Recent content by Francesco1992

Hello dear Stefan and thank you so much, as always, for your kind comment and answers who are always expected with impatience, as well as Daniele's answers. In the past I had already thought about an old replacement of the ribbon but I did not gave so much importance to it; I was certain I had...

Good evening (here in Italy) everyone and very pleased to meet you again with my next Borsalino Fu Lazzaro. This time I want to show you a very particular model that, unfortunately, lost its label who knows where in the last decades, and so we can’t have fun documenting its features and...

Dear Stefan, thank you so much from the deepest of my heart! The passion I have for pre-war felts is huge, and even bigger is the passion for the G.B. Borsalino Fu Lazzaro production (this is mostly thanks to you guys obviously! :D). I think this factory produced some of the best quality hats of...

Hello everyone, hope that you all are well and have had a happy Christmas with your families and relatives. Today I want to show you one of my latest G.B. Borsalino fu Lazzaro finds: a superb example of the production of this house. Spanish market (I think one of the few if not the only one...

Dear Matt, thank you so much for your big appreciation. I had never considerated this idea before but it could be an interesting opinion: the individual marking of the hats would be one of the most reasonable explanations of this strange fact. I don’t think, in the case of the brown hat, that...

Hello everyone and thanks for your kind and as always very interesting answers that I had the big pleasure to read on my last post. Exactly as promised, today I am going to show you the other Borsalino Antica Casa that came together with the black one I showed you some days ago. Same absolutely...

Hello everyone! Hope you all are good. Today I am posting here one of the latest finds which I consider one of the most valuable finds of this last period. I want to show one of two Borsalino Antica Casa that came together in my hands: the one I am going to show is the black one, the other (the...

Hello everyone! I am not been writing since long time because of the fact that I have always little time (sigh!) to dedicate myself. Hope that all of you are good and that also you are going on with your historic hat hunting (fortunately I'm going on having the time for it..at least). With this...

Hello, Today I am going to post my last find: early Borsalino "Marca Colombo", grey velour felt and "sugar paper" blue hatband, Size 5 French Punti. The brim is very narrow but the crown is very high anyway. Color code is "Nizza", model name "INDUSCA". It was sold from a very important hat shop...

Hello again, Today I am showing you my last find, a real wonder: Borsalino Antica Casa - Italian market - "Qualità Superiore" ca. 1935/36 (one of the earliest of the period 1936-1953 label), beautiful stringed sweatband and edged brim, unfortunately in a small size 3 1/2 French Punti (54cm) in...

Hello Steur and thanks as always for your fantastic comments that show so a great passion and competence. I am sure that it can certainly be done as you stated, but unfortunately here in northern Italy there are very very few hatters left today that could do it. I would not know who I could ask...

Hello! Today I’d love to show you one of the most interesting bowler hats I have. This is, I would say, a 1930s Gibì Borsalino fu Lazzaro bowler which has also got a particular felt, that I would define “rougher” and maybe stiffer than the felt of the other bowlers I have. It was produced...

Hello everyone, I do not want to disturb the very interesting Brent's post here, but since he would love to know the time period of his wonderful hat, I will post something here on the (almost) same topic. I have recently found this superb Trionfo hat in black, size 6 French Punti (59cm), which...

Hello everyone again! This time I would like to show another G.B. Borsalino fu Lazzaro hat from my collection with which I hope to delight you all. This is a wonderful G.B. Borsalino fu Lazzaro roulé hat in a very fascinating (and rare, I think) green that was produced for the French market. It...

Hello dear experts and collectors! I have a question for you all today. I have recently picked up this wonderful hat in a huge size 7, produced for the French market. It was sold by the “chapellerie Pons” in Lyon and it is wonderfully preserved. I have washed it, cleaned it, I sewed the ribbon...