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  1. suitedcboy

    Felt hat basics

    Horsehair!! Nylon is too rough on the felt. A new white or bleached horsehair shoe brush works well for light colored hats and is not hard to find or expensive. Black horsehair brush is fine for dk hats. There may be some risk that black brushes have dyed hair that might transfer to a...
  2. suitedcboy

    All You Need to Know About Hat Etiquette

    Ryan, A question for you. Do you see men in your area wearing fedoras? It would seem that even if hat wearing is rare you would still be attracting some attention to yourself and your clothing. The attention should lead to questions and those questions would lead to referrals to the men's...
  3. suitedcboy

    New Federation - Help

    I have purchased hats over the years that were too large, I wear 7 1/8 but some are tight so I will buy 7 1/4 also. Sometimes the 7 1/4 are TOO big. My solution that has worked for me far better than the foam is to use a strip of cardboard cut 1 inch or so wide and the correct length for the...
  4. suitedcboy

    The Changeling - Great Hat Movie

    Great! The trailers and clips shown by talk shows looked to be of a movie a TFL member would put on their must see list.
  5. suitedcboy

    Pouncing???

    OK, I stand corrected but now the image is a bunch of kittens licking hat bodies with their coarse tongues. Some industrialist figured out that sandpaper expense could be spared by employing licking kittens!! Far worse than kittens jumping on hat bodies repeatedly!
  7. suitedcboy

    Pouncing???

    I have seen the word "pounce" used to describe a step in hatmaking that I understood was the process in stretching and shaping the hat body onto the rounded shape piece (block) used to get hat sized. But I think about the fact that I had a Resistol fedora that was a "Kitten Finish" model and...
  8. suitedcboy

    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    I've seen westerns for sale in retail stores with that clear hologram label that I took as a measure to stem counterfeits. Most of the Hatco outlet hats I have picked up in the Garland store had holes punched in them in the rear sweatband.
  9. suitedcboy

    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    The store can order (or at least could in the past) the 100X and up westerns in those plexiglass displays and sell the hat with it. Dern shame that one had a high crown and a cut down brim. those proportions do not work for me.
  10. suitedcboy

    movie hats that inspired you...

    I lay a lot the blame for my interest in fedoras the Greenhornet.
  11. suitedcboy

    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    Lefty, that is a great find. A great hat and with a unique box and a ton of historical connections.
  13. suitedcboy

    Help!

    There are a lot of things that used to be proper that aren't today. Many I wish would return. Many I hope stay in the past. Hat etiquette came from somewhere in the past. I have read that removing a hat indoors was done because a hat was considered protective gear and wearing it indicated you...
  14. suitedcboy

    Fedora's Are Going To The Dogs.

    I've seen that look on my Golden's face when I subject him to something I think is very cute or funny and he does not share my feelings..... Great Pic!
  15. suitedcboy

    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    What is the light colored Stetson? Silver Belly or Ivory or ? WHat quality (X count) IS IT?
  16. suitedcboy

    Johnny Fedora's Penman Hat Co. Fedora

    Feeling stupid here now, I do not know what "COW" or "CoW" is when it isn't a four legged mammal that runs around in my pastures and bears calves.
  17. suitedcboy

    A Hat Renaissance?

    So you think the other person looks fat in their hat??????? (I couldn't resist, the little devil on my right shoulder was screaming a whole lot louder than the little angel on my left shoulder...)
  19. suitedcboy

    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    No on the jacket. Both of those hats are nice as unique examples but not for me. I can see their place as a casual headwear. I like Hombergs but when I try one and look in the mirror it is not for me. A bound edge is great as is a raw edge for my wear.
  20. suitedcboy

    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    I agree. Not to disparage anypne who loves the stitching but I would have to wear a cowboy suit with fringed gloves and a pair of pop gun revolvers in order to feel proper with that hat.........
  21. suitedcboy

    Passing Indy's Hat

    Indiana Jones and The Temple of We've Done This To Death
  22. suitedcboy

    The idea that hats keep you cooler...

    I think most of us would agree, it is not so much about keeping you cool as it is about making you cool...............
  23. suitedcboy

    during the golden era what was worn at a horse farm

    The movie SEABISCUIT is a good place to see typical gear of the era in east, southeast, midwest. The attire, except that of the big money horse owner, looks much like the previous post with photos of the ranch/farm in Arkansas.

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