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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
Last time I drove that route towards Knoxville, I left Crockett at midnight, then went east to Nacadoches and was in Shreveport before dawn.. not a bad route, just not real exciting -
Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
US 59 is basically being upgraded to eventually be converted to an Interstate northeast out of Houston. Pretty soon it will be extended into Louisiana where youll be able to jump onto I49 and zip up to Shreveport and i20. Currently you get ALMOST to the Louisiana border and then have to take 59... -
Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
I based the shaping using my Akubra Lawson, so I can use it on up to 4" wide brims. Its a heavy chunk of lumber, but it sure simplifies brim ironing on non snap brims -
Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
This was a perfect hat for the ironing brim block I made a while back. Found pictures of such Ironing flanges in an old hat repair manual, but had never actually seen on in real life... so I made one. Perfect if you like the outback brim down all around instead of a snap brim. Think this ones... -
Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
Im in Crockett, Tx. Find Centerville about 1/2 way between Houston and Dallas on I45, then take right and go east 40 miles or so. One of the best grills here (Davy Crockett Bar and Grill)has all fresh made stuff ( no prepackaged plastic food.... Monstorous Catfish filets, great Ribeyes... -
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Akubra Overload
Amazed me as well.... All three times it went from Sydney, to Chicago, to Dallas to me here in the middle of nowhere East Texas within 7-8 days.... I cant get things here from Houston 90 miles away in less than two weeks lol -
Akubra Overload
There a Salvation Army Store online in Australia (think its called SALVO?) where I found a couple Austrailian Only market Akubra hats, or hats in colors I hadnt seen over here. They list on Ebay pretty frequently. There is another Austrailian thrift store named Buddys.vintage that lists on... -
Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
We have pretty decent BBQ, Beef, and Chicken Fried Steak here in East Texas! -
Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
Just in case you ever make a drive to Dallas or Houston, drop me a line... we can meet somewhere for lunch ( Im halfway between the two) Rick -
Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
Sometimes I think I should just make regular trips over to Lufkin to the big Goodwill Inc. store instead of dealing with shipping on ebay -
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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
Good luck! sometimes they get thing in suprisingly fast once they find it -
Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
Was this the missing hat? Sometimes I dont watch the shipping tracking... too nerve racking. A couple years ago I had some equipment coming from Connecticut to Texas... It went to Atlanta, to Dallas, then LA, then Kansas City, then BACK TO Conn! USPS never technically lost it since they always... -
VINTAGE/ANTIQUE HAT STRETCHERS
I got the plug and cord cleaned up and it looks a lot nicer now. I m glad the heating unit works fine, but I now that it looks better Im happy to use it without heat and avoid potential disaster. The design on the base really does look cool after a bit of cleaning -
Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
Big relief... the tape / glue spots on the brim are just about gone. Looks way better with about a pound of dust brushed off! This should end up pretty nice. Really soft felt, really comfy fit, and I love the color -
Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
Mailman just dropped off my latest ebay gamble. A Graphite color Stetson Soverign Firenze. My first thought was " thats a mighty slim box" lol. The dog thought is was a strange shape for a hat box too (either that or there used to be something with a strange smell in the box lol) First... -
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What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?
Going to be a muggy hot friday. Time for some Stevens MilanWeave love -
VINTAGE/ANTIQUE HAT STRETCHERS
Time to expand our hat related knowledge! Does anyone have a solid guess for the age of this J&L Hat Stretcher? Its cleaning up nicely, and functions great, but there are no dates or patents listed anywhere. No plastic anywhere... all metal. It looks to me like the power cord may have been... -
VINTAGE/ANTIQUE HAT STRETCHERS
Woo hoo! the J&L stretcher came in today. Works just fine... just needs a bit of buffing and cleaning -
What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?
Today the new-to-me caribou Temple got the duty -
Hat making?? Learning Millinery..
Someone may have posted this here before, but heres a link to a cool old hat repair manual. I bought a cd of this book online, but the version at this link actually has a few more chapters. Interesting read https://archive.org/details/scientifichatfin00erma/page/126/mode/1up
