Very nice. I should make a picture of all the hats I have bought in Vienna in the past twenty years.
Very nice. I should make a picture of all the hats I have bought in Vienna in the past twenty years.
The pictures of the small tags underneath the sweat bands, I think, are for the price list and inventory and such.
You find them in party and military caps, too, and they are still used, for instance, by Oberwaelder in Wien, which has branches on the Kaertnerstrasse and Mariahilferstrasse.
The civil headwear is a good adjunct to the military headwear, too, as these things show the quality of manufacture as well as the techniques.
Context is everything and we enjoy as much of it as we can find, especially from smart, observant people with lots of empirical data.
Breiter in Munich makes no military headwear. I buy things there when I am in Munich, and they are phasing out the Trachten and traditional Bavarian things in favor of globalized junk as found everywhere else.
It is quite sad.
Slama makes caps for the Austrian army, as my Austrian friends here will remind us.
Concerning Slama: And for Austrian police (Mr. Slama is a nice man, ordered Vulkanfiberschirme with him - should go there - or you Mr. F.-B. - one day and ask him about past and present of his firm). Since the time the Austrian police changed to the blue uniform (giving up very old traditons of hechtgrau - Bundesgendarmerie - and flaschengrün - Bundespolizei - in favour of US-blue) the construction of the cap has changed insofar as there is no more leather sweatband but a detachable (velcro-fixed) terry cloth-like material on a patent leather sweatband (apart from the fact that the insignia is plastic, too - a shield like form, also borrowed from the US but, at least still produced in Austria)
Can only confirm what F.-B. says concerning Breiter - was there in the 90ies asking for visor caps (not TR ones!) and they eyed me as if I had asked for strychnine.
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Johann Hückel und Söhne made tropical pith helmets during the war.
My friend has a large box which once contained 10 of them:
“Show me the regulation, and I’ll show you the exception.”
Fort those with a lot of money for an investment: here you have the unique chance of getting a Conformateur (price is exaggerated in my opinion, yet if I had won in the lottery....): Alter Hut Konfektion
Last edited by ErWeSa; 02-28-2017 at 04:52 PM.
Thanks! I have many old Melonen.
http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzo...ion/#entry1113
Also Homburg Hüte.
http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzo...rg-collection/
Thank you offering to send me photos of your hats. I will send you a PM.
I don't think I am aware of this Hutmacher (it's possible I can across her but have forgotten). I will definitely look through the videos.
I got a chance to visit Gottfried Kiniger from Sillian a few years ago. He actually makes some of his felt. There is a great documentary film on him called "Der Hutmacher". If you want I can post it for download.
http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzo...ger-hutmacher/
I am aware of the Jewish Hutmacher (took over Szazi) in Wien but I have never held one of his hats. His prices are really astronomical!
I think I might have come across Hut Braun. There are still a good number of individual Trachten makers. I have visited a few of them including Hutkönig Regensburg.
I also visited Lembert Hutfabrik in Augsburg. They still have all the machines and blocks / flanges but only a handful of employees. It's like going back in time.
http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzo...brik/#entry423
Thank you for the information on Le Somail. I plan to do some hat tours in 2016 so will add this to the list!
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