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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
You asking us to give you information on a hat you posted for sale as your first post to the forum??? -
So whats so horrible about the new Stetsons anyway?
Swap out the thin ribbon for a mid-ribbon, Playboy style for a modern version of the Wanderer = NOW we're talking... -
Vintage versus modern ´quality´
I'm with Steve in that I don't care for WAR's or velours but don't doubt that quality is there & exceptional too. Again, if the powers that be didn't "standardize" the X system on even beaver content back when hats were at their peak, why would any other quantifiable standard get developed... -
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Vintage versus modern ´quality´
I have a different definition for "quantifiable" that you do... -
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Vintage versus modern ´quality´
For true, but for a quantifiable quality standard to be developed, vetted, accepted, etc., somebody has to invest serious time, effort & money...have not seen such a benefactor grace the Lounge since I've been a patron... -
Vintage versus modern ´quality´
There ain't no money in it, so it hasn't been done. Unless you are ready to fund it, it won't be done... -
So whats so horrible about the new Stetsons anyway?
Hey Jeff, Remember the Road Master? It was an Open Road, basically, out of "Natural" felt. Is it gone forever? -
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Vintage versus modern ´quality´
My stance is if it could be quantified, it would've already been done by now since the felt hat industry's heyday would've addressed it...JMHO Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk -
So whats so horrible about the new Stetsons anyway?
Westerns are a whole different topic...that is the money-maker for HatCo & gets all the love.... -
Vintage versus modern ´quality´
Quality = hard to describe but you know it when you see it, touch it, smell it, etc. You are looking for a quantifier for something that is not easily quantifiable. -
Vintage versus modern ´quality´
There are lots of posts on this topic but 1 point is undeniable, modern felt production does not & cannot produce the same type of end products the old methods did. It is just not economical. The economies of scale are not there anymore. In the vintage days, felters & hatter could let the felt... -
Ask a question, get an answer
Generally speaking, beaver fur fibers felt tighter than rabbit due to the physical structure of the fur fiber. They have more "barbs" so they lock together tighter, making the resulting felt more durable & water resistant.... -
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I know Winchester made some special order true, undyed, pure belly fur felt bodies for a Western hatter, VERY nice! Optimo sources their bodies from Fepsa Felt. I assume other hatters can source those pure belly fur felt bodies as well. Winchester makes an undyed 100% beaver felt body but is... -
Stetson Carson Silverbelly questions
4X Carson before they were discontinued... -
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What makes a hat expensive?
I'm sure, like sheep are eventually used for mutton, the vicuna are harvested for meat & pelts at some point...no difference that milk cows, etc... -
What makes a hat expensive?
They are sheared like llamas & alpacas = "...before taking them into small tents where they're sheared."
