Description: Here’s an EXCELLENT 1950s Mallory Black Homburg, Size 7-1/8. It’s a very high quality BEAVER! This is definitely of Mallory’s highest quality hats they ever made! The hat was found inside the box unshaped, with an Open Crown. It’s was easily hand bashed with a center dent, then hand bashed into a pinched crown, with you a touch of the fingers! We considered rating this as a TwentyFive because it’s just as soft and thick and pliable as the Stetson TwentyFive that we have sitting here in front of us but dad says to rate it as a Twenty to be very conservative! It is easily hand bashed into a pinched crown fedora but we have left the shaping with that center dent (dad did steam in the center dent, it could easily be removed and left as an Open Crown, just write to us) only. If you’d like it steamed into a pinched crown please write to us. Since we were looking at some of dad’s Stetson Beaver hats we took down one of his 1950s St. Regis Homburgs to compare it to. Now there is NOTHING wrong with these Stetson Homburg hats but they are all Beaver Fifteens! The Mallory is just a much higher grade of beaver! The original size on the tag states “7” but this measures to a PERFECT 7-1/8, at 22-3/8 inches, see last picture and read below. We wrote New with Defects because it appears to have never been worn. But if it was worn it wasn’t worn but a handful of times and put away. Perfect leather sweatband, NO a moth bites, liner is completely secured to hat and a faint signs of yellowing from age. It’s a fantastic hat! No loose threads! The grosgrain ribbon is perfect! This is easily “hand bashed” into a pinched crown but So many folks have asked dad if he will steam a pinched crown (see picture to get an idea how it will look, that’s just pushed in so it will be steamed into the hat and the lines will be better defined once it’s steamed into the hat) into the hat? Dad will do that if you write to us after you buy the hat. If you look through dad’s other listings you will find a couple that he has already done that to, they are really beautiful. It’s just the classic, black color with a perfect black grosgrain ribbon. It’s so very rare to find these in such excellent condition! Please look at all the pictures of every angle! There’s nothing to hide! Note as we were taking pictures my grandson did see a tiny issue under the brim. There is a very tiny surface rub or maybe it’s a few grouped surface moth bite chews. See picture he took afterwards. It’s not seen and very tiny! The beaver is very very soft and thick. We compared it to dad’s own 1950s Stetson 3X, Ten, Twenty and TwentyFive. The best fit was the Beaver TwentyFive but we will be very very conservative and rate as a Beaver Twenty, it’s just so very soft and thick and so easily “bashed” into a pinched crown. Note: the Mallory box is available. This box is still in great condition with the original hat holding insert set. Just a bit of minor paper wear but well worthy of storing, displaying and shipping! We offer the hat box as an extra. Many folks do not want to pay for the extra shipping and cost of the hat box. If you want the hat box please write to us. It will add $50 to the overall price, which includes the extra shipping cost. NOTE shipping outside the continental USA is without the hat box. If you want the hat box you must write to us so we can adjust the weight and size. The original Godfather hat. The hats worn by gentlemen of POWER, WEALTH and PRESTIGE. Every Old western had the Barons of the land, cattle or bank or mayor wore one. Every business man of power wore one on Wall Street to bank owner. Every Italian Boss or Family head of family wore one. Dad loves these and that's why he has so many. There was that Peacock feather in the bottom of the hat box. It’s not in great condition but since it was there we left it and you can see what it looks like because we added a picture of it. Please write if you have any questions. We actually measure each hat 3 times to verify its size, tagged or not. This is tagged 7 but that period of time there was no hat sizing standardization. We did measure the hat though 3 times and its measures a perfect size 7-1/8 at 22-3/8 inches. We use the 1970 Standard Hat Size Chart, which is what all the big manufacturers agree upon and is still in use today. These old vintage hats were very well made! Please write us if you have any questions. Details: Color Black The picture of the whole top (looking down) is to dark and the picture of the whole underside is to light! It’s a medium gray color though. Size 7-1/8 or 22-3/8 inches or 57 Length 12 inches, then it has the curl Width 10.4 inches Height 5.3 inches Brim 2 inches, includes the curl Grosgrain Ribbon - Black - 2 inches Black Coat Trolley String, secured to the hat and functions properly Take a look at dads other great vintage hat he has listed, we try and list couple each week. If you have any additional information or corrections, please write us. This is just a really great hat! We Carefully packaged and ships though Fedex. Local pickup is always free. Ship with Fedex or USPS priority mail, whichever arrives quickest. Both costs a couple dollars more but they are very reliable and they do not crush or damage boxes, also much faster too. We do not make an profit on shipping! Please see our 100% Ratings and very excellent feedback. Dad has collected hats for a lifetime and there are 100s of them, on shelves, stacked in closets and spare bedrooms. We are slowly listing these special hats weekly. We stand behind the eBay garentee and have NEVER had and issue with returns. We ask you to verify your hat size before you buy and we supply the maximum amount of pictures but if you need anything please write and ask. No Smoking - No Pets Thank YouNOTE: when we ship Dad’s hats out we use strong shipping boxes and each hat we ship is FULLY INSURED and we are no longer going to handle broken box insurance claims. We discovered that one buyer crushed their shipping box and asked for a hefty partial refund. The shipper sent us a picture of the box sitting at the front door and it was NOT CRUSHED? We also discovered that because we were NOT in possession of the box it was impossible for us to file the claim. So now and in the future all claims will be handled by the buyer of the hat or item we ship. Again we ALWAYS carefully pack each hat so it will not be crushed in a good strong shipping box. There are always some Bad Apples around who make everyone’s life impossible! It not fair to the rest of the GOOD FOLKS but it’s a fact of life these days! If you have any questions please write to us. Thank you for your understanding.
Price: 142 USD
Location: Miami, Florida
End Time: 2024-11-10T13:24:59.000Z
Shipping Cost: 19.2 USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: Mallory
Pattern: Solid
Department: Unisex Adults
Occasion: Casual
Size: 7 1/8
Color: Black
Style: Homburg Fedora
Material: Beaver
Fabric Type: Beaver Twenty
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Vintage: Yes