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  1. jlee562

    Resistol LBJ & Resistol Lyndon B. Hats

    Yes, I saw one of them at the Sixth Floor Museum a couple of years back. Absolutely a Hatco OR.
  2. jlee562

    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    You and me both. I believe we've yet to see one with the actual Boss of the Plains die imprint.
  3. jlee562

    Optimo south side mobsters

    Yes and no. The $1250 heirloom felts are true silverbelly (that is, just the belly fur) that are dyed. That's not the same as a 'regular' beaver body. Optimo also decatizes their hats for better durability.
  4. jlee562

    Optimo south side mobsters

    I don't recall the exact year they switched over, but at a certain point, they started using all beaver felts (not withstanding runs of mink and what not. Mine is from 2011, and though I don't necessarily have any documentation to prove the fur felt content, I am quite certain mine is a...
  5. jlee562

    Help me find this hat?

    I really don't care what your preferences are. You're the one that seem to have a chip on their shoulder about it, so much as to bring it up out of the blue in this thread. My comment was only about how hats were historically made as you made quite a broad, blanket statement. As this thread was...
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    Help me find this hat?

    The Brass Rooster hats may be demonstrative of vintage felt density, but being as they were finished by Brass Rooster, not so much indicative of how vintage hats were finished, nor representative of how a factory fresh NOS hat would have been. Some among us have come to use "soft hand" to refer...
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    Help me find this hat?

    NOS to what time period? We are sometimes guilty of over generalizing, but that is more due to the fact that it's hard to speak about specifics beyond decades as units of measurement. There is something to be said that just by the sheer fact of age, any hat we handle today is not exactly as it...
  9. jlee562

    Western, anyone?

    I don't know if it's necessarily the best, but Adobe's Photoshop Camera app is free and pretty easy to use. This is the one of the"vintage" lens filters.
  10. jlee562

    How do you like your sweatbands?

    I don't know if Tim's are treated or no, but I like them alot. Very comfy to wear and they look and feel high-end.
  11. jlee562

    Ask a question, get an answer

    JJ has been almost perpetually on sale since the Pandemic. https://jjhatcenter.com/collections/stetson/products/the-stratoliner-special?variant=10922234692 25% off this weekend
  13. jlee562

    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    Hey, that one was sold from my neck of the woods. Unfortunately the store closed a few years back.
  14. jlee562

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    Ahh yes, the exclusive Wolfbrae "Marble" finish! It's an upcharge!
  15. jlee562

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CA-aj_-gaBX/ http://dalexs.whitvani.net/hat/hatpage.html
  16. jlee562

    Ask a question, get an answer

    Check with Tim @purebeaver on Instagram. Or etsy.
  17. jlee562

    Hat monogram initials/letters...

    This user was last seen in 2013. Several hatters have a Cummins initial machine to produce the initials.
  19. jlee562

    Brim Cutter?

    Another endorsement for Rick's brim jack (and hand tools)
  20. jlee562

    The Resistol Roundup

    Just western styles, here is their current catalog: http://www.hat-co.com/perch//resources/f20-resistol-no-prices.pdf
  21. jlee562

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    HI MagicMan, Check out the hat making threads we have going for resources and links: https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/hat-making-learning-millinery.57311/ https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/the-conversion-corral.22306/ Your posts might be merged into existing threads, the mods...
  22. jlee562

    What is this hat?

    I wish I could remember where I saw the promotional video for Christy's that incidentally showed a Lock sweat die... I'm not sure if the whole line comes from Christy's, but at least according to this 2012 report from Permanent Style's visit to the Christy's factory, they "supply" Lock and...
  23. jlee562

    Collector or Consumer?

    I am reminded of this scene from The Last Man on Earth: By a strict reading of the OP, I fall in the consumer side. I only buy hats that fit me and that I intend to wear. It's not uncommon among collectors of things to have a few extra special ones that don't come out every day, and I would...

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