Recent content by Wangenheim

It only seems to be a ladder stitch from this side. But the thread doesn't come out on the other side of the brim (as with any hat). That's the thing (unless as I said they covered the seam by refelting).

That would be a nice option to sew it "behind" the hat band so to speak. But as the sweatband is unreaded, there is no such flange attached. They did it somehow different. I even considered, that they stitched through to the top of the brim (where some kind of line is just visible) and then...

As I try to resew an unreeded sweatband and searched for instructions, nobody seemed to adress, that there are two seams. There is one seam going around the underside of the brim (which mysteriously dips inside the felt), and a second one which connects the sweatband to the first seam. The...

If I search 1904 in the Book, I only get a sentence that someone became director and vice president :( But there are many magazine ads at Ebay from the 1910s (if the dates of the ads are correct), when their logo was "E. A. Mallory & Sons".

Didn't find anything about the company other that it supposedly was a mining company :D But could you please explain why 1904? I thought 1919 was the date when the Sons vanished.

By chance I shot a Mallory Fedora from at least the 1910s (size 57). Just as the quoted post it has a sweatband with circles all over imprinted, but the color is dark grey. The Mallory logo says "Mallory & Sons". Unfortunately the liner and all the labels behind the sweatband are missing. But...

And what do you want to tell me with these measurements? I myself have hats with these. They are totally in line with this "transition period". What about "But of course it's only one criterion" are you not able to understand? Is this some kind of: I want to misunderstand you, so I can tell you...

That indeed is the same illustration. And at the first glance this seems to be a late 30s hat with a small brim. But if you look how far it protrudes on the left, it's clear, this is pretty much. It's just the arkward perspective that fools us. And secondly, it's a bad way to date something from...

That's great information! So my guess early 30s was not so bad and it could be earlier. The only thing why I doubt it is earlier, is the thin hat band. That doesn't look much 20s to me. But of course it's only one criterion. Ah, ok, the others are not German (The last one ist pretty much the...

Only one other? Interesting. The picture, that you had back then was not very sharp. Maybe they where located in Machland and the "M" stands for Machland, but my hat definitely has the label "Hochland" (and as far as I can see, it is the same as back then). I have a closer picture here: As you...

The second hat, as I said, is a Hückel Prima Size 57. The hat band here is only 4 cm, the same as my Hückel Crystall Velour. The brim is 5.8 cm (front) and 5.2 cm (sides), so a little bit more than the Crystall Velour and less than the G.J.M. above. That leads me to think, that it may be early...

Today I have two black Velour hats, that are somewhat compareable, but I think two posts will be cleaner. The first is a G.J.M. Hochland (Bavarian or Austrian?), but not sold as such, just as a standard mall hat, as the sweat band is marked with "Echt Velour", not G.J.M (the same with the...

What a gorgeous color! Envy incoming : D

So upset of being wrong? Sorry for that. I postet a couple of hats in the past. Feel free to look it up. But that seems to be another childish reaction, not a real wish.

I think Steur is right, when he says: "The perceived waviness comes from folding the front of the brim down, fedora style, which is not how this hat was constructed and was meant to be worn."