http://www.ebay.com/itm/272137394486
This vintage hat was made by Borsalino for the export market. It is a size 7-3/8 with a 1-7/8″ brim.
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1920s Borsalino Fedora
http://www.ebay.com/itm/272104264055
Here’s another one that’s been in my collection for a long time. This Borsalino was made in the 1920s, with a classic straight sided crown, nearly flat brim and wide ribbon with a twisted knot bow. Made for the export market, this one has an unreeded sweatband with a laced, crimped top edge and was sold by A.L. Rafuso of Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is a 7-1/4 with a 2-1/2″ brim and 5-1/2″ crown.
Bone colored Borsalino
http://www.ebay.com/itm/401054895408
This vintage fedora was made in the 1950s in Italy by famed hat maker Borsalino. It is made from lightweight rollable bone colored fur felt. The hat has a zig zag stitched brim edge and a narrow brown ribbon. It was sold originally in Italy by Mascotta
Brown Borsalino thin ribbon fedora
http://www.ebay.com/itm/401054901272
This vintage fedora was made by Borsalino in the 1950s. This was the first real hat I bought, about nine and a half years ago. It’s been sitting in a box for the last seven or so of that, so I suppose it’s time for it to join the store stock up for sale. It is made of lightweight brown fur felt, and likely was sold as a roller in one of Borsalino’s triangular hat boxes when new. It is an export model, evidenced by the English on the sweatband. It has a moderately narrow ribbon with an elastic wind string and narrow binding. The hat is a 7-1/4, with a 2-3/4″ brim and a 5-5/8″ crown.
Borsalino coconut straw fedora
This fedora was sold by Borsalino within the past 20 years or so. It is made of Coconut fiber, with a red and blue puggaree. It is tagged a size medium and measures out to fit a 7-1/8.
7-1/2 Borsalino Homburg
http://www.ebay.com/itm/271202841266
This vintage homburg hat was made by Italy’s premier hatmaker, Borsalino. It is a classic, understated homburg style, with a relatively wide brim and beautiful soft fur felt. It was made for the European market and sold by Fratelli Cevini, P. Borsa 4, Trieste. As such, it is sized in the European “Punti” system. A “Punti” 7 equates to a US 7-1/2. While the felt and trimmings are in great shape, the inside of the hat has some issues. The reed has come through the reed tape, and stitches are dropped around the sweatband, so I would recommend replacement. The liner’s crown protector is missing, and there is a hole through the tip logo.
Size: 7-1/2
Brim Width: 3″
Ribbon Width: 1-3/4″
Crown Height: 5-1/2″
The Anatomy of a Fedora
For those of you looking at buying a fedora, for those of you reading my listings wondering- what does this all mean? What part of the hat is he talking about? Here you are.
Customer Shot- Schwartz and DeLuca
Jackets, hats and ties by Vintage-Haberdashers.
Left: linen/silk belt back, borsalino, ’30s travel themed necktie (not seen)
Middle: Pincord three button jacket, striped bow tie, Clear Beaver Stetson.
Borsalino Homburg
This one was cleaned and re-blocked by Art Fawcett before I got it. It’s a fantastic Borsalino, but it was always just a bit too small to wear it comfortably, so I let it go. Somewhere along the line, the brim binding had been removed.
Borsalino Mink 40
A high priced hat when new, this Borsalino didn’t make its journey through time the best. ‘The sweatband had gone kind of crispy, the hat had lost its oval block and turned into a circle, and the mink fur felt had a weird greasy feel to it. When I got it, it had a fitted vinyl rain cover.
