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[deadlyhandsome]

This is what it looked like in the auction pics:
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Wow! Not only was the color rendering terrible, it’s amazing that such a nice hat was hiding there. Great job resurrecting this grand hat.

 

[steur]

Wow! Not only was the color rendering terrible, it’s amazing that such a nice hat was hiding there. Great job resurrecting this grand hat.

Thanks, Brent. My favourite kind of auction, where everybody thinks it's a total loss while all it takes is a brushing and some steam for a complete resurrection.

 

[Blare]

Picked this one up last week, because it was staring me in the face for months on Ebay. Made an offer and it was accepted.
Mayser Spezial in grey. Size 56 with the brim at 6cm and the crown at 10,5cm at the center dent. It seemed to like not having side dents, so I left it this way. It appeared more a brown/grey kind of lupo colour in the auction pics, but it's a full grey. Steve is still working on the meaning of the quality designations for Mayser, but as a bit of information: it weighs 117 grams, which is quite lightweight for a homburg.

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Great find

 

[Blare]

Thanks Joe -- I'm honored. I hope you have years of enjoyment and good memories when wearing this hat.

thank you Bob. I will for sure.

Fabulous hat, Joe. The colors and the wide brim make this one of my favorite style homburgs.

Moms continue to bless our lives long after they’re gone. This is a great tribute hat.

thank you Brent. Much appreciated.

Absolutely fabulous hat, Joe. Styling, colours and proportions are spot on. Not an understated homburg, but they don't all have to be. Make sure to post it in the homburg nation thread as well.

Thanks so much Stefan. Will do!

 

[Rmccamey]

Another beauty, Stefan.

 

[DaveProc]

Late 1950s-60s ? Cavanagh Twenty-five Equestrian Derby. Seen better days. Brim has a couple significant cracks. Still a very cool hat.

 

[steur]

Another beauty, Stefan.

Thanks, Randy!

 

[Blare]

Borsalino Qualita Supreme - Feather Weight

Borsalino Qualita Supreme - Feather Weight
Super light and thin brown felt
5 inch open crown - 4 1/2 as shaped
2 1/2 raw edge brim front - 2 1/4 sides
7/8 matching grosgrain ribbon
2 inch brown sweat
Oil skin liner tip

Here is the ultra thin, ultra light Borsalino Qualita Supreme Feather Weight straight out of its “coffin box”. I’ve been after one of these in a more traditional color and style ever since I acquired two oddball Coffin hats earlier in the year. My wife, who had intercepted this one when it arrived and held for my birthday.... Did not know how to roll and place it back in its box. So this one came out of its box pretty much scrunched into a ball. I thought for sure it would need a ton of steam to get it into a reasonable shape. However after a quick hand shaping and sitting out for a bit.. it really took form. A bit of steam would likely smooth out some of the less than perfect areas. However I am quite impressed how well it shaped without. Sure it is a fact that you have to give up some structure stability with a felt this thin and light... but all and all I really couldn’t be happier with this hat.

Im not sure the age of this hat.. but the oil skin liner and tiny piece of manufacturing tag could be a hint.

An extra cool bonus with this hat in addition to the coffin box is this instruction pamphlet that was included in the box that explains how the owner should unroll and steam their new hat into shape after they arrived home with it

I’m looking forward to comparing this feather weight to the extra light weight black Borsalino I found a few weeks back.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Borsalino Qualita Supreme - Feather Weight

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Borsalino Qualita Supreme - Feather Weight
Super light and thin brown felt
5 inch open crown - 4 1/2 as shaped
2 1/2 raw edge brim front - 2 1/4 sides
7/8 matching grosgrain ribbon
2 inch brown sweat
Oil skin liner tip

Here is the ultra thin, ultra light Borsalino Qualita Supreme Feather Weight straight out of its “coffin box”. I’ve been after one of these in a more traditional color and style ever since I acquired two oddball Coffin hats earlier in the year. My wife, who had intercepted this one when it arrived and held for my birthday.... Did not know how to roll and place it back in its box. So this one came out of its box pretty much scrunched into a ball. I thought for sure it would need a ton of steam to get it into a reasonable shape. However after a quick hand shaping and sitting out for a bit.. it really took form. A bit of steam would likely smooth out some of the less than perfect areas. However I am quite impressed how well it shaped without. Sure it is a fact that you have to give up some structure stability with a felt this thin and light... but all and all I really couldn’t be happier with this hat.

