This comparison is long overdue. The current situation left me no excuse really. Here are five black and two blue velour hats in a row. The light wasn't ideal, but what can you do?
The two blue ones are on the left. The top one is unbranded and we'll call John Doe. Rather coarse felt for a velour, but a nice shape and proportions. The bottom one is a "Prima" velour.
The black ones vary in shape and the length of the nap mainly. Top row middle is "Spezial" and top right is an "echter Haarvelour".
Bottom row second from the left is a "Vornehm", next to it is caled "Atlantis" and far right a "Feinste Velour Mode".
Brim width varies from 5,5 cm for the Spezial and Feinste Velour Mode and 6,5cm for the John Doe and Vornehm. All the others have a brim of 6cm. Brims are almost always raw on these velour hats. There's one with an overwelt, which is the Spezial.
The Echter Haarvelour (top right) is probably the oldest hat and shows a decent amount of reverse taper.
The longer haired ones also show the most lustre.
A closer look at the brims:
In this shot the length of the different naps can be seen clearly:
Only two of them had liners:
Velour hats were around in abundance at one time and these are all unknown brands. They are excellent hats nevertheless, but as fine as these velour hats are, they are still no match for the big guns in this category, like Peschel, Wilke, Bronnold, Janyska and especially Hückel. I wouldn't be surprised though if some of these were produced by one of the bigger brands though.
And if nothing else: these hats make for great pets!
The two blue ones are on the left. The top one is unbranded and we'll call John Doe. Rather coarse felt for a velour, but a nice shape and proportions. The bottom one is a "Prima" velour.
The black ones vary in shape and the length of the nap mainly. Top row middle is "Spezial" and top right is an "echter Haarvelour".
Bottom row second from the left is a "Vornehm", next to it is caled "Atlantis" and far right a "Feinste Velour Mode".
Brim width varies from 5,5 cm for the Spezial and Feinste Velour Mode and 6,5cm for the John Doe and Vornehm. All the others have a brim of 6cm. Brims are almost always raw on these velour hats. There's one with an overwelt, which is the Spezial.
The Echter Haarvelour (top right) is probably the oldest hat and shows a decent amount of reverse taper.
The longer haired ones also show the most lustre.
A closer look at the brims:
In this shot the length of the different naps can be seen clearly:
Only two of them had liners:
Velour hats were around in abundance at one time and these are all unknown brands. They are excellent hats nevertheless, but as fine as these velour hats are, they are still no match for the big guns in this category, like Peschel, Wilke, Bronnold, Janyska and especially Hückel. I wouldn't be surprised though if some of these were produced by one of the bigger brands though.
And if nothing else: these hats make for great pets!