I don't think you sound bitter, Art. What you say is true. And know that all of us here know that you came up with that design. Your colleagues should at least credit you when they use your designs.
Nice hat, job. I love the color and ribbon combination! Also, Art is right, a lot of hatters are getting inspired with his bow style. Dennis posted a couple of Gary White's earlier with similar treatment. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, they say.
Yup! mine looks weird 'cause the flange with the hat doesn't have a grove (odd) so I stacked it on top of another one that does and used a bigger cloth to drape all the way down.
It's on the flange. What happened here is that the flange I used with the hat doesn't have holes in the other side to sit on the pegs of my stand. I had to put another one with holes there and the other on top.
Alan, I know you understood me but I'm a visual person. Hope you don't mind me adding this to your thread. This is what I meant about the flange, cord, etc. The cloth is a little wet, I find that helps keep things tight. My Stetson Belmont--the one with the wafer edge-- needed some brim work.
Beautiful sequence, Alan. I also don't have a sandbag press but I learned something from my friend at W&W. Your flange should have an indentation near the flat side going all around. You slightly wet a fairly long cloth (Just as you have it in one of your pictures --I use a piece of an old...
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