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Im not sure the age of this hat.. but the oil skin liner and tiny piece of manufacturing tag could be a hint.

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An extra cool bonus with this hat in addition to the coffin box is this instruction pamphlet that was included in the box that explains how the owner should unroll and steam their new hat into shape after they arrived home with it

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I’m looking forward to comparing this feather weight to the extra light weight black Borsalino I found a few weeks back.

Beautiful hat and incredible felt. It’s hard to believe that the open crown height is only five inches. A 5” open crown in my size looks clownish. This was a great get!

 

[Blare]

Beautiful hat and incredible felt. It’s hard to believe that the open crown height is only five inches. A 5” open crown in my size looks clownish. This was a great get!

Thanks Brent! Interesting how much the proportions change with size. I have a Stetson 3X I’m gonna post soon sitting here with a nearly 6 inch crown. In my size... that’s practically a stove pipe hat. LOL

 

[jlee562]

Amazingly, a box came today from the UK. I wasn't expecting this one so soon.

This is one of the new Herbert Johnson Indy Poet hats. The readers digest version one more time: for a long time the correct block shape was thought to be lost to history. Between the release of Raiders and Temple of Doom, Herbert Johnson switched suppliers to Borsalino and picked a "close enough" block for the next iteration of the Poet hat, hence the different look in the second movie. Because it was not thought to be significant enough to keep (and also because HJ had no interest in catering to Indy fans), there really was no record of the exact block used. Fast forward to a few years ago when they apparently stumbled a set of correct Poet blocks in storage. Michelle, the current hatter at HJ confirmed that they had previously been selling HJ branded, Christy's produced hats. They're now making handmade bespoke hats again in their own workshop using FEPSA felts (rabbit and beaver).





So this is the Raiders hat! Although technically, at my size, the open crown height is 5 1/8" and Ford's hat was widely assumed to be 5 1/2". But, this hat is nicely proportioned for me. Dimensional cut brim measures 2 1/2" at the sides and 2 5/8" at front/back), Sable beaver felt. Perfect Indy silhouette, especially from the side profile (pardon my quarantine-Anime-villain-hair). I selected the Regal Purple liner, when it arrived it hand, I saw that it was a pleated liner! Nice touch for the hat obsessive.



Now, some of the obsessively detail oriented Indy fans aren't 100% sold, but I look at this hat and I see the Indy hat. Honestly, I think these modern HJs don't end up rumpled up like the 80's era HJs because the FEPSA felt is probably better than the Cury felt of that era which was used. Was anybody making high quality felt back then?

Very high build quality. Sweatband is seated perfect. Very clean tacking stiches, and the liner is stitched in as well. I know the Lounge sometimes has a love/hate thing with the Indy hat, but should anyone here be considering one, dealing with HJ through email was quite easy and they were happy to answer the questions that I'm sure they get asked quite frequently.

The only negative is that I would think a beaver dress felt at the price they're asking would come with a hat box. That's just my personal, quirky bias. I'm not saying it was advertised or implied and that I feel wronged of one; but, a nice box would have put it over the top. As I've mentioned, the Indy hat is the reason I started wearing felt hats, so finally getting the ultimate version is very satisfying.

 

[Blare]

Amazingly, a box came today from the UK. I wasn't expecting this one so soon.

This is one of the new Herbert Johnson Indy Poet hats. The readers digest version one more time: for a long time the correct block shape was thought to be lost to history. Between the release of Raiders and Temple of Doom, Herbert Johnson switched suppliers to Borsalino and picked a "close enough" block for the next iteration of the Poet hat, hence the different look in the second movie. Because it was not thought to be significant enough to keep (and also because HJ had no interest in catering to Indy fans), there really was no record of the exact block used. Fast forward to a few years ago when they apparently stumbled a set of correct Poet blocks in storage. Michelle, the current hatter at HJ confirmed that they had previously been selling HJ branded, Christy's produced hats. They're now making handmade bespoke hats again in their own workshop using FEPSA felts (rabbit and beaver).





