Thanks guys. I’m getting a small pile of size 7 hats. Maybe I can trade them to @steur for a nice 7-1/2 LO Homburg in brown.
I like the way you're thinking! Pin-heads to the rescue
I like the way you're thinking! Pin-heads to the rescue
It does look like a gorgeous hat and in a nice blue grey colour to boot. Now I only have to sift through my collection of hens teeth to look for a 7-1/2 homburg in brown! Never mind the LO bit, which does not exist this side of the Atlantic.
But hold on to the thought and do not adjust your set....
Absolute shame about that hat! Looks wonderful. What decade was it made?I was having a bad week, but a hat was delivered today! This is usually somewhat stressful as my wife never knows until the box hits the porch. Her anger is offset by the joy the hat brings me.
Not today though. No hat joy at all as it doesn't fit! I did my due diligence, but still have a size 7 hat in hand (and I'm a 7-1/2 or 7-5/8).
Ugh... (and it is nicer than the photos show)
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I need some advice with this Borsalino on Ebay. I don't want to take up too much of Stefan's time. Can you guys advise me?
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/223006420438
What are those small dark holes on the ribbon? Are they from sewing the ribbon or the sweatband? And the short white line in the lateral view? And the picture of the tag under the sweatband that has the numbers 195087? Does that mean the hat was made in 1950? On August 7? Or does that have nothing to do with anything? And it has a windtrolley... Does that place it in a particular time period?
It says "Qualitá Superiore". I have seen some Borsalinos that say "Qualitá extra extra superiore". Is there like a ranking of Borsalino quality grades, and where could I read about them?
Thanks for your help. I dislike not understanding things. I hope you can instruct me.
Like I told Stefan, if any of you ever needs to understand anything about dentistry, feel free to PM me.
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I concur with my fellow collector Daniele, who has both the benefit of being a collector of fine hats longer and actually lives in the country where this one was made. This is not a vintage hat, not by lounge standards anyway, but a fairly modern one. That being said: it will still have the quality of a borsalino. To my mind it's priced too high and certainly higher than I would pay. But it is a bigger size than mine and it has a shark gill bow, so there's that. Make the seller an offer I'd say.The Borsalino, showed, was made in 1987 specifically for the American market
We are in the historical period in which the original property had sold to two Italian families who carried on the management of the company. The products of the period are of excellent quality and also excellent in some cases. Keep in mind that the production of Borsalino has always been, even now, many, indeed many hats to meet the needs of the markets
It is a homburg with the distinction of having a pleated ribbon that is not very common in the production of the house of Alexandria.
From the photographs I can not see the details you want to know the origin, if you want to be more specific by showing me the details, I can, maybe help you.
Borsalino has never had a precise classification in its products and the shape, felt denoted the price. The various stamps such as 5X or 6X and also the various words Extra repeated or other words are almost always marketing indications. The numbers with the X are expressly for the American market, no Borsalino sold in Europe or other countries reports such indications. On the quality of felt I can say that except for surprises in those years Borsalino had a very good quality, like now for some hats.
Your trusted hatter Optimo seems to have "studied or done his apprenticeship" in Italy. I would guess in Cappellificio Cervo for the shapes of hats that are the least "American" of all those other hatters in the US
Molte grazie, Daniele.The Borsalino, showed, was made in 1987 specifically for the American market
We are in the historical period in which the original property had sold to two Italian families who carried on the management of the company. The products of the period are of excellent quality and also excellent in some cases. Keep in mind that the production of Borsalino has always been, even now, many, indeed many hats to meet the needs of the markets
It is a homburg with the distinction of having a pleated ribbon that is not very common in the production of the house of Alexandria.
From the photographs I can not see the details you want to know the origin, if you want to be more specific by showing me the details, I can, maybe help you.
Borsalino has never had a precise classification in its products and the shape, felt denoted the price. The various stamps such as 5X or 6X and also the various words Extra repeated or other words are almost always marketing indications. The numbers with the X are expressly for the American market, no Borsalino sold in Europe or other countries reports such indications. On the quality of felt I can say that except for surprises in those years Borsalino had a very good quality, like now for some hats.
Your trusted hatter Optimo seems to have "studied or done his apprenticeship" in Italy. I would guess in Cappellificio Cervo for the shapes of hats that are the least "American" of all those other hatters in the US
