I usually wear mine with side dents. Appears this one was worn that way from the start.
Mallory Ten, it'll need a cleaning (and maybe a new ribbon), but it's a great old hat. Wore it downtown to Henry The Hatter's yesterday. The Proprietor (I think?) Paul loved the hat, and complimented me (and so you folks here) on my hat knowledge (what little I do possess has largely come from here).
Quoted me $25 to clean (by hand, so as not to removed the gold printing from the sweat band, and no lining removal) and block the hat, another $7.50 for a new ribbon. Going to try to clean the ribbon here myself first, but it may end up there yet. Really enjoyed talking hats and hat history with him, and I think he enjoyed it even more!
Hat has a nice triple stitched overwelt, is in generally really good condition. My guess was late 50's to early 60's, Paul said he thought that was in the ballpark, leaning more towards the 50's. I need to go through some threads here to see about date details. Really like this one.
Welcome to the Lounge. What would you like to know? I too have a Borsalino "Silchi" sold by Juster Brothers, looks the same, but it is brown and dates to 1978. The Borsalinos of this period actually do have the production year on the sticker that is at the inside base of the crown beneath the sweatband on the side. It is a silk finish with long fur fibers some of which are drawn from the felt with a wire brush to create the texture.
