That is another beauty, Nathan. You have some catching up to do in the homburg nation thread!
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The Lost Cowboy
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Thanks Steve!
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Dank u wel! I suppose my homburg collection has enough gems to warrant a few entries in the HN. Thanks for the reminder!
Absolutely stunning!
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Thanks Phil! Definitely very good quality. I actually think the felt on my Royal Stetson Deluxe homburg (I posted today on the WHAYWT thread) is a little better quality, but this one is a bit more comfortable on the head.
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From classic Italiana to classic Americana.
Based on the sweatband style and the logo, I want to say this Penney’s Marathon is a 40s hat. However, it originally had an onion skin liner tip (which was cut out but there are still traces), so I’m not sure.
Pretty solid hat but noticeably inferior to my 15s. This feels like a working man’s hat, which makes me like it even more. Original price was just under $4.
2-5/8 inch brim with a light-weight, early-summer felt. The liner feels like some early version of polyester, but also very thin.
Some mothing but mostly on the underbrim.
Pretty cool.
Based on the sweatband style and the logo, I want to say this Penney’s Marathon is a 40s hat. However, it originally had an onion skin liner tip (which was cut out but there are still traces), so I’m not sure.
Pretty solid hat but noticeably inferior to my 15s. This feels like a working man’s hat, which makes me like it even more. Original price was just under $4.
2-5/8 inch brim with a light-weight, early-summer felt. The liner feels like some early version of polyester, but also very thin.
Some mothing but mostly on the underbrim.
Pretty cool.
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Love it! I would say 1940s as well. This Perm-Aseptic product seemed to start up around 1943.
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Thanks Bob, interesting info about the perm-aseptic. That stuff might be fine for hats, but apparently you don’t want to use it on diapers: here’s a Twitter post that claims the Perm-aseptic brand went out of business in 1945 due to diaper rash.
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love it. Great color… aesthetic and apparently antiseptic
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Thanks Joe. Yeah the color scheme has some Akubra Fed IV Tawny Fawn flavors to it. I am interested to see how this looks in the sunlight - unfortunately we won’t see any of that around here for a few days.
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Interesting. Makes sense though. Any time you kill off bacteria it takes the good bacteria with it. Probably left the baby’s skin very susceptible to fungal infection
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You wear a homburg quite well. They are such cool looking hats. I just have never gotten used to how I look in one.
My new John Batterson showed up today, and wow is it really nice! The felt has a wonderful hand to it. It is very soft and creases with ease. It has a 2 5/8" felted edge brim, 2" ribbon, and a 6" open crown. The size tag and reorder tag make me think it is similar vintage to a 50s Stetson, and at $20 I think was a pretty nice hat in it's time. I would be interested to know what you all think about it's age.
Looks to be the same block as this 7x.
Thread 'Stetson 7X Clear Beaver arrives' https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/stetson-7x-clear-beaver-arrives.39234/
Thread 'Stetson 7X Clear Beaver arrives' https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/stetson-7x-clear-beaver-arrives.39234/
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Very handsome hat and looks like it’s well built - very nice!
Thank you!
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Quite nice Simeon…. Definitely looks like it’s got some Stetson bones.
Thank you! I've been reading back through other posts and pictures and it seems similar to a Sovereign 20.
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Thanks. I also thought I looked bad in a homburg - I’ve only recently been wearing them often. I think maybe you just have to get used to the look on yourself, like an acquired taste.
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Sorry for the tardy response, B. Been spending more time over in the Outerwear portion of the forum lately.
They're both great hats but fairly different. My Averla Gorasgu felt is definitely thinner and lighter weight, 100g vs 135g for the Mac . The Gorasgu is more conducive for a sharper crease. The Mac is extremely dense, more claylike. I have it creased with more of a soft roll. In terms of density it reminds me more of my MGL.
One interesting feature they do share is incorporating a ventilation design in the front of the hat.
Definitely spoiled to have both. Well, all three counting the MGL.
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