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  1. M Hatman

    HATTERS, CLEANERS, AND DYERS!!!!!

    1948 blotter.....expensive hat!
  2. M Hatman

    Ask a question, get an answer

    I have highlighted the relevant text of the OP. The answer depends entirely on whether the crease is pressed in or not and if the hat is sized ( starched) like a western....... Regardless of age if the crown is stiff (can be the case on even true vintage) and the crease is pressed in.....then...
  3. M Hatman

    Show us their hats!

    I have found scanners do not work well with tintypes and other 19th century photographs....somewhere I posted a side by side and the scanner picture was extremely washed out looking nothing like the original image. Some of the tintypes especially are also delicate and cannot even be placed on a...
  4. M Hatman

    Show us their hats!

    Taking with my phone...so hard to do...will give a try though.
  5. M Hatman

    Show us their hats!

    Yes, corduroy was invented in France almost a hundred years earlier. It became quite popular in the mid-19th century over here for sporting, casual and work cloths. As private purchase it became popular among several officers (of both sides) for riding trousers and coats. General Buford of...
  6. M Hatman

    HATTERS, CLEANERS, AND DYERS!!!!!

    unmarked Circa 1880 card with place at bottom to stamp "your store" information....
  7. M Hatman

    Hat Stretchers

    I want one (or five)!!!!;) Fantastic!!!!
  8. M Hatman

    Show us their hats!

    This one is Circa 1865. Love the plug hats and pipes. I like to collect photos of guys drinking and smoking, primarily before 1890 (so tintypes, cdv's and cabinet cards). Again sorry for the starburst but a flash provided the clearest copy.....
  9. M Hatman

    Western, anyone?

    Wear the western over the stingie OR wear the stingie on the western.....or a big stingie........................the best of BOTH WORLDS!!!!!:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
  10. M Hatman

    Western, anyone?

    Here is a man proud of his hat! From my collection.....
  11. M Hatman

    Walking Sticks & Canes.

    Cross posting this here as it is posted in: https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/show-us-your-vintage-flask.110819/post-3009352 THIS is what is made when a person says: "I want a heavy duty custom stick, and a plain shillelagh just will not do, oh and I have this heavy brass sort of door nob...
  12. M Hatman

    Christy's of London

    Yes just like the torn jeans still sold today, "we beat up your hat so you don't have to".:rolleyes: ;)
  13. M Hatman

    Christy's of London

    Circa 1910 23 pages More Here: https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/hatters-cleaners-and-dyers.99090/post-3009358
  14. M Hatman

    HATTERS, CLEANERS, AND DYERS!!!!!

    Circa 1910 23 pages.....here is most of it. Front Back Most of the middle.... AND even they have a "Dakota"!!!!!
  15. M Hatman

    Show us YOUR Vintage Flask!

    THIS is what is made when a person says: "I want a heavy duty custom stick, and a plain shillelagh just will not do, oh and I have this heavy brass sort of door nob Lion head thing. Can you make it?!?!?!?!?" Unmarked, Unknown date............sort of craftsman style. Very well made. Brass head...
  16. M Hatman

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    Digging on that wonky crease!!!!:)
  17. M Hatman

    Show us their hats!

    For sake of JBS.....a life size bronze from Stetson University. And an image (without the hat......).
  18. M Hatman

    Optimo Book "The Art of the Hatmaker"

    If you have to ask...you cannot afford it!:D :p:p:p
  19. M Hatman

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    Plus 1
  20. M Hatman

    Ask a question, get an answer

    Oh....and do not forget Fathers Day will be here soon too!!!;) Ad from 1946

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