BARBISIO Brothers

[Mr. Lucky]

My lone Barbisio.

[Max Grody]

I purchased this hat in 1996 in Burbank at a hatter on Burbank Blvd. The owner/keeper said the hat was old-old stock, and it was my first real hat. The color did nothing for me and I packed it way until last year. When I found it, I realized it was quite good and fits my suits and face these days.





I'll take a stab--it was made in the early 80's before Barbisio closed or was sold off. It's a very good hat, and I'm extremely happy with it.

[Dinerman]

[besdor]

Hi Max,
Your Barbisio was made in Columbia SA . The easiest way to tell the difference between the Italian and the south American hats is on the leather. The hats made in Columbia do not say "Made in Italy" . Not that they arent good hats, the quality on them is quite good. We sell them still in our stores .



Steven
www.bencrafthats.com

[bolthead]

"So far".......

[besdor]

Hi Bolthead,
Your hat was made in the USA by Bollman about 20 years ago . They had the license to make Barbisio hats here for a while.





Steven
www.bencrafthats.com

[Visigoth]

Okay, I've inherited Rick's Barbisio (photo above); it's really lovely. The felt is certainly as nice as the Bulgarian Borsalinos. My first thought was that it's a later-period Barbisio from the Sagliano Micca factory; having read this, however, I'm wondering whether it's one of the South American hats.

The liner and sweatband are precisely the same as Max Grody's hat, above: it doesn't say "made in Italy," but below the logo it say "Sagliano - 1862 - Italia." The sweatband doesn't seem to be the same quality as the Italian hats I've owned: the black leather is soft, but the stamp is poorly applied, and the sewing is a notch less refined. Also, the bow in the ribbon is sewn a bit haphazardly.

HOWEVER: inside the sweatband is a paper sticker that looks exactly the same as the ones in the Italian hats. It says "Sagliano Micca Italia," and the color of the hat -- hand-written -- is "tritone." Which is an *Italian* word (meaning triton). The size is given on a fabric tag as 7 1/4, but a paper tag under the sweatband also says 58 and 5 1/2. (I've never seen that last designation on anything but vintage European hats.)

Thoughts?

(I can't find any information about the Colombian factory on the web -- it's never mentioned. Barbisio is said to have *exported* lots of hats to South America, but they've hidden the fact that they make them there.)

[cookie]

(I can't find any information about the Columbian factory on the web -- it's never mentioned. Barbisio is said to have *exported* lots of hats to South America, but they've hidden the fact that they make them there.)

I have seen a Colombian website for hats...maybe they make them too?







Parabuntal or Balibuntal? More Pix needed of this beauty IMHO.

[St.Ignatz]

$9.99. Listed as 24+". Turned out to be a 7 1/8 mint. My wife looks great in it. The quest for mine continues.

[Dinerman]

Italian made, bulgarian sold, french language, nutria felt barbisio.

Barbisio- casa fondata nel 1862 - Sagliano Micca Italia

Rat-Gondin (Nutria)

Importe d'Italie

Franz Cervenka - Maitre Chapellier - Sofia