Thanks handsome [emoji4]. I so agree it's a brim up. It just does not work down. My next conundrum is to pinch or not to pinch. Kind of works both ways, but the jury's out at the mo.
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1930s Stetson
Don't tell him! That will drive up the price when he decides to sell it [emoji33]
It looks a lot like the Leisure Light you sold me. Shorter brim, maybe.1930s Stetson
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I wish it had its "selv-edge", the brim was probably cut down
but boy oh boy, it's crazy light. I'm going to compare it to my stetsonian featherweight when I can
pretty close! similar colors. I will compare it to a similar era Stetson I have when I can. i'll do measurements as well
I try to be fair. that photo, its awesome. no kidding when you say this one looks similar.
1930s Stetson
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i'm going to condition it, but Hope's aren't high. it looks like it was glued back into the hat in some areas. if I do have it replaced i'll just put the sweat away for safe keeping
Great hat, Max. It's easy to get carries away when bidding sometimes, but sometimes it's inevitable. Palladio is one of Borsalinos' best colours.Ignacio conformed and reblocked five hats for me today.
First, my XXXXX Borsalino MGL. It is a different one from the one Bowen gifted me, and it ran a bit small, so Ignacio added a bit of sweatband. Fits like a dream now. The liner and sweatband are pristine, as is the felt. The bidding went way too high for this one, but I am still satisfied with it.
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Quite the parade of hats again, Max. Having Ignacio might be both a blessing and a curse for you.Fifth, my second OR Twenty-five. I got the first in my Moonhaul, the second from eBay.
The second was riddled with moth nibbles, and it had a snake skin band, complete with the rattle. Not to my liking, and besides my brother in law took the band off before bringing it to Mexico, to avoid complications with Mexican customs at the airport.
Ignacio doesn't have a wide selection of vintage ribbons, so he installed this one as a temporary, until I can buy some new ribbons on Etsy.
All the nibbles are gone now. He also reblocked it and conformed it.
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I could not resist buying this Battersby, which I picked up today at a huge flea market fair in Copenhagen. It needed some tlc and still does, but I hope the difference after some cleaning and steam can be seen.
The brim is a whole 7cm. I thought it was a Homburg when I first saw it. It's very soft though, so not a Homburg. The brim can be shaped (not snapped) down to create a fedora. It just doesn't quite look right as such.
The trim is, for the main part, on the underside of the brim.
The shape, felt, size, style and Battersby liner logo suggests to me that this is a hat from the early 1900s. I'm thinking 1910s. Am I right? Is it a kind of Homburg, fedora, Lord's hat, or perhaps even a poet's hat. Whatever, I like it.
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Very nice catch, Steve. You'd be amazed how the hat can come back to life with a good deal of TLC (repeated brushing and steaming mostly). I think it's a curled brim hat, quite common before the war, and I like it better without the pinches; seems more balanced that way. Impossible to date precisely, but quite the find! Congrats.Thanks handsome [emoji4]. I so agree it's a brim up. It just does not work down. My next conundrum is to pinch or not to pinch. Kind of works both ways, but the jury's out at the mo.
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Another winner, Justin.1930s Stetson
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