Our good friend JPdesign is send me the new dark grey Borsalino from PB for evaluation. I love my brown one. It is my favorite hat. The regular grey is very high on my list too.
Optimo seems to be the current favorite, but I wouldn't trade my brown Borsalino for one......but mine is much better than the others I have seen.
I will take pictures when it arrives.
All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke
The dark grey PBBM is (IMO) between the brown PBBM and the light grey PBBM in terms of floppiness. It's a beautiful hat (my opinion of course, but I love grey hats with black ribbons).
I recently purchased both of the grey PBBM's, and they are both great. The new dark one would make a great Bogart hat as it has a tall crown, and Joe Jr. could simply cut the brim down. The lighter grey, or Seaplane as he calls it is indeed a bit floppier as ITG wrote. I am really sold on the Borsalino's that Joe has. I have still yet to see an Optimo that has a brim and block that looks as good as his (as far as the Raiders look goes IMHO).
It shipped today and will be here tomorrow.
All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke
I thought that this hat would be too dark to my liking, but I was pleasently surprised when I opened the box. It is not as dark as the Akubra grey.
The felt might not be as tight as an Optimo, but I love the way these Borsalino hats look and feel.
I think this one is a keeper.
All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke
Man, that is a nice color! I guess I'm adding that to my Christmas list. I only hope Joe still has some in stock. I know he was running low.
MK, that hat look marvelous on you; actually it looks as though it was made for you. Grey is your color in hats!
If you can find an orangish light outside somewhere, the hat will look brown. I saw JPDesign a few weekends ago in downtown Ft. Worth and in the light his dark grey PBBM looked brown.
P.S. I like the new goatee you're sporting.
Thanks!
All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke
Wow! That looks really good! Much better than I was expecting. I'm thinking.. maybe i'll save up for that little number there.
Nice Hat MK! That's my most recent hat as well. I fully agree with you on the PB Borsalino's, I think they are the best bet for an out of the box, shaped, ready to wear dress hat. I hope you enjoy yours as much as I do mine!
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