Absolutely beautiful SteveThis week I will feature Echter Borsalino Hats which were made for the German Market. The hats will be from the late 1920s up to the 1950s.
Echter Borsalino Export Qualität "Cescosca" "Palladio", date stamped 3/19/59. The "Palladio" Felt color is fantastic. As usual very pliable Felt with great hand. The Form is very nice as you can see from the photos. As mentioned previously Export Qualität designation was added in the mid 1950s.
Thanks a lot, Bill. I like contrast, too.
Thanks, Blare and Brent! I’m ecstatic about this one.
Man, Steve, I really like that one!This week I will feature Echter Borsalino Hats which were made for the German Market. The hats will be from the late 1920s up to the 1950s.
Echter Borsalino Export Qualität "Cescosca" "Palladio", date stamped 3/19/59. The "Palladio" Felt color is fantastic. As usual very pliable Felt with great hand. The Form is very nice as you can see from the photos. As mentioned previously Export Qualität designation was added in the mid 1950s.
This week I will feature Echter Borsalino Hats which were made for the German Market. The hats will be from the late 1920s up to the 1950s.
Echter Borsalino Export Qualität "Cescosca" "Palladio", date stamped 3/19/59. The "Palladio" Felt color is fantastic. As usual very pliable Felt with great hand. The Form is very nice as you can see from the photos. As mentioned previously Export Qualität designation was added in the mid 1950s.
I picked up a very nice vintage wool herringbone 8 panel cap from B!Wear a couple of years ago that I really liked, but didn’t bring to the island. I just received this fuller body, larger brim linen hat today. I’m hoping that he can source some hemp straw for my next cap. His work is quite good, and his prices are very reasonable.
Great job as usual, Terry. You made a tired hat look like new.That reminds me a lot of my Dobbs Fifth Avenue that I refurbished. Same brim edge, same color combo. The felt on mine is very nice and soft too. This Dobbs came to me two sizes too small and was in pretty rough shape. I was able to reblock it to a 7 1/4. The original ribbon was too small to reuse after the reblocking and it was pretty faded and stained anyway. I found another ribbon and bow from a Stratton uniform hat that matched the color of my Dobbs perfectly. I had to rework the bow and I gave it a slight upswoop...
Before:
After: completely restyled with new ribbon work
I feel like Hermione whenever I do this (as Snape would say: "Tell me, are you incapable of restraining yourself, or do you take pride in being an insufferable know-it-all?"
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Alden 403 Moc Toe Boot - Brown Chromexcel - $680 The classic "Indy" style Alden Boot in the classic Horween brown Chromexcel. 
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. Convenient: you could see the planes through the brim!
That is a massive crown on that hat. Jim. A stovepipe straw!
It's a Knox Twenty, what's not to like?Knox Twenty today
IMG_3976 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
IMG_3977 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
IMG_3978 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
5-23-2020 Today's Clothes by Michael A2012, on Flickr
That rain Bob was looking for today seems to have wandered north of the state line. We are up over an inch now and had a tornado warning about 5 miles away. I seem to have dumped a bunch of quotes I had lined up, somehow.
Thanks all,
Michael
Nice and airy. Mike Miller did it justice.
Wonderful, Randall. Killer ribbon.
Another superb example, Steve. Superlative craftsmanship.This week I will feature Echter Borsalino Hats which were made for the German Market. The hats will be from the late 1920s up to the 1950s.
Echter Borsalino Export Qualität "Cescosca" "Palladio", date stamped 3/19/59. The "Palladio" Felt color is fantastic. As usual very pliable Felt with great hand. The Form is very nice as you can see from the photos. As mentioned previously Export Qualität designation was added in the mid 1950s.
Lovely shape and colour, Max. Looks like a perfect versatile hat.
It was many years ago, thinking of a foregone conclusion, after a few minutes I took the bus to go on a love date. I went down immediately because the transitor radios crackled important developments in the final. I stopped in front of a television in the window of an appliance store to find out the epilogue. I arrived late, but transgression was a must(it's like playing football against them; it's never over.
