Sadly it was small for me or we could had a fight over it.Came home this afternoon to a package.....woohooo. The Texas Hatter Hi-Roller 100. First off, why do people pack with damn styrofoam peanuts, they went everywhere when I opened the box.Second, the color is 100% natural beaver, the ebay photos made it look like bone or silverbelly. Much better in natural beaver.
Whew...guess I dodged a bullet to the pocketbook....
Very nice, I like the overall look of this homburg like creature. The open linen liner is really interesting, I'm looking forward to a review of it specifically. Nice looking sweat. How long is his queue?Late on Monday my Leon Drexler Milaner by Steven Temkin finally came. I've been waiting for a pretty long time. As hatters do, there was a long backlog, but besides that the particular kind of flange made to make it had to be duplicated from an antique that Mr. Temkin had acquired had to be made, which was delayed by a hurricane flooding his blockmaker's workshop.
Happily, a good thing came in time and I'm very happy to have it. This hat something that has more or less been in my imagination for years, although I wasn't quite sure what it was until Mr. Temkin started showing an example that he had made for himself off.
(Full size here)
The defining characteristic is the 'open-roll' brim, which is sort of between a flat fedora brim and a curled Homburg brim. The felt is a welterweight color that Mr. Temkin refers to as Limestone and the ribbon is 17 ligne Chestnut. The liner is open-weave linen. This is the first one that he's made after his prototype and it will in due course of time join the Leon Drexler portfolio.
A three quarters view. (Full size here)
From the front. (Full size here)
From the left. (Full size here)
From the rear. (Full size here)
From the right. (Full size here)
From above. (Full size here)
From below. (Full size here)
I mean to wear it as my hat for weekend strolls and going to the market in the warmer months. Of course, some months are cooler, but that's a tale for in a year or so...
Very, very nice. Enviable hat.Late on Monday my Leon Drexler Milaner by Steven Temkin finally came. I've been waiting for a pretty long time. As hatters do, there was a long backlog, but besides that the particular kind of flange made to make it had to be duplicated from an antique that Mr. Temkin had acquired had to be made, which was delayed by a hurricane flooding his blockmaker's workshop.
Happily, a good thing came in time and I'm very happy to have it. This hat something that has more or less been in my imagination for years, although I wasn't quite sure what it was until Mr. Temkin started showing an example that he had made for himself off.
(Full size here)
The defining characteristic is the 'open-roll' brim, which is sort of between a flat fedora brim and a curled Homburg brim. The felt is a welterweight color that Mr. Temkin refers to as Limestone and the ribbon is 17 ligne Chestnut. The liner is open-weave linen. This is the first one that he's made after his prototype and it will in due course of time join the Leon Drexler portfolio.
A three quarters view. (Full size here)
From the front. (Full size here)
From the left. (Full size here)
From the rear. (Full size here)
From the right. (Full size here)
From above. (Full size here)
From below. (Full size here)
I mean to wear it as my hat for weekend strolls and going to the market in the warmer months. Of course, some months are cooler, but that's a tale for in a year or so...
Great looking hat, love all the photos, need to see how it looks on your head....Late on Monday my Leon Drexler Milaner by Steven Temkin finally came. I've been waiting for a pretty long time. As hatters do, there was a long backlog, but besides that the particular kind of flange made to make it had to be duplicated from an antique that Mr. Temkin had acquired had to be made, which was delayed by a hurricane flooding his blockmaker's workshop.
Happily, a good thing came in time and I'm very happy to have it. This hat something that has more or less been in my imagination for years, although I wasn't quite sure what it was until Mr. Temkin started showing an example that he had made for himself off.
(Full size here)
The defining characteristic is the 'open-roll' brim, which is sort of between a flat fedora brim and a curled Homburg brim. The felt is a welterweight color that Mr. Temkin refers to as Limestone and the ribbon is 17 ligne Chestnut. The liner is open-weave linen. This is the first one that he's made after his prototype and it will in due course of time join the Leon Drexler portfolio.
A three quarters view. (Full size here)
From the front. (Full size here)
From the left. (Full size here)
From the rear. (Full size here)
From the right. (Full size here)
From above. (Full size here)
From below. (Full size here)
I mean to wear it as my hat for weekend strolls and going to the market in the warmer months. Of course, some months are cooler, but that's a tale for in a year or so...
