Pelushe

[squid]

My Barbisio longhair. Qualita Extra. Marked on the reorder label as TALPA (mole). Has the non plastic lining cover - obscuring the Barbisio badge below.

bk

That is a great hat. I've been looking for a nice Barbisio, buy they either aren't my size or go for more than I can afford.

When we lived in Sicily my wife and I would drive into Catania about once a week for pizza. We went to a tiny pizzaria in down town, then the gelateria around the corner, and finally to the Barbisio shop to admire the latest window display. They didn't have an impressive hat section, but I did get a great deal on a linen suit at the end of the season.

 

[DOUGLAS]

BK ,The patern on the crown is the same as mine. It is most beautiful. That corregated feature is great for allowing sweat to run without damaging the hat and good for allowing air to flow.Shame about the torn sweat.

 

[Terry Lennox]

Geeze, now I have to go get a long-haired hat too!

Those look great fellas!

What a great find!

 

[feltfan]

Barbisio

I like that Barbisio. You don't see many of them.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I wasn't sure about the Barbisio until i got it. I love it. As i say, it desparately needs cleaned up - i chose images that don't show the dirt.

Yes, pity about the sweatband ...

bk

 

[BellyTank]

Corrugated...

That corrugated insulator seems to be a '40s Borsalino thing.
Earlier and later ones don't have it- At least the later ones don't and my '30s one didn't- but my '40s ones do...

Seen my '40s Borsalino Angora..?

Similar to yer Barb.

B
T

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Don't recall your Angora Borsa. Do share!

Funnily enough the 30s borsa i just had resized has the cork ...

bk

 

[Visigoth]

Douglas, I'm dying to see the final bash you put into that Peluche. Do post photos...

 

[MattC]

Borso vent appears later

I've got one borso with the vent that also has a Cav. edge. I am pretty sure Borso did not make them before the war, and hat definitely has a post war look about it.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

My late 20s/early 30s Borsalino has the corrugation ...

bk

 

[feltfan]

corrugated sweat

I've seen that corrugation on the sweat band in Borsalinos
through the 70s. I have older Borsalinos that don't have them.
One thing I have noticed is that the "roll up" Borsalinos don't
have them, for obvious reasons.

 

[Matthew]

Silk finish?

So,

This looks exactly like a "silk finish" I see on some new Stetsons, specifically the Hampton. Is that the case?

How well do these "silk finishes" hold up in the rain?

(Will my Hampton be ruined?)

- Matt