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Sure will... I'm in Turkey now and know that customs will hold this hat forever on its return trip. So my next door neighbors are going to London the middle of March. They would be happy to take it and pick it up when it's finished, and bring it back in April. So it's a little bit of a wait...

I sent this note and pictures to Lock & Co. The emailed me back in less than an hour. "Hat-Smith" said He would be happy the fix it for me, at no charge. To please send the hat to them. Wow!

Hi, I bought my Lock & Co Sandown Trilby 10 years ago and love it dearly. I'm beside myself and would love to get your advice. I've kept the hat cleaned and steam it on occasion and brush it. I've worn it almost daily but never pick it up by the pinch. Although from shaping it the pinch area...

Oh no! Double pneumonia!! Poor thing...hope she gets better quickly. That's no fun. Hat looks great though. Should lift her spirits having you guys there

Wow, what a great looking hat. What year is this one?

New Doria Panama.... Not a very fine weave, but it's very lightweight and the coolest hat with a brim I currently own. I don't know enough about Panamas to say anything else....};^))

My new Doria Panama, in a Fish Restaurant in Southside Türkiye on the Med.

This is from the opposite Coast, but really captures the times I believe...

The above are a couple things, but I can think of similar situations at other locations that better represent the birth of Be-Bop.

Then need a good felt on, more than ever. That's one thing I loved about Seattle...I really needed my fedoras there...could rain at anytime.

Oh, thanks for the reply. But...I'm in Turkiye these days, and was thinking of going to Frankfurt during the Holidays for a few days. German eggnog and Schtoller...So, Frankfurt is much closer now days than Seattle, };^))

There's a possibility I might be in Frankfurt Germany for a week in December. Is there a good hatter there? I need a hatband restitched in one hat, and another could use a good steaming a maybe a reblock. I know there's a Stetson Frankfurt Store, but do they have a hatter there? I called but...