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  1. majormoore

    FedoraFest IV

    Now that is funny, Art and I had a wonderful time this weekend and we really had fun today ( Sunday) just horseing around in the shop. " You better give me one of those special Dove hat bodies!!!!!" Major Moore
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    FedoraFest IV

    He and I got into (XXX) it this evening , great photos, love the one of us "Two Cone Heads" those hats were pulled on the 6 1/2" tall Carlsbad blocks, Major Moore
  3. majormoore

    FedoraFest IV

    John, just wanted to say thanks for taking these photos, it is great to see Art and I having fun together working on what we love doing side by side in my hat shop, Thanks Major Moore
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    FedoraFest IV

    That will for sure be a real half breed, hope each that came had a wonderful time, I know I did, also glad to see old friends and meet several new ones, Art and I had a blast working together as one well oiled team both days, I look to him as a peer and as a very good friend, he had I shared...
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    Allie-Maillard Conformateur

    Let me know the price , I may want another one. Major Moore Buckaroo Hatters
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    Heart attack {Chief000731 Carl}

    UPS shows the hat arrived Wed at 1 pm and left at front door. Major Moore
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    Heart attack {Chief000731 Carl}

    The hat is all most done, brim has been sanded, sweatband sewn in, name stamped on sweatband ( Chief) will sew the bound edge on Sat. and the vintage Air Force Blue 16 linge hatband ribbon / bow on, and will flange the hat Sunday, hat will ship out via the UPS to you on Monday. Major Moore
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    Heart attack {Chief000731 Carl}

    When I get back to the hat shop on Friday evening, will get the brim sanded down really nice, will then decide the color for the bound edge and hatband ribbon, Sat morning will sew sweatband in, then stamp his name in the sweatband, will flange the brim and send the hat to him next Monday...
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    Heart attack {Chief000731 Carl}

    Do not worry, send me the size and color and style and I will make the hat for free.. Major Moore
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    The Bowler or Derby Hat

    The hat we made for this customer, is a two tone , meaning we take two hats and end up with one hat, also the bound edge on the hat is a old vintage 12 linge ribbon that has a stripe in the middle . The hat was a 7 3/8 RO, I tried it on, a little big, but I liked the way it looked even on me. I...
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    Photos of hatters tools

    Brad, I do not heat them, I dry flange, meaning I iron the brim while on the flange with my cloth pulled over it, mist the hat and iron, place under the sand bagger and its over with about 30 min. later. You can use a wire heater, but most fires in a hat shop were due to the sand bagger, you...
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    Photos of hatters tools

    Brad. I made one years ago from a small wash tub, a pulley and some handles, it worked really good. Get a wash tub, turn upside down , make a 5 inch hole in center, put a handle that is large enough to go from side to side of that hole and bolt!!! it onto the tub. flip the tub over and place a...
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    BUCKAROO BONANZA! - The Hats that Major Mike Moore Makes

    He has a 3" wide bound edge brim on this hat. Major Moore
  14. majormoore

    Allie-Maillard Conformateur

    How much you want for it? Thanks Major Moore
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    News from Major Moore [Akubra news]

    I wish I did not have to have my web site going thru a 2nd person to make changes and updates, I wish I knew more about how to do these things on the web site. So I have to have others help me, I am trying to redo the web site to be more user easy, just hang in there with me on this. I do have...
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    All You Need to Know About Hat Etiquette

    I take mine off in church, barber shop, at home for the first time, or at the movies, all other times it stays on my head, I never wear a nasty or dirty hat in any place to eat or drink, as stated in alot of other post, 99% of places have no means to hold your hat safe, I have never had a place...
  17. majormoore

    Roll out your Rollups.

    This is something I have been playing around with, it will be made in the shop, first hat color is still up in the air at this time. Major Moore
  18. majormoore

    Vent holes on my VS...

    Very nice looking vent hole pattern, would love have that tool or buy one, can you make another one?? Major Moore
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    Photos of hatters tools

    Buler, outstanding keep finding these old sales catalog sheets, I would love to see more of what you have or found, it sheds info that seems to be lost. Major Moore
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    Hat Store Images

    We made Rocky's hat about 3 years ago, it is a 5 3/4 crown with a differant Gus that we do, the brim is 4 1/2" wide with a wide bound edge and a pencil curl on the brim, the hat is 100% beaver western weight. He wears this hat every day, very rarely will he not have this hat on, if he does not...

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