This must have been a second or some kind of unsold stock, as you can see, all the marks have been stamped over to obliterate them.
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Mallory Teardrop Porkpie
This hat falls somewhere between a c crown fedora and a porkpie. It has a back bow and dates from the late 1950s.
Cavanagh
I found this one at a Maryland Hospital charity shop for not too much. I don’t find too many hats at thrift shops. Suits, jackets, coats, yes, but hardly ever hats.
This is a pretty standard stingy brim, but since it’s a Cavanagh, its quality is top notch.
Barcelona- made in the USA
Velour finish Barcelona hat, probably from the ’70s or ’80s. Made of imported furs. Medium width brim- tapered crown.
Mallory Aristocrat
This hat dates from the 1950s- post Stetson buyout. Similar to the Stetson Whippet in dimensions and trimming. It looks like this hat had a factory blocked crown as opposed to coming open crowned.
Brent Airlite
This was the first fedora I got off eBay, I think the second thing I got off eBay at all, after a ’50s diner matchbook. I wore it to Alaska, but didn’t end up keeping it too long after that.
Borsalino Victor
It says Borsalino, but didn’t seen quite up to regular Borsalino standards, even for lightweight rollers. I had this shipped over direct from Italy from a dealer who had great hats and insisted on shipping them all in envelopes. Always required a lot of work to get them looking like hats again, and not like pancakes.
Marathon
This marathon has a classic color scheme- gray and champagne. The ribbon is fancy, but somehow makes it more casual.
Knox Homburg
Not just fine- Superfine!
This hat runs the casual end of homburgs. Brown, front dents, rust colored binding. I got this and a similarly colored Stetson Flagship in trade for a thin ribbon 1950s Mallory, which suited, and fit the client much better.
Size 8 long hair Royal Stetson
This is the second biggest hat I’ve had in the collection. A whopping size 8! It dates from the 1960s.
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