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  1. feltfan

    What are you wearing today??

    I can see why you're worried about being suspended. Sit back and learn from the kid. And sorry, no pictures, but I'm wearing a Hawaiian shirt and Art Fawcett Spumoni today.
  2. feltfan

    Let's See Your Watches! The Vintage Watch Thread.

    Metal watch band? Why not go for one of those expandable metal watch bands? I've had years of bad luck with unreliable leather bands... Actually, I'm currently looking for a source for vintage metal watch bands. Need one for my father's early 60s Omega Seamaster. 18mm. Ideas or sources?
  3. feltfan

    Torpedo's new hat came from Florida!

    Wow HPG, you've got a very good idea of what hat works for some guys. That hat is a very good look for Torpedo. I wish I could do that for myself, let alone for others. That's a talent. Although, of course, the original Torpedo wore what appears to have been 6" dimensional brim... ;)
  4. feltfan

    Mothballs

    Don't ever dry clean a hat ever. No matter what you hear about it. There may have been a time when dry cleaners knew how to clean and block hats or knew to send them to someone who did. Now is not that time. Many dry cleaners will take your hat and ruin it for you in the name of dry...
  5. feltfan

    The Vintage Camera Club Thread

    Leica Repair? leicanthrope, Spim, and others, do you know of a reliable, trustworthy place in Northern California where one can have a Leica repaired? I have my father's old Leica (with Weston Master V and Gossen Pilot light meters). I can't figure out a model name for this Leica. It has...
  7. feltfan

    Hat Making Video.. Very Good

    Great video. Now that's the sort of thing HATCO should be posting! I'm going to send a protest letter about those brim shellac machines. ;)
  8. feltfan

    Will Eisner's THE SPIRIT

    I've found everything Cooke does to be 60s style, and this is no exception. That was the point of the New Frontier stuff. The stuff you posted looks great, but it sure doesn't bring what is great about Eisner's Spirit to mind. Actually, what it brings to mind is 60s great Jim Steranko...
  9. feltfan

    Post New Hats Here!

    Now I will have to post some pictures... I have a Cavanagh 55 cowboy hat with an edge that has been sharpened. Takes a stiff edge, of course. And Dinerman, the stitching is more like a Playboy's edge, if I recall correctly (I don't have one). Edit: Don't recall if it was the same...
  10. feltfan

    Post New Hats Here!

    Never heard of it before. I was wondering because that 5X Clear Beaver I have has an unusual edge- the edge is sewn and tied off. Wondered if it was the same thing. Yeah, yeah- I'll post pictures one of these days!
  11. feltfan

    Post New Hats Here!

    Whew. It's a beaut. Look at that silk satin. What is a "Tailored Edge"?
  13. feltfan

    Old photograph found in Top Hat

    Ha! Good catch. I am certainly no expert there.
  14. feltfan

    Old photograph found in Top Hat

    Now there is a clue. In German it would be "foto", would it not? So I'd say it dates to at least post WWII, when the American influence was stronger in West Germany.
  15. feltfan

    Old photograph found in Top Hat

    Remember that the picture could have been slipped under the sweatband any time in the history of the hat. So if you date it to 1945, that doesn't mean the hat dates from that year. What I find fascinating is that someone thought to put a picture of working farmers in traditional work...
  16. feltfan

    Hello and Aero Hercules request

    The photos on the German site above are, interestingly, of a Hercules that has been worn some. It reminded me of the pictures Graemsay posted when he sold his Hercules on Classifieds here: http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=28881 My problem with both of these sets of photos...
  17. feltfan

    AUCTION #113: Lee - Corral - Size 7 1/2 - C0000228980 - SOLD

    Huh, I really don't understand how this works. I was going to bid just now. I checked the rules: "the end time will be posted based on Eastern Standard Time (-3 hours for Pacific Standard Time)" The time is now: All times are GMT -8. The time now is 05:48 PM. Closing time: END DATE...
  19. feltfan

    Craig Robertson

    Two excellent videos. Thanks! Nice hat, too. Did you put the dents in?
  20. feltfan

    Aero 1930's Halfbelt, just arrived

    !Demasiaooo!
  21. feltfan

    Which Aero for those of us who do not have a V shape

    I have a similar concern. I wonder if anyone has the Hercules? I'm not thinking of buying an Aero jacket now, just some day, but I wrote Amanda and she said that jacket would fit any body type. I wonder how it looks on someone who is "not V shaped" and how well the jacket keeps its shape...
  22. feltfan

    What cigar (or pipe) did you smoke today?

    I'm sorry, did I understand you correctly? You MADE those cool, vintage-looking stems on those pipes? Where did you get that acrylic? How did you form it? Wow.
  23. feltfan

    AUCTION #113: Lee - Corral - Size 7 1/2 - C0000228980 - SOLD

    My questions were valid and fair to ask. You clearly thought that thing I took to be a moth bite was something- you posted two photographs of it. We discuss stains on felt all the time in the Hat section. If I can't touch a hat, I ask a lot of questions. This is whata knowledgeable...

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