Recent content by Nikolaus23

Here is the Szaszi Homburg, black, about 1975 (despite the different label), additionally it says Perfekt (no more labels beneath). I bought it as a 58, Szaszi says 56,5/57 (which confuses me). It has one small issue I didn't even notice - but the Szaszi owner saw it in the second. He said that...

I just bought two Szaszi hats. This one is a grey fedora with a black band. As I live in Vienna I thought I contact the current Szaszi owner Shapira (with the expansive hats). In short: I visited him for nearly one hour, he was really very very nice and cleaned and steamed both hats (the second...

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And here is my second post: I'm searching for more information about Viennese hatmaker Szaszi. And I'm talking about the old company. Sure I know that store and workshop in Mariahilferstraße still exist and that guy is making maybe the most expensive hats in the world. Shapira says on his...

Hello, I'm new to the FL and relatively new to hats. I just bought my first real hat at Huvuds (Mikael does fantastic work) and I found this semi-vintage Austrian hat. The guy who sold it to me said it's rabbit - I'm not experienced enough to say that 100%. It is at least sold by an Austrian...