So this is the Raiders hat! Although technically, at my size, the open crown height is 5 1/8" and Ford's hat was widely assumed to be 5 1/2". But, this hat is nicely proportioned for me. Dimensional cut brim measures 2 1/2" at the sides and 2 5/8" at front/back), Sable beaver felt. Perfect Indy silhouette, especially from the side profile (pardon my quarantine-Anime-villain-hair). I selected the Regal Purple liner, when it arrived it hand, I saw that it was a pleated liner! Nice touch for the hat obsessive.



Now, some of the obsessively detail oriented Indy fans aren't 100% sold, but I look at this hat and I see the Indy hat. Honestly, I think these modern HJs don't end up rumpled up like the 80's era HJs because the FEPSA felt is probably better than the Cury felt of that era which was used. Was anybody making high quality felt back then?

Very high build quality. Sweatband is seated perfect. Very clean tacking stiches, and the liner is stitched in as well. I know the Lounge sometimes has a love/hate thing with the Indy hat, but should anyone here be considering one, dealing with HJ through email was quite easy and they were happy to answer the questions that I'm sure they get asked quite frequently.

The only negative is that I would think a beaver dress felt at the price they're asking would come with a hat box. That's just my personal, quirky bias. I'm not saying it was advertised or implied and that I feel wronged of one; but, a nice box would have put it over the top. As I've mentioned, the Indy hat is the reason I started wearing felt hats, so finally getting the ultimate version is very satisfying.

Very cool Jared. Looks great!

 

[jlee562]

Very cool Jared. Looks great!

thanks Joe, congrats on the Borso! That's quite a nice score for you too.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Amazingly, a box came today from the UK. I wasn't expecting this one so soon.

This is one of the new Herbert Johnson Indy Poet hats. The readers digest version one more time: for a long time the correct block shape was thought to be lost to history. Between the release of Raiders and Temple of Doom, Herbert Johnson switched suppliers to Borsalino and picked a "close enough" block for the next iteration of the Poet hat, hence the different look in the second movie. Because it was not thought to be significant enough to keep (and also because HJ had no interest in catering to Indy fans), there really was no record of the exact block used. Fast forward to a few years ago when they apparently stumbled a set of correct Poet blocks in storage. Michelle, the current hatter at HJ confirmed that they had previously been selling HJ branded, Christy's produced hats. They're now making handmade bespoke hats again in their own workshop using FEPSA felts (rabbit and beaver).





So this is the Raiders hat! Although technically, at my size, the open crown height is 5 1/8" and Ford's hat was widely assumed to be 5 1/2". But, this hat is nicely proportioned for me. Dimensional cut brim measures 2 1/2" at the sides and 2 5/8" at front/back), Sable beaver felt. Perfect Indy silhouette, especially from the side profile (pardon my quarantine-Anime-villain-hair). I selected the Regal Purple liner, when it arrived it hand, I saw that it was a pleated liner! Nice touch for the hat obsessive.



Now, some of the obsessively detail oriented Indy fans aren't 100% sold, but I look at this hat and I see the Indy hat. Honestly, I think these modern HJs don't end up rumpled up like the 80's era HJs because the FEPSA felt is probably better than the Cury felt of that era which was used. Was anybody making high quality felt back then?

Very high build quality. Sweatband is seated perfect. Very clean tacking stiches, and the liner is stitched in as well. I know the Lounge sometimes has a love/hate thing with the Indy hat, but should anyone here be considering one, dealing with HJ through email was quite easy and they were happy to answer the questions that I'm sure they get asked quite frequently.

The only negative is that I would think a beaver dress felt at the price they're asking would come with a hat box. That's just my personal, quirky bias. I'm not saying it was advertised or implied and that I feel wronged of one; but, a nice box would have put it over the top. As I've mentioned, the Indy hat is the reason I started wearing felt hats, so finally getting the ultimate version is very satisfying.

Jared, I don’t know much about Indy hats, but I do know a beautiful fedora when I see one. The hat’s dimensions looks very proportional on you too. It looks like you didn’t get it with “the turn”...is that right? Congratulations on a great hat.
Now I’m off to look at HJ’s hats.

 

[Blare]

thanks Joe, congrats on the Borso! That's quite a nice score for you too.

Thanks so much Jared.

 

[jlee562]

Jared, I don’t know much about Indy hats, but I do know a beautiful fedora when I see one. The hat’s dimensions looks very proportional on you too. It looks like you didn’t get it with “the turn”...is that right? Congratulations on a great hat.
Now I’m off to look at HJ’s hats.

