What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[EL-Jimenez74]

This weekend's hat (for my last week in Israel for a bit) is the Borsalino Marque Gran Luxe, Mink 6X, Morello (something I do not see listed under either known models or colors). This is one of my absolute favorite hats and I cannot resist petting it every once and awhile, even when I don't wear it.
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Absolutely beautiful and seeing it even in pictures I can understand wanting to “pet” it. lol

 

[RickP]

Life has gotten crazy! Moving to Nashville

Trying to finish up work here in LA and been out to Nashville (for the first time ever) looking for a place to live

Did manage to snap a couple pics of what I've been wearing lately

Only hat I took to Nashville:

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And a couple from back here around the marina

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Good luck during the move to Nashville... Assuming you'll still be doing boat things there?

 

[MikeinRome]

About 1920 Stetson Real Nutria bought from Max a little while ago.

 

[hambone71]

OPS Open Road in Royal DeLuxe.

 

[rogueclimber]

Good luck during the move to Nashville... Assuming you'll still be doing boat things there?

Thanks. I have found a job posting for a 100 ton Captain driving river boats… So I hope to find something to do. Maybe I'll have to take up guitar or banjo!

 

[andreasnorden]

Dorfman Pacific "Ducky" commemorative hat

 

[RickP]

Been enjoying the last few days of cool mornings, but were heading back up into the high 80s this week. Guess fall is NOT actually here yet. For today the old Stetson 1Q gets the call

 

[steur]

This weekend's hat (for my last week in Israel for a bit) is the Borsalino Marque Gran Luxe, Mink 6X, Morello (something I do not see listed under either known models or colors). This is one of my absolute favorite hats and I cannot resist petting it every once and awhile, even when I don't wear it.
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That is gorgeous, Jeff! If the model name isn't on the label I don't include it in the database. Reason is that some retailers used their own model names on the sweatband. Mink is likely more about the felt content and not referring to the model.

 

[jeffgarf]

That is gorgeous, Jeff! If the model name isn't on the label I don't include it in the database. Reason is that some retailers used their own model names on the sweatband. Mink is likely more about the felt content and not referring to the model.

I was referring to the Morello, as shown on the white label. I couldn't find that one on the lists.

 

[steur]

Castorino today!!
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Marcel, you’re well aware of the story I’ve shared many times here on FL: Borsalino never produces a hat without including its own name—it’s practically a mantra by now. It goes without saying that whenever Borsalino makes a beaver-felt hat, they state it quite clearly. This has been the case for the last 40 years or so.
Let me ask you: have you ever seen a Borsalino marked "Castoro" (beaver)? The answer is yes—though very rarely—but in those instances, beaver was only one component of the felt. Borsalino has always been very savvy when it comes to marketing.
"Castorino" rhymes with "Borsalino," but they are two different things.
In Italy, "Castorino" actually refers to nutria (coypu), though nutria-felt hats are extremely rare. Every now and then, Borsalino would label them as such—or sometimes as "lontra" (otter). Barbisio, for its part, used the French term "Rat Gondin."
I’ve just purchased a "Castorino" to see who actually made it; perhaps there’s some information hidden beneath the sweatband.
Take a look.

This is the Castorino I believe to have been made by Borsalino. No other company used this type of label.

 

[steur]

Sunday, so it's time for the hats of the week.

Cavanagh

Hückel Jota Seal velour

Morreton

Resistol

Barbisio Radio

Cavanagh

Knox Westlite

 

[jeffgarf]

The seal velour would normally win for me, but this week I will choose the Barbisio Radio

Sunday, so it's time for the hats of the week.

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Hückel Jota Seal velour
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Morreton
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Resistol
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Barbisio Radio
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Cavanagh
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Knox Westlite
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The seal velour would normally win for me, but this week I will choose the Barbisio Radio as my favorite since I will get back to my blue and tan felts, as well.

 

[steur]

The seal velour would normally win for me, but this week I will choose the Barbisio Radio

The seal velour would normally win for me, but this week I will choose the Barbisio Radio as my favorite since I will get back to my blue and tan felts, as well.

Thanks, Jeff. We can always find room for a black hat, especially if it's a velour.

 

[Frunobulax]

Thanks. I have found a job posting for a 100 ton Captain driving river boats… So I hope to find something to do. Maybe I'll have to take up guitar or banjo!

Calliope

 

[Frunobulax]

Do I wear a light grey hat or a dark grey hat? What to do?

 

[TimmyV]

Do I wear a light grey hat or a dark grey hat? What to do?

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Now that is really nice. I like how the brim is two different colors top & bottom !

 

[TimmyV]

This old thing came to me rather beat-up but I thought it was worth trying to save ... Dobbs Twenty !

 

[Frunobulax]

Now that is really nice. I like how the brim is two different colors top & bottom !

The brim is the same top and bottom, but the edge shows the lighter color inside.

 

[TimmyV]

The brim is the same top and bottom, but the edge shows the lighter color inside.

Optical delusion !!

 

[Pellie]

Do I wear a light grey hat or a dark grey hat? What to do?

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Like that! What brand is it?