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DeeLuxe Steve. What a great piece of history for your collection. If the hat could only talk.......
I see the same - Very Deeluxe
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DeeLuxe Steve. What a great piece of history for your collection. If the hat could only talk.......
Josh, Fantastic! This an early (just after JHS was nationalized) Tonak (Novy Jicin / Neutitschein, Czechoslovakia) probably late 1940s early 1950s. The Velour color and finish are magnificent. Where did you find it?1930's/1940s Dunn Co (Tonak) Zephyr Seal Velour
I got this one a few months ago from ebay UK. The felt is extremely lightweight with a gorgeous color that changes from a light lavender to a light silver gray in the light. This hat was sold through Dunn & Co, but further investigation under the sweatband reveals that it was actually made by TONAK in AUSTRIA. Its a US 7 1/8 which translates to a UK size 7.
Wonderful, Josh !
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Josh, Fantastic! This an early (just after JHS was nationalized) Tonak (Novy Jicin / Neutitschein, Czechoslovakia) probably late 1940s early 1950s. The Velour color and finish are magnificent. Where did you find it?
Josh, It's a real beauty! This one is from right after JHS was nationaliked as Tonak. Daniele also found a early Dunn & Co. / Tonak Zephyr Seal Velour which he kindly gifted to me. Dunn & Co. / JHS relationship went back to at least the 1930s and Tonak continued the relationship after WWII. I never considered JHS, AP and BB Czech companies. The factories were technically in Czechoslovakia post WWI but their ownership remained the same with connections to Vienna. Tonak was technically a Czech company but the this hat was made with JHS know how.
Sure gets my seal of approval - magnificent!
Josh, Thanks! I am fairly certain Janyška & Cie. played a major role once JHS was nationalized. They were a Czech based company that was founded in the 1920s nearby Valašské Meziříčí – Krásno . I actually have a few hats that are marked Tonak but were made at the Janyška & Cie. factory.Thanks for the awesome info, Steve! I have always looped the major Czech hat makers in with Austria because the quality and craftsmanship is identical. After the war, so many borders were redrawn. The quality of the hat is superb. Not quite as fine as the 1930's Huckel velour that I once owned, but definitely 100 times better than anything velour that the Americans or English were producing at the time.
Dennis, Thank you! Good to see you back! Hope all is well.Steve, I have yet to find anyone with a collection as fine and as extensive as your German and Austrian traditional hat styles. Thanks for taking the time to share with us....Dennis