Thanks Brent, I'm happy with the way it turned out. I was worried that 5 1/8" might be too short for the Indy hat, but it works very well. I've seen some HJs that did look a little tall on certain folks too.

Correct, this hat does not have "the turn." Even though that's one of the distinctive features of the Raiders hat, my feeling is that it works well for the costume of a fictional adventurer archaeologist, but not so much in the real world. The average person doesn't have any idea about it, and half of them don't know what Indy's hat looks like anyway (e.g the sheer number of waxed cotton and c-crown Dorfman "Indy hats" sold at Disney parks).

 

[Just A Hat Rack]

Amazingly, a box came today from the UK. I wasn't expecting this one so soon.

This is one of the new Herbert Johnson Indy Poet hats. The readers digest version one more time: for a long time the correct block shape was thought to be lost to history. Between the release of Raiders and Temple of Doom, Herbert Johnson switched suppliers to Borsalino and picked a "close enough" block for the next iteration of the Poet hat, hence the different look in the second movie. Because it was not thought to be significant enough to keep (and also because HJ had no interest in catering to Indy fans), there really was no record of the exact block used. Fast forward to a few years ago when they apparently stumbled a set of correct Poet blocks in storage. Michelle, the current hatter at HJ confirmed that they had previously been selling HJ branded, Christy's produced hats. They're now making handmade bespoke hats again in their own workshop using FEPSA felts (rabbit and beaver).





So this is the Raiders hat! Although technically, at my size, the open crown height is 5 1/8" and Ford's hat was widely assumed to be 5 1/2". But, this hat is nicely proportioned for me. Dimensional cut brim measures 2 1/2" at the sides and 2 5/8" at front/back), Sable beaver felt. Perfect Indy silhouette, especially from the side profile (pardon my quarantine-Anime-villain-hair). I selected the Regal Purple liner, when it arrived it hand, I saw that it was a pleated liner! Nice touch for the hat obsessive.



Now, some of the obsessively detail oriented Indy fans aren't 100% sold, but I look at this hat and I see the Indy hat. Honestly, I think these modern HJs don't end up rumpled up like the 80's era HJs because the FEPSA felt is probably better than the Cury felt of that era which was used. Was anybody making high quality felt back then?

Very high build quality. Sweatband is seated perfect. Very clean tacking stiches, and the liner is stitched in as well. I know the Lounge sometimes has a love/hate thing with the Indy hat, but should anyone here be considering one, dealing with HJ through email was quite easy and they were happy to answer the questions that I'm sure they get asked quite frequently.

The only negative is that I would think a beaver dress felt at the price they're asking would come with a hat box. That's just my personal, quirky bias. I'm not saying it was advertised or implied and that I feel wronged of one; but, a nice box would have put it over the top. As I've mentioned, the Indy hat is the reason I started wearing felt hats, so finally getting the ultimate version is very satisfying.

I absolutely love it. It looks great on you. As an avid Indy fan who also got into hats because of this fedora, it definitely shows as a true Indy hat, and will also serve as a fine looking fedora as well. Now it's time to run it through some cob webs and coat it in some desert dust.

 

[Rumad]

Amazingly, a box came today from the UK. I wasn't expecting this one so soon.

This is one of the new Herbert Johnson Indy Poet hats. The readers digest version one more time: for a long time the correct block shape was thought to be lost to history. Between the release of Raiders and Temple of Doom, Herbert Johnson switched suppliers to Borsalino and picked a "close enough" block for the next iteration of the Poet hat, hence the different look in the second movie. Because it was not thought to be significant enough to keep (and also because HJ had no interest in catering to Indy fans), there really was no record of the exact block used. Fast forward to a few years ago when they apparently stumbled a set of correct Poet blocks in storage. Michelle, the current hatter at HJ confirmed that they had previously been selling HJ branded, Christy's produced hats. They're now making handmade bespoke hats again in their own workshop using FEPSA felts (rabbit and beaver).





So this is the Raiders hat! Although technically, at my size, the open crown height is 5 1/8" and Ford's hat was widely assumed to be 5 1/2". But, this hat is nicely proportioned for me. Dimensional cut brim measures 2 1/2" at the sides and 2 5/8" at front/back), Sable beaver felt. Perfect Indy silhouette, especially from the side profile (pardon my quarantine-Anime-villain-hair). I selected the Regal Purple liner, when it arrived it hand, I saw that it was a pleated liner! Nice touch for the hat obsessive.



