Recent content by jeffgarf

Great to see the continuation on StingyMas. Glad you're feeling better. This is a really nice one.

Making it's debut here at the Fedora Lounge, I present an actual Cosmopolitan Hats of NY brown fedora. With a teardrop bash, a 4-4.5 inch crown and a 2 inch brim, this guy came to me as part of a $10, 5 hat haul from Goodwill. It is certainly vintage, as the best guess is that the company...

Coming later this PM

I am going to respond to this ancient thread for posterity and to record the information. I just received a fedora from the Cosmopolitan Hat Company of New York myself (15 years later). It seems that this company went out of business as late as the 1950's or so. It actually has a piece of...

How do you find the felt and the construction of the Sterkowski? I have wondered about them for a while now. Looks great on you, btw! Hope it is worth the value. I may pull the trigger one of these days.

So, I just got word that one of my go to hat stores, Hats and Hats of North Miami Beach (original sellers of the Porto Fino brand Columbian hats) are opening at least 2 locations in Atlanta, GA. The owner, in our email correspondence, mentioned relocating, but I'm not sure of the status of the...

Very nice work!

Right there with you +1

So, I heard from Steve at Bencraft, a former member here, that he says the hat was a Bollman-made Borsalino from the '90's. Based on the fact that the hat does not actually say "Made in Italy" on any of it's markings, I think he is correct. I still do not have any clarification on the...

Picked up this Bond Clothing fedora for a song a few days ago and I can't seem to keep it off my head. My wife even had to comment that this was turning into an "everyday" one. A nice gentleman, half a generation older than me, complimented me when he saw me wearing it and said it brought back...

I have a great liner guy on Etsy, is you like funky liners. He's great.

Akubra hats are fun to learn with. Check to see that this hat ever had a liner, as many of them do not, being rugged, outdoorsy types instead of dress hats. I have even lined and reshaped some of their outdoor hats into more dressy ones, as the felt is easy to work with once you get a feel for it.

Posted about this on the Borsalino Brotherhood thread because of the questions I had, but I think, regardless of the answers, this counts as a victory. Less than $100 on Poshmark, a Borsalino "Conti" (I don't know either), marked as Imperiale on the sweatband, usually an indicator of beaver fur.

So, I am sure this is not "vintage", but I recently picked up this Borsalino from a very willing seller, shown as a "Conti". I know every original seller can rename the hats they sell from Borsalino, as they wish, but I do not see any mention of a "Conti" anywhere on the web. The sweatband...

Do they say "Made in Europe" though?