The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

[rlk]

super color and condition! Brim up. Brim up. Brim up.

Last night's auction seems to be have been for a similar example.

That one is a standard felt not the special finish and wider brim that this one has.
However, this recent auction appears to have been its twin:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...=vtZEpds0mUQZXK8cyejBBK8vskw%3D#ht_720wt_1141

I suspect it is a Hare Felt and is as soft as my Silverbelly.

 

[hatophile]

Brim is 2-15/16" Crown 5-5/8" Head shots are best color representation.

Un----believable. Love it with that shirt.

 

[mayserwegener]

Borsalino Homburg "Echter"

Black Echter Borsalino Homburg. It is a size 6 Punti and is in very good condition. Probably late 1950s.

 

[Trebuchet64_Fal]

Does owning 2 Borsalino's get you into the brotherhood, or is there a minimum requirement, for elegebility?

 

[gtdean48]

Does owning 2 Borsalino's get you into the brotherhood, or is there a minimum requirement, for elegebility?

Just have to own 1 & post photos showing it is a Borso....

 

[DJH]

My Application for the Brotherhood

So, a while ago I bid on a Borsalino on eBay, went to bed and in the morning I now owned a new hat.

Here's the eBay screenshot pic

Being new to hats in general Borsalino in particular, I wasn't sure what I'd let myself in for. My feeling of unease wasn't helped when a really squashed box appeared sometime later from USPS.

So after unpacking the equally squashed hat and some steaming and shaping later, this is what I have:

The hat is in great condition. It has clearly been well worn, but the felt is really nice - so soft in fact that it is easy to change the shaping by mistake.

It fits perfectly, just as though it has been on my head for years.

I have no idea as to when the hat was made, maybe someone can tell from the tags. I assume that the Borsalino logo in the liner is some kind of colour code? Looking through the treads, there seem to be lots of different colours used for this same logo.

This is a hat I really enjoy wearing - it is so soft that the disheveled Depp look comes naturally.

Here's one last image of me and the Borsa from earlier today:

 

[delectans]

Bravissimo, David! :eusa_clap

Beautiful, lustrous color, and I love the bound brim. The crest, size tag, and price would indicate that this hat was made for export to. Color, as Alan already indicated in the other thread, is 'Palladio', or Palladium, only two atomic numbers away from my 'Rutenio'.

There has been speculation that the first two digits of the serial number in the tag indicates the production year, but this has not been proven to be true either via documentation, or from examination of the actual hats, except for contemporary examples. It is also unreliable to date Borsalino hats based upon taped versus sewn sweatband seam, or the corrugation at the front of the sweatband.

In any case, a wonderful Borsalino that looks great on you!

 

[150719541]

So, a while ago I bid on a Borsalino on eBay, went to bed and in the morning I now owned a new hat.

Here's the eBay screenshot pic

Being new to hats in general Borsalino in particular, I wasn't sure what I'd let myself in for. My feeling of unease wasn't helped when a really squashed box appeared sometime later from USPS.

So after unpacking the equally squashed hat and some steaming and shaping later, this is what I have:

The hat is in great condition. It has clearly been well worn, but the felt is really nice - so soft in fact that it is easy to change the shaping by mistake.

It fits perfectly, just as though it has been on my head for years.

I have no idea as to when the hat was made, maybe someone can tell from the tags. I assume that the Borsalino logo in the liner is some kind of colour code? Looking through the treads, there seem to be lots of different colours used for this same logo.

This is a hat I really enjoy wearing - it is so soft that the disheveled Depp look comes naturally.

Here's one last image of me and the Borsa from earlier today:

Single: Is a BORSA, Great hat, Congratulations, enjoy it ¡¡¡¡¡¡

 

[DJH]

Bravissimo, David! :eusa_clap

Single: Is a BORSA, Great hat, Congratulations, enjoy it ¡¡¡¡¡¡

Thanks so much guys. I don't have a big hat collection, but I really enjoy to wear the ones I have. I'm thinking I might have to keep an eye open for another Borso at some point.

 

[mayserwegener]

DJH, Fantastic Borsalino!

 

[DRB]

This is the nicest roll up fedora I have seen. Congratulations.

 

[Aureliano]

This is the nicest roll up fedora I have seen. Congratulations.

Thanks! it took me two years to find it!

 

[DJH]

DJH, Fantastic Borsalino!

Thank you, Sir!

 

[hatophile]

Great Borsos DJH and Aureliano.

 

[Aureliano]

Thanks, Hatophile!

 

[DJH]

Thanks, Hatophile!

Yes, thanks Hatophile!

 

[carouselvic]

Ice color alessandria style

This is the third Borsalino in the ghiaccio color that I have bought, none of them are the same color.

 

[billyspew]

This is the third Borsalino in the ghiaccio color that I have bought, none of them are the same color.

Very nice Vic, that colour is great and loks in great condition.

 

[delectans]

This is the third Borsalino in the ghiaccio color that I have bought, none of them are the same color.

Beautiful.

 

[mayserwegener]

Very nice Vic, that colour is great and loks in great condition.

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