Grail Hats...Part one

[MattC]

A grail hat is a hat for which you searched...a hat you knew you had to have...here is my first entry...an off white Borsalino....ever since I saw Matt Deckard's first post about his bone Borso, I wanted to find one. A few months back, I bid on an off white "open road." And it turned out to be an off white Borsalion with a Cavanagh edge. I knew what I had to do...off to Chicago it went, where it lost its thin brown ribbon and acquired a marroon bow. Graham restyled it as a classic C crown, and here it is...its a bit lighter than it looks in these pics...

I love that it comes from the "Wise Hatter" in Miami.

 

[DOUGLAS]

That is a fantastic hat Matt:eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[RBH]

That is a fantastic hat Matt:eusa_clap :eusa_clap

I 2nd that!!!!!!

 

[The Duke]

WOW! excellent hat:eusa_clap

 

[deanglen]

I must admit I would have loved to have seen it with it's original thin robbon, but that aside, it's a very nice presentation!

dean

 

[feltfan]

Congrats

Very nice. I like the ribbon selection, too.

I'm guessing from the inside shots that it's a 1960s
hat. What do you think? Well within the era of
quality at Borsalino.

Thanks so much for sharing and enjoy!

 

[Feraud]

Very nice. It seems you chose wisely.

 

[Razzman]

That's a beauty Matt. I'm partial to the C-Crown. I really like the color.
Congratulations on a great find. :eusa_clap

 

[MattC]

Age and all

Thanks for all the kind words....I'm not too sure about age...it has the things I connect with the great Borso days...the little vent under the sweat in front and a cloth size tag, buttery felt...60s could be right..

 

[moustache]

I third that

I 2nd that!!!!!!

Can one third something??Hmmmm.
Oh well!!! I THIRD that!!!!

Beautiful hat.

JD

 

[Benny Holiday]

Off white with maroon ribbon

Nice colour combination MattC. Very nice indeed!

 

[moustache]

My grail hat....

would be a tobacco/darker brown coloured Borsalino from between 1935-1945.
A halfsize ribbon with 2-1/2 brim and 4-1/2" to 5" crown.
Still looking for such a creature.But the Dobbs that Johnnysan shows in his Dobbs#3 post is getting awfully close!!!
Ahhhh someday!!!!

JD

 

[art92101]

Nice hat!

It looks super. Is the original "mistake" listing still around? for posting?

 

[gdkenoyer]

ha! I thought that one of the COW folks had gotten lost when I saw the string topic.
nice hat! 8)

 

[drmaxtejeda]

Reviving an old thread...
MacLachlan Golden Beaver One Hundred

 

[drmaxtejeda]

MacLachlan Silver Beaver Fifty

 

[DaveProc]

 

[drmaxtejeda]

Knox One Hundred, part one

 

[drmaxtejeda]

Same Knox One Hundred, but these pictures are Alan's