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  1. jlee562

    Stetson Pinnacle Beaver Fur Felt Fedora Hat

    Well, yes, it should be 100% beaver. The liner is meant to tuck under the sweat band, so unless any of that unevenness is showing, I wouldn't worry about it. I think your NOS assessment is correct. More recent versions should have the "Excellent Quality" liner.
  2. jlee562

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    All you need is a bolo tie!
  3. jlee562

    Derby, Western, Fedora...a Venerable Legend, THE Stetson 3X...BEFORE 1970!!!!

    50's possibly early 60's 3x OR. A bit of an odd duck, wider sweatband; embroidered liner; oil skin tip liner seem to indicate 50's, but when it arrived, it had a square black paper tag. That thingie was hanging on by a thread and eventually fell out. This one is more of a wearer than a true...
  4. jlee562

    Western, anyone?

    "Belgian Beaver" seems to also have been a Stetson color offering similar to "light sand" according to this ad that was also from Miller Stockman...IIRC I think I pulled this one from a 1935 catalog in the Miller Stockman thread. I saved this ad because it was the closest I could find to my old...
  5. jlee562

    Western, anyone?

    Cool hat! I had no idea Dusty had a hat line.
  6. jlee562

    Ask a question, get an answer

    I have no hard data for these conclusions, these are just thoughts of an overthinker: I feel like since I arrived, the custom maker market has increased its presence in the lounge and in real life. IMHO, it might be worthwhile to delineate the hat forum into vintage and modern. Even if that...
  7. jlee562

    Ask a question, get an answer

    The Puggaree - derived from the Punjabi word for Turban - refers to a pleated cloth wrap that is most often found on straw hats and slouch hats. The origin is apparently a British adaption of what was going on in India during Colonial times...
  8. jlee562

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Industrially grown hemp is not anything anybody would want to use as a cannabis substitute. It makes a pretty nice hat! I prefer the wheat straw used in Milan, but the newer made hemp straw hats are also a good value for their price point.
  9. jlee562

    The Open Road Guild

    I'd wager the current Royal Deluxe is better quality than something from the 70's-00's.
  10. jlee562

    Ask a question, get an answer

    Try https://www.thomasfarthing.co.uk
  11. jlee562

    Darken a Panama Toquilla

    I am just spitballing here, but I would think you'd want to dye the hat body before it became a finished hat, because a finished hat will have some amount of stiffener applied. then if you dyed a body, you'd need a block to shape it back uo, or have it professionally reblocked. I know the...
  12. jlee562

    Optimo south side mobsters

    Website shows Milan at $395, panamas start at $595.
  13. jlee562

    The Open Road Guild

    That one is fairly modern. If it were me, I'd hold out for a 50's or 60's one.
  14. jlee562

    Looking for hat information?

    Can't tell you anything about the brand, but that's just a stingy brim fedora, not a bowler.
  15. jlee562

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    That cap fabric is fantastic! Didn't have a chance to post this yesterday for Fawcett friday, but I took my VS playboy out for the day.
  16. jlee562

    Winchester Hat Corporation -- Making the Felt

    Not exhaustive, but this may also be helpful?
  17. jlee562

    Optimo south side mobsters

    Lovely! I think you'll find it a surprisingly versatile color. It's in the same family as Optimo's oxblood and a popular color from Winchester called Black Cherry that many members here have had hats made up with. The ribbon is something else too. When they first added that color to the website...
  18. jlee562

    Hair Spray to Stiffen Felt?

    I dunno, I just think of you want to stiffen your hat, buy a hat stiffener. It's not like Kahl and Scout stiffener is hard to track down. I can't imagine there's any big mystery about scotchguard, spray it on. Others have noted in past threads that it changes the feel of the felt slightly.
  19. jlee562

    Hair Spray to Stiffen Felt?

    Gel? I don't think you want to put hair gel on your hat. Hair spray is used by some as a substitute for stiffener.
  20. jlee562

    Ask a question, get an answer

    cheap way? Heavy books. "Recommended" way, brim press: https://strattonhats.com/products/accessories/brim-press/

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