I admired Leon Drexler's work for a while, and then, as I saw his creations, something escaped me. Your hat is beautiful, but its shape leaves me basically perplexed, it is not well defined, however I am curious to see it at work and then I will redo my considerations.Late on Monday my Leon Drexler Milaner by Steven Temkin finally came. I've been waiting for a pretty long time. As hatters do, there was a long backlog, but besides that the particular kind of flange made to make it had to be duplicated from an antique that Mr. Temkin had acquired had to be made, which was delayed by a hurricane flooding his blockmaker's workshop.
Happily, a good thing came in time and I'm very happy to have it. This hat something that has more or less been in my imagination for years, although I wasn't quite sure what it was until Mr. Temkin started showing an example that he had made for himself off.
That is a fantastic looking hat. Seems like super work by mr. Temkin.Late on Monday my Leon Drexler Milaner by Steven Temkin finally came. I've been waiting for a pretty long time. As hatters do, there was a long backlog, but besides that the particular kind of flange made to make it had to be duplicated from an antique that Mr. Temkin had acquired had to be made, which was delayed by a hurricane flooding his blockmaker's workshop.
Happily, a good thing came in time and I'm very happy to have it. This hat something that has more or less been in my imagination for years, although I wasn't quite sure what it was until Mr. Temkin started showing an example that he had made for himself off.
(Full size here)
The defining characteristic is the 'open-roll' brim, which is sort of between a flat fedora brim and a curled Homburg brim. The felt is a welterweight color that Mr. Temkin refers to as Limestone and the ribbon is 17 ligne Chestnut. The liner is open-weave linen. This is the first one that he's made after his prototype and it will in due course of time join the Leon Drexler portfolio.
A three quarters view. (Full size here)
From the front. (Full size here)
From the left. (Full size here)
From the rear. (Full size here)
From the right. (Full size here)
From above. (Full size here)
From below. (Full size here)
I mean to wear it as my hat for weekend strolls and going to the market in the warmer months. Of course, some months are cooler, but that's a tale for in a year or so...
Before & After Texas Hatters Hi-Roller 100.
Gustin Vintage Heavyweight Sweatshirt - Natural Rainbow Nep - $119 Rugged 14oz cotton that gets better with every wear. 
Grant Stone Diesel Boot Dark Olive Chromexcel - #395 Goodyear welted, Horween Chromexcel, classic good looks. 
Himel Bros. - The Ross Mk. 1 Leather Jacket Classic D-pocket motorcycle/aviator style jacket. What if you need an alias one day? "See? Right there, it's in my hat!"If this turns out to be a true vintage hat then I will keep the band, no question. The leather is okay but some of the embossed lettering is flaking off. My gut feeling is this hat is less than 10 yrs old. I will know more when I stop by Texas Hatters next week. Since the original hatmaker is local, and if I can get an original Hi-Roller 100 sweat band to replace the old one, then yes I'm going to switch it out and make this thing shine like a new penny. They only charge $25 for a new leather sweat. This is one hat I'd like to make as new as possible. Kinda like (years ago) when I restored my old '65 Mustang, whenever I could locate an original chrome bumper or newer trim piece that was better than the old one.....hell yes, I'd switch it out as long as the numbers matched. Personal preference.
I have a similar hat made by maidana. Here in Argentina is called Orion. But mine is almost a low top hat, very victorian. And with the derby is my favourite hat.Late on Monday my Leon Drexler Milaner by Steven Temkin finally came. I've been waiting for a pretty long time. As hatters do, there was a long backlog, but besides that the particular kind of flange made to make it had to be duplicated from an antique that Mr. Temkin had acquired had to be made, which was delayed by a hurricane flooding his blockmaker's workshop.
Happily, a good thing came in time and I'm very happy to have it. This hat something that has more or less been in my imagination for years, although I wasn't quite sure what it was until Mr. Temkin started showing an example that he had made for himself off.
(Full size here)
The defining characteristic is the 'open-roll' brim, which is sort of between a flat fedora brim and a curled Homburg brim. The felt is a welterweight color that Mr. Temkin refers to as Limestone and the ribbon is 17 ligne Chestnut. The liner is open-weave linen. This is the first one that he's made after his prototype and it will in due course of time join the Leon Drexler portfolio.
A three quarters view. (Full size here)
From the front. (Full size here)
From the left. (Full size here)
From the rear. (Full size here)
From the right. (Full size here)
From above. (Full size here)
From below. (Full size here)
I mean to wear it as my hat for weekend strolls and going to the market in the warmer months. Of course, some months are cooler, but that's a tale for in a year or so...
My thoughts too. They are closed until the 17th, so on hold for now.
Steve, thanks! I must write that down somewhere before I forget it again
