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My Blue Heaven
It's all a bit jumbled because we are mixing modern and older terminology. But for example, if you look at the early 1900's Stetson Catalog that Justin shared with the lounge, none of the hats listed are described as either "fedoras" or "cowboy" hats. All the "Stiff hats" are Bowler/Derby... -
The hard-to-find or unusual Hat Circle
Hand dyed Oxblood from Black Sheep, only one! -
Hat Liners, love or hate them!
Hatter's Supply House and Leko also sell generic liners. I have some excess silk that I plan on sewing up soon too. I generally prefer a liner. I have a few unlined hats for variety, but I did liners. -
The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD
Looking at the current Borsalino lineup on their website, there's only three hats that have "beaver" in the name and even those hats are beaver, hare, rabbit blends. Funnily enough, one of them has a product code of e400001 -
My Blue Heaven
To be pedantic about it a fedora is, by definition, a soft felt hat. In the old days, industry terminology delineated between "soft felt" and "stiff felt" hats, the latter comprising of Bowler/Derby hats primarily. These days there are fewer options for felts, but they generally fall under... -
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Yah, kinda SOL on that Borso. It's very modern. You can try matching the brim width and crown height to their current catalog listings. We know the model names of older Borsos because they used to be printed on the label. Other than that, your guess is as good as any guess someone here could... -
Akubra Color Palette
That was not my experience with Carbon grey, which has a slight blue undertone. I didn't find it to be anywhere near black under low light. -
Project hat - Stetson Skyhawk
That ad copy is wild! That guy just screams "nonconformist." Nice work on the hat though. Always nifty to match them to the vintage ads. -
Hats on TV
Optimo just posted on instagram that they have been making hats for the Fargo TV show. I hadn't checked it out, but maybe I will! -
Hat making?? Learning Millinery..
Yup, he does. I recently inquired with him as well. I was all set to order some more blocks before the impromptu move happened and the block money went to new furniture. Maybe next month! I have a lightweight rabbit body that I got from Art that I'd like to try the BOP treatment with. -
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Hat making?? Learning Millinery..
Perhaps you can get a better answer out of Jerzy. I asked him if a certain block would suitable for a Boss of the Plains profile, but only got "This is set for creating your own hats. You can cut the width of the brim as you wish." I have no idea what his system is, so I passed. -
Hat making?? Learning Millinery..
I've only tried the RA brim curler out once, and there's a good possibility I'm doing it wrong. But....it's not the most effective tool. I think I'm going to get one of the GMB ones, I know @belfastboy has spoken highly of it. It was from Art, it's called "Green Belly." The pink undertone is... -
Hat making?? Learning Millinery..
that's the cypress FEPSA. So easy to work with, it felt like cheating. I might snag one more as well if Tim still has some. I bought a moonshine right when he announced there would be no more. I'm waiting to build that one until I get a good 52 block. I may just order another Randal Alan for... -
Hat making?? Learning Millinery..
For posterity: I utterly forgot to document the making process in any real way, which I regret, but will do so in the next build. But here's the hood: Finished hat: -
Hat making?? Learning Millinery..
Apparently? I've only built the two hats from the one Randal Alan block, so perhaps I am speaking out of turn, but that's how it worked for me. I have a 57cm block and made a 56cm sized hat. -
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Hat making?? Learning Millinery..
"Size 60 prior to sweatband installation" means finished size 59, it's a distinction without much differentiation. Ideally the block should be 1/4" more than your actual head measurement, this usually means one size up from your hat size. Yes, you need two band blocks, one the size of the... -
The Herbert Johnson Poet
Huh, I guess I forgot about this thread. But there are updates on the HJ poet saga. To be academically precise, these are new narratives, not necessarily new documentation, but here is what HJ is now presenting on their site. On the Poet block... -
What degree of rake do you prefer?
The 'ghost crease' on my Real Nutria is like that: -
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IIRC, that particular Borso was discontinued. Penman also makes hats for Spader. http://www.penmanhats.com/pop-culture.html -
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Guessing that such a hat might indeed find an audience in Nashville where some folks might be more accustomed to western felt. But if anything, I wish my Premier Strat was softer!
