What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[rogueclimber]

A stroll along the Venice Beach Grand Canal

My Akubra Traveller

 

[Daniele Tanto]

Straw season is quickly approaching. I'm afrayed the days of felts will soon be coming to an end. Stetson No. 1 Quality (LOT 2534):

A real gem!

 

[Daniele Tanto]

Grazie, Daniele. The Nebbia plays misty for us, but it wll get another go for sure.

Prego Stefan. I plan to see it as soon as possible in a splendid version despite its name

Well, it is what it says on the tin: stylish perfection.

This hat is a small enigma among the many hats produced in Italy or imported into Italy.
I will make a comparison with the "Cabella" bowler and then I will look for the solution

What a great looking old hat… complete with much personality of its own.

Thanks Joe. The hat has a lot of character.
Your collection is increasingly powerful in terms of quantity and above all quality

 

[RBH]

My newest (to me) rolled in yesterday, and will, of course, be my hat for today. It's another Champ Kasmir Finish, this one with the incredibly strange model name of Portly Lyric. I can't even BEGIN to figure out where they came up with that. It's got a 1 & 7/8" bound-edge brim, the crown's 4" at the front bash, and 4.25" at the side, and it sports a 1 & 7/8" ribbon. Color is shown as "Raven Grey." Not overly jazzed about the glass-and-metal hat pin; maybe it looked better back in the day. I'm considering replacing it, but haven't decided yet.

Between the shown original price, and the fact that the retail store that sold it burnt down in 1957, I'm estimating this one as mid-50s vintage.

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From the looks of the pin I would suggest the name came from a horse used in Dressage or Equestrian Show Jumping.
But a search of the name did not show a connection.....

 

[carouselvic]

Dobbs

 

[RickP]

Reworked a free Stetson Gus (reblocked to get rid of the front slant crease and cut the brim down to 3"..

 

[The Lost Cowboy]

From the looks of the pin I would suggest the name came from a horse used in Dressage or Equestrian Show Jumping.
But a search of the name did not show a connection.....

Brilliant Rusty! I would not have thought to consider the pin on @VoodooSan ‘s hat.

It could be be a horse racing reference. There is a song “Stewball” or “Skewball” (I know a version from Simon and Garfunkel). The original version was based on a race horse named “Ms Portly” that loses to a skewball (apparently, an unimpressive horse). Ms. Portly was a gray mare and should have won.

Here is a lot of information:
https://mainlynorfolk.info/lloyd/songs/skewball.html

As for the color name, “Raven Gray” is an actual color.

 

[mayserwegener]

Echter Borsalino "Export Qualität" "Ecosca" possibly mid to later 1950s and a recent arrival.

 

[VoodooSan]

From the looks of the pin I would suggest the name came from a horse used in Dressage or Equestrian Show Jumping.
But a search of the name did not show a connection.....

Thank you, sir! I never would have made that connection!

 

[VoodooSan]

Reworked a free Stetson Gus (reblocked to get rid of the front slant crease and cut the brim down to 3"..
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Very nicely done, Rick!

 

[VoodooSan]

Brilliant Rusty! I would not have thought to consider the pin on @VoodooSan ‘s hat.

It could be be a horse racing reference. There is a song “Stewball” or “Skewball” (I know a version from Simon and Garfunkel). The original version was based on a race horse named “Ms Portly” that loses to a skewball (apparently, an unimpressive horse). Ms. Portly was a gray mare and should have won.

Here is a lot of information:
https://mainlynorfolk.info/lloyd/songs/skewball.html

As for the color name, “Raven Gray” is an actual color.

See? This is just ONE of the reasons I love this forum. SO much interesting info shared here!

 

[carouselvic]

Change up for the weather…Stetson Playboy

 

[Daniele Tanto]

Before a family lunch I approached this Borsalino Nutria

I was so pissed at the seller that after I got the hat back into shape I didn't look at it again for days.
Already badly placed in the seller's photographs, it arrived completely crushed like a sandwich.

Borsalino Nutria with the words "Nutria" written in large letters on the front of the sweatban together with two XX's and the deadly term "rollup".

Size 6 1/2 or 60 centimeters or 7 1/2 in the US, it was sold in Venezia in the prized and now defunct G. Colpo hat shop in San Marco.

The color is "Morello", one of the most ambiguous in the Borsalino range which tends towards dark blue or black depending on the light. The felt is excellent and after care it looks like a hat
Have a nice day and wear hats with proud

 

[Blare]

Prego Stefan. I plan to see it as soon as possible in a splendid version despite its name

This hat is a small enigma among the many hats produced in Italy or imported into Italy.
I will make a comparison with the "Cabella" bowler and then I will look for the solution

Thanks Joe. The hat has a lot of character.
Your collection is increasingly powerful in terms of quantity and above all quality

Thank you very much Daniele for the kind praise.

 

[Blare]

Brilliant Rusty! I would not have thought to consider the pin on @VoodooSan ‘s hat.

It could be be a horse racing reference. There is a song “Stewball” or “Skewball” (I know a version from Simon and Garfunkel). The original version was based on a race horse named “Ms Portly” that loses to a skewball (apparently, an unimpressive horse). Ms. Portly was a gray mare and should have won.

Here is a lot of information:
https://mainlynorfolk.info/lloyd/songs/skewball.html

As for the color name, “Raven Gray” is an actual color.

Well.. it seems. There you have it

 

[alanfgag]

For today, the last day of my sixties, a pre-war nutria with a very thin ribbon, tailored edge and some real/clear confusion.

 

[alanfgag]

Straw season is quickly approaching. I'm afrayed the days of felts will soon be coming to an end. Stetson No. 1 Quality (LOT 2534):
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Wow... can you share or direct me to additional photos of this hat?

 

[Blare]

Today, the last day of my sixties, a pre-war nutria with a very thin ribbon, tailored edge and some real/clear confusion.

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A fine choice. Happy Birthday tomorrow

 

[fabiovenhorst]

Borsalino "Castoro" for a hike in the mountains and a beautiful sunrise above the clouds

 

[The Lost Cowboy]

See? This is just ONE of the reasons I love this forum. SO much interesting info shared here!

Well.. it seems. There you have it

Maybe … but I don’t see why any company would name a hat after some obscure song lyric. Particularly name it after the losing horse - and the company is called “Champ”?

I gotta stop getting sucked into these hat mysteries.