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Jaxenro
One of the Regulars
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My new homburg Lock & Co for Brooks Brothers
Looks like a good one. It does have a nice shape. How does the felt feel?
Jaxenro
One of the Regulars
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It is in transit we’ll let you know when I get it
I have very few green hats in my collection. It's just a difficult colour for me. This one I could not pass up. Borsalino in green (can't make out the name on the label properly for its Italian name). Lovely proportions and nice ribbon. Overwelt brim at 5,5cm and crown 10 cm at the pinch. The shop it came from still exists in The Hague. The felt is lovely on this one; not exactly a longhair but not standard. It does have corrugated cardboard in front which is unusual for European market Borsalinos.
This one is an interesting new piece. Biké Clipper. Biké is a hatter from Märsta, Sweden and that's about all I can tell you. The label inside the hat is in swedish, which suggests it was made there. However the size tag is very similar to the ones used by Borsalino (just a different colour). Size 60 with a bound brim at 5,5cm and the crown 10.5cm at the pinch. The liner is what sold it to me, even though it's not my size by a mile.
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My first Stetson Excellent. I’m at work and just opened the box. I’ll post more photos later.
First impression: nice, but still no comparison to vintage. Kind of bittersweet.
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First impression: nice, but still no comparison to vintage. Kind of bittersweet.
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Certainly looks nice enough.My first Stetson Excellent. I’m at work and just opened the box. I’ll post more photos later.
First impression: nice, but still no comparison to vintage. Kind of bittersweet.
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Bob, thanks. I guess that's why they put the accent on the 'e'; just so there wouldn't be confusionNice hats Stefan!
We have bike clippers around here too, but they look more like this:
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Two very interesting hats Stefan. That Clipper is a hoot. Interesting that the clipper ships of the mid to late 19th century were all about sleek lines and speed. This hat fits that bill. The color does not look that green on my monitor. Beautiful ribbon treatment on that Borsalino. Nice finds.
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Nice! Yes, you cant compare to vintage, not even in the same ball park. The best is to compare it with other modern hats (Stetsons). And this one stands up well in this Excellent level.My first Stetson Excellent. I’m at work and just opened the box. I’ll post more photos later.
First impression: nice, but still no comparison to vintage. Kind of bittersweet.
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It’s just frustrating at my size to find so little in the vintage market. I was hoping that this might be close. Anthony (Moontheloon) told me his New York was as close to vintage felt as anything he had seen. I do like the hat, but my expectations were too high.
Cornshucker77
Call Me a Cab
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How is the new tub working for the gas baths Bob?
The good old "gas bath"....to this day we have yet to dunk any of our hats in that manner, and actually hope to not have to go that route. It makes me far too nervous to even attempt it, and so far, many other cleaning events have either worked or not....love the small yellow hat sponges and some spray spot remover but sure hope it never comes to the gas bath....with my luck if I dunked a hat in the gas bath...the leather sweatband would melt of turn some nasty color....
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The new tub worked well. I need to probably add another can of fuel, but it was no problem getting to all of the hat by flipping it. It removed a worrisome black mark with a little scrubbing with a toothbrush. I also ran the Valentine the Hatter through it and it cleaned up a few issues with it as well. The wide brim on that one hat to take a curl at the front and back to get it down in the fuel, but it didn't affect it any. I bought an automotive funnel to put the fuel back in the can when done, but it was the same size as the can spout. My wife would not let me use her kitchen funnel so I will have to buy another to get that job done the next time I'm at the farm.
BTW, no noticeable affect to the leather sweat, the liner or the paper tags.
Cornshucker77
Call Me a Cab
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How long do you bathe them?
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The first time I cleaned one I left it in for a couple of hours, but now I don't go much past 1/2 to one hour. Seems like the fuel will do what it is supposed to by that amount of time and the long soak is not much more effective. About half-way through I take a soft bristle tooth brush (or larger) or a hat sponge to the stubborn spots. I would probably be better served by buying nicer hats!
