Yep, been there, done that, enuff said.... well covered before some folks ever came into the Lounge in this thread...
A hat model is a hat model based solely on the size of the ribbons, edge binding or raw....
The Lounge is sort of a virtual support group....but NOT to keep you FROM acquiring too many hats!
We are here to SUPPORT the hat industry, custom as well as factory makers & vintage resale....
You have a black hat, so you need a brown one & a light grey one & a silverbelly one & wider...
Silverbelly Premiere Strat delivered last night, so not 6 weeks, just about 3.
This is some lightweight felt. Sweat does not say Royal Deluxe, just Premiere Stratoliner is a cursive script with Stetson crest.
Crown holds dry crease of center dent with a front pinch well. Brim snaps down all...
I wear felt fedoras with t-shirts & jeans all the way to tuxedo. Lots of mine are thin ribbons which are "country" hats but do have some mid-ribbons that I consider "city" hats. I also have outback & western hats but no derbies/bowlers, homburgs, or top hats. I even wear some vented...
Ori Pfiffer plays the Israeli detective in Dig.
Not a good shot of him in the jacket but in episode I watched he actually zipped it up...
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2303783424/tt3597606?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_21
I resisted the square toe look for years. The Cutting & Reining show circuit went there quite a while ago. I was a dyed in the wool Justin Roper wearer for years then went to Ariat Hexcel Pro Ropers for all of my Reining horse show career, roughly 1989 to 1999. Wore medium/semi round toe up to...
I use steam but for major shaping, I just spray distilled water, crease it, let it dry, then steam it to set the crease.
The steaming will reactivate the shellac. Hope that helps....
I have given hats to key folks in my life, not really for any specific occasion except maybe their birthday...
Have quite a few Loungers that have bought hats to commemorate the birth of a child, so giving one seems like a good & generous gesture.
Most telescope westerns I see now are "gambler" style = like Stevie Ray Vaugh & Ronnie Van Zant.
You can luck into an old open crown western on ebay that you can easily crease to a telescope.
Or just see if a western store will get an open crown western
Tim Allen on Last Man Standing has worn a nice leather jacket but sitcom is set in Denver suburb.
Tim's looks like a Aero style.
Yep, character in Chicago PD does have padded shoulder jacket. Other character has a leather "Members Only" looking jacket.
Very 1960's looking. Check out Miller catalogs for that period.
Pecos model looks close
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?52929-Miller-Stockman-Catalogs&p=1896472&viewfull=1#post1896472
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