Recent content by Billy Budd

Live and learn...thanks and that Knudsen mention lead me to the exact style I've been looking for...

Yes, jlee562, thank you...it just seemed that all the homburgs in the auctions photos were flat and lacked a certain flair..so that kind of brim treatment is called pencil roll?? Thanks again...

Well, thanks to you all, I learned enough to pick up an Open Road on ebay. Of course, one hat is not enough so I am scouting the waters for a Homburg. So, on ebay I see a poster from the past...

Thanks to all who commented and for the thoughtful discussion that followed...

Hello all...new member here. I have always liked hats but never knew there was such a world of collecting and knowledge out there. I own several but not a one of them is of the quality and caliber of the fine ones I see here. I have a question, the search for an answer caused me to stumble...