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  1. Darrell2688

    Wolfbrae Custom Hatters

    That is some really outstanding work, Great Job for sure!!
  2. Darrell2688

    Hats listed on Ebay

    I just posted two hats on Ebay for sale, another Granite Gray with a Indy Style bash and a black fedora, both are 7 3/8" size, the Granite Gray has a vintage dark gray Grosgrain Ribbon hat band and the black fedora has a vintage blue Grosgrain Ribbon...
  3. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    Well I am still learning about hat making, my recent hat taught me a lot for sure, one thing is for sure, if the felt doesn't have enough stiffener in it, don't try to bash it into shape it won't hold and don't try to cut the brim down with a rounding jack, the felt curls in front of the jack...
  4. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    I received good news this morning from the customer that I made a hat for, first he wanted a black hat with a flat brim and a 4" tall telescope crown, I finished the hat and he decided that he wanted the crown to be 3-3/4 tall with a 1/2" pencil curl, I reshaped the hat and put the pencil curl...
  5. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    I recently put a pencil curl in the brim of a hat, I used a length of neoprene fuel line that was almost 1/2" diameter size and I had to work on the curl for a few hours and I filled my hand-held steamer 3-4 times, the customer is happy with it. It just took a bit longer to do to make sure the...
  7. Darrell2688

    Miller Hats

    I will only use leather sweatbands in my hats, I have had enough of the fake or vegan sweatbands. If a hat has a vegan or something other than leather I stop looking at the hat and I don't look at another hat being offered by the shop that has hats for sale with vegan or other wise sweatbands. I...
  8. Darrell2688

    Wolfbrae Custom Hatters

    That is some really beautiful work and adding some Panama straw hats to what you offer is a great idea, I was thinking of making something like that this past summer in Fedora hats for men, because there are farm workers that would be very happy with a straw hat for summer work. A couple of my...
  9. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    I u se a sewing machine needle and I wrap the thread around the pin in the handle to apply a little tension on the thread and I also use the pin as a guide, I keep facing in the direction that I am sewing. I have put the thread through the loop that is made on the back side of the needle, which...
  10. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    Thank you for the information, using a sewing machine bobbin in place of the metal bobbin that came with the Speedy Stitcher is another great idea. I understood the idea of turning the needle 180 degrees, the problem that I have is what loop to run the thread through, when I pull the stitch awl...
  11. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    What do you mean by a top stitch?
  13. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    I have The Speedy Stitcher sewing awl, it is the only one that I have found that will accept a sewing machine needle. I bought it on Amazon of course, there are other places that carry the same stitching awl. I need to do a bit more prcticing with my stitching awl, I keep running the inside...
  14. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    This is the first time anyone ask for a brim curl. As it started off the customer wanted a flat brim, then over the weekend he looked at a worn out short telescope crown hat with a narrow brim and a 1/2" curl, he is into live history reenactment, he takes part in the civil war reenactment...
  15. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    Thank you Randy, the fun part is doing everything by hand, I was using a wooden ruler measuring the height as I made the folds and creasing around the crown and then after I finished creasing the crown I used a small glass bowl to push up the center area of the crown, working all around the...
  16. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    I have been working on a hat for a customer that plays live history reenactments and he wanted a black gambler hat with a telescope crown 4" tall and a 2 1/2" wide brim, then on Wednesday he ask me to change the height of the crown to 3 3/4" with a 2 1/2" wide brim, then he ask for a 1/2" pencil...
  17. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    I reworked the rounding jack, the base is 7" long, however I cut down the ends so there is just a slight gradual curve, now it should work great on a long oval, the vertical section was to wide and that made it hard to hold onto and control, the vertical section with the adjustable center is now...
  19. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    Well it has been a while since I posted anything on the forum and I am making a hat for someone out on the west coast. A gamble hat, black color, flat brim, telescope crown and the crown is 4 1/8" with a 4 1/2" wide brim, I tried to make the telescope using the method posted on YouTube, but it...
  20. Darrell2688

    I put some hats on Ebay

    I just posted a fedora on Ebay, has the well worn look to it, 1-1/2" vintage brown Grossgrain ribbon. I am going to post some more hats as time allows, waiting on 2 more granite fur felt hat blanks to be delivered. I have one on a block now and a black hat on a 58cm block that I need to finish...
  21. Darrell2688

    Wolfbrae Custom Hatters

    The previous owner may have put the sweatband in off center by mistake or if he put it on then twisted the hat so the bow was at the 6 oclock position that would have made the brim warp just a little and tighten up on his head. Harrison Ford would give the fedora a little twist like that so the...
  22. Darrell2688

    I put some hats on Ebay

    I sold my western style smoke gray Justified hat last night, I shipped it out this morning on the way to L.A. California. I have two hats left to sell and working on two hats to list. I may have to come up with a name for my hats after all?
  23. Darrell2688

    I put some hats on Ebay

    Well my Ebay sales have went pretty good, I have one western style holster and belt left and 3 hats, I will be doing some work on the 3 hats before I list them again. I think that I have the option to relist after this weekend. I was surprised by the hats that sold first, but happy with the...
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