Recent content by M.M.

Remember this one? My grandfather gave it to me years ago. It was too small and rather worn. I posted it on this forum (link) and @belfastboy proposed to restore the hat and make it fit. See the stunning results below! First some pictures from the workshop of belfastboy (with permission)...

I got myself a new one! (It's addictive, isn't it?) It feels really light (85g on my kitchen scales), it's quite hairy, is very shapeable and has a thin supply leather sweat band. There's no liner, and the logo in the crown I haven't seen before, browsing through the lounge. The paper label is...

Thanks Steur! I initially did a quick search for FC de Hosson, but didn't find anything. Inspired by your finds I did some searching through the archives of Leiden newspapers and found some more information. The menswear store was called 'Windsor' and run by F.C. de Hosson between 1943 and...

Thanks for your replies! If I measure carefully, I think it needs to go up one good size. Perhaps that can be done. I'll send Belfastboy a PM!

Hi, I'm new to the lounge here, but I've read a good number of pages and gazed at a lot of beautiful hats. My grandfather gave me a hat years ago, probably 20 odd years, when I visited. I plucked a hat from his hat shelf and he told me he wouldn't need it anymore. He passed away years ago...