in any collection.
I haven’t done anything to this fedora as it arrived clean with a perfect shape. The crown has zero taper, on every side.
Anyone interested in a hat swap, of same condition, equal appeal and close to its monetary value let me know.
Now the brim is a bit narrow, at 2 1/4” , but its rare and desirable qualities make up for it, imho.
I like wider brims, too, but would wear this hat—allot—if it fit.
7 1/8 measurements: 7 7/8” X 6 1/4
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Such a cool hat. These are rare beasts. Wonderful.
Careful with that one or you might start yodeling soonFrom another messy and poorly described lot comes this Cervo
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Putting it back in order I noticed that the felt band at the base of the crown has a very slight darker color, as if it had been protected by a ribbon higher than the cord and the brims have a double stitching that adorns them very difficult to find in that type of hats. Anew shape give more caracter to the Cervo
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Only the rotten green color of the felt can remind us of Tyrolean hats
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It otherwise looks like a hat that has been stripped and redressed for a new use.
Cervo size 59 cm, unlined with fabric sweatband and a magnificent felt to the touch, certainly the best of the lot
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No paper label gives us information on color and type
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The lot is part of a series of Cappellificio Cervo productions that ended up on the market quickly at the farewell days of its life