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  1. humanshoes

    Tabletop Hatters of The Lounge

    Welcome back to the hat biz Sage Brush and welcome to the Lounge. Good leads here from Mustang Mike. On the very rare occasion that I need additional stiffener I use the ready made stuff from Leko. I bought a gallon 3 or 4 years ago and still have most of it left. I don't know what the hat...
  2. humanshoes

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

    I have a little left over. Just sayin'
  3. humanshoes

    Ask a question, get an answer

    Here's an awesome little chart from A.A. Callister. It shows some of the basic cowboy hat style bashes, but of course, the varieties are only limited by the wearer's imagination. Her hat appears to be a modified Dakota style bash.
  4. humanshoes

    OTHER THAN eBAY Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    Good question Doc. I may resort to making my own out of silk single cord ribbon that I can readily source.
  5. humanshoes

    OTHER THAN eBAY Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    That was me Jack. I've struck out everywhere I've checked so far. Even Mark at Hatter's Supply in Colorado couldn't help me, though he did try. I would have thought it would be easy to buy rolls and rolls of that stuff, but I was dead wrong.
  7. humanshoes

    OTHER THAN eBAY Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    A black OR with a 5 3/4" crown and 2 3/4" brim with a narrow binding would be sweet...and doable. Kind of like my black cherry OR clone, beat up and dirty in this pic. The brim is only 2 1/2" on mine but I had a 1/4" to spare.
  8. humanshoes

    OTHER THAN eBAY Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    Your crown height would be no problem in a dress weight. The 3" brim would most likely not be possible. What color are you looking for Jack? I can check my stock of hat bodies for you if you like to see if there are any with larger brims.
  9. humanshoes

    Phoenix Hat Company

    Thanks Ryan. I'm with you on the hatband. That's why the cloth thing is removable.
  10. humanshoes

    OTHER THAN eBAY Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    In 7 5/8 I can usually get to a 2 3/4" brim with an open crown between 5 3/4" and 6" in a dress weight. I've made more than a few just such hats for Brent and others. 3" brims are western weight territory, although, light weight western bodies are generally available in natural and black...
  11. humanshoes

    OTHER THAN eBAY Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    Not strictly true Hurricane. I've had good success getting close to a 6" crown with a max 2 3/4" brim in the dress weight if I order the body a size larger than the intended hat size. It's more work, to be sure, but often doable. Unfortunately Winchester's largest size dress body (double yellow...
  13. humanshoes

    OTHER THAN eBAY Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    Whoever she was she had my instant respect. Chopping wood and making cowboy hats. Doesn't get much better than that.
  14. humanshoes

    OTHER THAN eBAY Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    Too bad you missed that one Bob. Also, thanks for sharing that excellent video. I don't know when it was made, but those hat bodies appeared to have less shellac in them than our overly stiff, modern offerings. Makes me long for the way things were.
  15. humanshoes

    Phoenix Hat Company

    Here ya go Ryan. Last pic is without the funky mattress ticking hatband. I had to know that there is a decent hat underneath there somewhere.
  16. humanshoes

    Western, anyone?

    Thanks DD. I promised only a reasonable facsimile.
  17. humanshoes

    Western, anyone?

    Divergence is an excellent term to describe this one Doc. I had to make a special brim block to get it even close. I think the costume designers for the series probably just said, "let's make this hat look like he sleeps in it".
  19. humanshoes

    Western, anyone?

    Thanks Doc. Probably won't win any exact replica awards, but it was fun to make.
  20. humanshoes

    Tabletop Hatters of The Lounge

    So cool that your daughter shares your passion for hats. When will she begin her apprenticeship? Thanks for the info on the binder. I was still considering ordering one from TAC, but, for $700, I want it to work first time every time on any and all ribbons I choose to throw at it.
  21. humanshoes

    Tabletop Hatters of The Lounge

    That's a beaut CWV. Excellent work. I'm curious, did you use your machine for the binding?
  22. humanshoes

    Phoenix Hat Company

    Not to worry Brent. I did try to stay true to the original, but underneath that removable fabric hatband is a nice 1" grosgrain ribbon with a frayed end bow treatment. Two hats for the price of one. So, who's this Nick guy? Is he a hat maker? ;)
  23. humanshoes

    Phoenix Hat Company

    Thanks Ryan. I'll shoot a few more pictures and post them.

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