Now, some of the obsessively detail oriented Indy fans aren't 100% sold, but I look at this hat and I see the Indy hat. Honestly, I think these modern HJs don't end up rumpled up like the 80's era HJs because the FEPSA felt is probably better than the Cury felt of that era which was used. Was anybody making high quality felt back then?

Very high build quality. Sweatband is seated perfect. Very clean tacking stiches, and the liner is stitched in as well. I know the Lounge sometimes has a love/hate thing with the Indy hat, but should anyone here be considering one, dealing with HJ through email was quite easy and they were happy to answer the questions that I'm sure they get asked quite frequently.

The only negative is that I would think a beaver dress felt at the price they're asking would come with a hat box. That's just my personal, quirky bias. I'm not saying it was advertised or implied and that I feel wronged of one; but, a nice box would have put it over the top. As I've mentioned, the Indy hat is the reason I started wearing felt hats, so finally getting the ultimate version is very satisfying.

This hat looks amazing bro

 

[Garrett]

Amazingly, a box came today from the UK. I wasn't expecting this one so soon.

This is one of the new Herbert Johnson Indy Poet hats. The readers digest version one more time: for a long time the correct block shape was thought to be lost to history. Between the release of Raiders and Temple of Doom, Herbert Johnson switched suppliers to Borsalino and picked a "close enough" block for the next iteration of the Poet hat, hence the different look in the second movie. Because it was not thought to be significant enough to keep (and also because HJ had no interest in catering to Indy fans), there really was no record of the exact block used. Fast forward to a few years ago when they apparently stumbled a set of correct Poet blocks in storage. Michelle, the current hatter at HJ confirmed that they had previously been selling HJ branded, Christy's produced hats. They're now making handmade bespoke hats again in their own workshop using FEPSA felts (rabbit and beaver).





So this is the Raiders hat! Although technically, at my size, the open crown height is 5 1/8" and Ford's hat was widely assumed to be 5 1/2". But, this hat is nicely proportioned for me. Dimensional cut brim measures 2 1/2" at the sides and 2 5/8" at front/back), Sable beaver felt. Perfect Indy silhouette, especially from the side profile (pardon my quarantine-Anime-villain-hair). I selected the Regal Purple liner, when it arrived it hand, I saw that it was a pleated liner! Nice touch for the hat obsessive.



Now, some of the obsessively detail oriented Indy fans aren't 100% sold, but I look at this hat and I see the Indy hat. Honestly, I think these modern HJs don't end up rumpled up like the 80's era HJs because the FEPSA felt is probably better than the Cury felt of that era which was used. Was anybody making high quality felt back then?

Very high build quality. Sweatband is seated perfect. Very clean tacking stiches, and the liner is stitched in as well. I know the Lounge sometimes has a love/hate thing with the Indy hat, but should anyone here be considering one, dealing with HJ through email was quite easy and they were happy to answer the questions that I'm sure they get asked quite frequently.

The only negative is that I would think a beaver dress felt at the price they're asking would come with a hat box. That's just my personal, quirky bias. I'm not saying it was advertised or implied and that I feel wronged of one; but, a nice box would have put it over the top. As I've mentioned, the Indy hat is the reason I started wearing felt hats, so finally getting the ultimate version is very satisfying.

Looks good, Jared. I sent a couple of FEPSA bodies over to Michelle to work on (Raiders and LC). Hope they turn out as good as yours did.

 

[Blare]

Stetson 3X Beaver - Steel Grey

Stetson 3X Beaver Quality - Steel Grey (1950s ?)
6 inch open crown - rakish 5 to 4 inch as shaped
1 7/8 Black Grosgrain Ribbon with Box Bow treatment.
2 1/8 brim with 1/8 accented bound edge

After a much appreciated nudging by @M Hatman I decided to pull the trigger on this Stetson 3X Beaver Quality (along with a short brimmed Strat) We are estimating mid 1950s on this one. When it arrived the nearly 6 inch open crown looked almost freakish with the short brim. But I think I managed to settle on a shape I like here. The Steel grey felt has some blue tones is real nice dense and smooth... I would say very similar to my 50s whippet In quality. And it has GILLs! Very nice hat over all.