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Photos of hatters tools
Thanks Oliver! Maybe someday I'll find one at a reasonable price ;-). Here's something you asked for a while back - a real photo of an early hatter's bench. My best educated guess based on a general familiarity with RPPC's is that this is circa 1909-1920. Maybe Brad would have a more... -
Photos of hatters tools
I don't think so either, Olė, but it was interesting, I thought. -
Photos of hatters tools
(Ended) auction photo of a tool I'd like. A crown iron. And here's a table I saw in an antique store advertised as a cobbler's bench. I believe that is right, but it did resemble a hatter's bench, so I snapped photos. It stood about 18" to 2 feet tall. -
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What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?
TJ, I really like the Panama you are working in. Hold out until you get my care package, I've got an orangish OR style ribbon that would look great with it. -
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The Conversion Corral
One of my favorites! I'm pleasantly surprised that it's traveled do far afield. I have an old Stetson 25 I got open crowned and creased after the hat old Hank (actually a young man at the time) wore on one of his album covers. -
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What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?
What is the price range on FVF's these days, New Jack? -
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Reshaping a straw Open Road--can it be done?
If I were going to give it a try, I would use a wood pre-conditioner and try to spray the stain on to make the color uniform. You can buy pre-conditioner (Minwax is good), or make it yourself with polyurethane & mineral spirits. You will also want to seal it with some spray poly, I imagine. -
The Conversion Corral
Thanks guys. Not mine, customer's choice, but he has good taste. I may do something similar with one of my own beaver 100's someday. The flange matches my OR brim, and the width is 2 3/8 (originally 2 3/4 or 3, I cannot recall). The crease also matches the C crown I put in my own black OR. -
The Conversion Corral
(Sorry Joao), A Stetson 100 conversion I'm almost done with. No good before photos, but it was a Rancher crease with a OR style ribbon, and about a 3 inch brim. I love this ribbon. It's marked 1952, so was perfect for this hat, which was about the same year based on the onion skin... -
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Post New Hats Here!
Indeed! Very nice. I gave a wide brimmed "double life" style hat sold at Saks. Unmistakably a HatCo product. -
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Mexican hats, turn of the last century
Ah..., so we have finally found your limit, my friend ;-) Seriously though, I imagine that this would have been quite a practical a hat for a caballero, and that there would have been plenty of space for it in the old southwestern country that now makes up part of the US. Being a patriot and... -
resizing vintage
You are certainly right that it depends on the hat. It also depends on the person. As for preservation vs. destruction, the vast majority of renovations I have seen here and done personally make an unwearable hat wearable without altering its' basic character any more than the original owner... -
resizing vintage
This is indisputable. Some famous and prolific shops, like the venerable Pantke-Harpke in Milwaukee specialized in renovations, customizations, and making old hats relevant. A wide-brim 1930's Whippet with a brim cut down there in 1962 is no less historically relevant for the trimming. It is... -
Photos of hatters tools
The proper stuff is brushed on one side so it's got a longish nap, and is plain on the other side. And I just remembered that it is called canton flannel. It can be had for $2.99 per yard, in good widths here. No affiliation. Look at this on eBay... -
resizing vintage
This comes up from time to time. I agree with most of what has been said here. Stretching one to two sizes can generally be done safely. I do not see this as a sacrilege at all. What good is a hat that does not fit? Also, there are loads of vintage hat stretchers out there. Men who wore...
