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    hat in Exorcist

    Lee Cob wears a beautiful brown fedora in this movie (I just re-watched it): does anyone know who made it?
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    Grosgrain wrinkles

    I wrinkled the ribbons on a few of my hats by stacking them. How do I remove the wrinkles?
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    More Questions than Answers

    A little, yes.
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    More Questions than Answers

    Feltfan, whether I mention him or not, doesn't matter, he writes me just the same (and has, just now). Thank you for these answers. I am working on photos right now, actually, because I knew I would be asked about this. You all misunderstood my questions, my fault for not being clear but...
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    More Questions than Answers

    Okay, I have six hats, 2 from Art, 2 from Gus, and 2 from Optimo. Art once said he dreads being a person's first hatter and I see why, I needed several hats to figure out what I wanted and what I felt looked good on me, basically a 1950's model with center dent and not too high a crown. Art...
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    Why do you wear a fedora or cap?

    I am pretty new to hats and the reason I have been wearing fedoras is that they are the most beautiful headware for warmth and make dressing for the chill so much easier. I switched my wardrobe to spring a while ago and the weather has been quite chilly but my hats balance everything out and...
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    Changes to Custom Hat

    That Savoy is beautiful. I completely agree with you about evolving tastes. At some point, my taste meets what looks good and hopefully then I have found my sweet spot. In general, like a house style, Art dials the crown up, while Gus dials it down, and when you order, you have to be cognizant...
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    Changes to Custom Hat

    Art you will be happy to know that Charlie reserves the choicest insults for me, not you. You are a liar and a cheat (just), I am homosexual ("not that there's anything wrong with that!"), a fool, etc. I swear, I get the urge to understand his messages every fiftieth, I just have never seen...
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    Changes to Custom Hat

    These messages are hypnotic, not at first, but by the fiftieth or sixtieth. But the temptation lies in understanding more about hats. For example, the writer criticizes the pouncing: is this because the hat is made with a long-har felt (which I requested)? What is "sealed?" There is a lot of hat...
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    Changes to Custom Hat

    Staying calm and absolutely neutral, can someone translate this criticism of the "too tall hat" (I receive these messages frequently by private email): "David that hat is about an inch too tall for the brim to work with it. It also is just made on the wrong block as well but that is common...
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    Changes to Custom Hat

    the too-high hat a comparison shot
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    Changes to Custom Hat

    You are right, I apologize, I need pictures. And I have not tried re-bashing it, that is why I posted, I am looking for suggestions, and this is a good one. Which is the bash that will most give the appearance of lowering the crown? For example, I wonder about the bash in Spellflower's avatar...
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    Changes to Custom Hat

    I have 6 hats now, 2 from Art Fawcett, 2 from Gus Miller, and 2 from Optimo. I have developed an understanding of what I like and what looks good on me. For example, I sent one of the Optimo hats back to have its brim cut down, and Graham idd it and it looks perfect on me now. Art, poor Art...
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    pgoat runs the batsakes voodoo down.....

    I think I did, if you look for my posts you will find them.
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    pgoat runs the batsakes voodoo down.....

    Nonentity has some interesting points, but were everything he wrote absolutely true, there would be no point to ordering bespoke anything, and I can tell you that is not true at all. If anything, the reverse is true, there are a few off-the-shelf items I like but mostly I prefer bespoke. As...
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    pgoat runs the batsakes voodoo down.....

    This is where I realize I do not know anything. The hat depicted in this thread looks both in shape and felt, like the hat I had Gus make me from a picture of a hat from the 1950's, aside from the bash. I remember commenting that I did not like his felt as much as Art's. Well, I verified with...
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    New Gus Miller Custom "Bogart"

    So far as Gus is concerned, this is not true. He also uses "vintage" bodies that he has left over. Whether these are in any color but gray, is unclear.
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    New Gus Miller Custom "Bogart"

    First, I have no size issues, either my head is perfectly round or it shrinks to fit! Second, you guys are killing me with the hats. The hat Gus made for me is nice but its felt is not nearly as nice (to my touch) as the felt Art uses, plus, whatever house style Art has trouble departing...
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    New Gus Miller Custom "Bogart"

    I contacted Gus, and apparently he can make me any hat that I want, so long as its grey and looks exactly like the Bogart hat! Seriously, he is very nice, but REALLY difficult to deal with over the phone!
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    Great story on NPR...

    Centofanti is an awsome tailor. I am sorry I could not buy more clothes from him, I neither have the money nor the space in my closet! He is also a very, very nice man.

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