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Extraordinary Borso, Bob -- looks, great on you, as well.
Thanks Steve! I love the ribbon and binding on that Huckel!
I wish modern "off the shelf" fedoras were still offered with angle cut and frayed ribbon treatments like that.
Absolutely love this lid. Nice pick-up, Josh!
P. & C. Habig Homburg, black, size 58cm with original store box. This one is from 1957 and in very good condition. Original hat box from the store that sold it.
I second Joshbru's sentiments! That's a great looking lid -- love the felt/ribbon color combo, and the frayed ribbon treatment. Interesting to see that element on a Huckel. Very nice.
Mayser Homburg, brown, size 60cm. This one is really nice with a beautiful liner. I am thinking mid 1950s maybe a bit older. Another one from Kramer of Frankfurt / Main.
That's got the same color as an earlier homburg you had, no? It's such an unusual color (identical to that of a Borsalino I have), that I wonder for how many years that color would have been in general production. That would help me guess the date of mine. As is, with low crown, I was guessing later 50s, when I imagine low crowns were in greater vogue, being a hipper alternative at the time after years of higher crowns. Or whenever the lower crowns came in to distinguish themselves from earlier models.
Really light and soft. Not as stingy as listed - 2-3/8" underwelt brim. E C Olson is the same seller as the first hat I ever posted here.
Fairly decent Hat Week.
Super! I really like everything about this one. The felt is amazing!
Where did you get The American Hatter Directory?
A Book and Art Dealer officially in Munich, but had an Austrian mailing address on the box which he kindly brought to the USA for posting on a visit to avoid a huge fee. Small size but over 700 pages. The inside is in great shape but the soft leather cover is rather delicate.Super! I really like everything about this one. The felt is amazing!
Where did you get The American Hatter Directory?
100 years old. Note original owner's stamp.
Into this for 50 bucks
i notice stetson failed to include its website. That's bad business.
Absolutely love this lid. Nice pick-up, Josh!