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Penney's Marathon Beaver 100 Hat And Suitcase
The LBC stamp is familiar to me. I will check my Churchill 100, but don't know if that's where I've seen it. May not be conclusive at any rate, but maybe will help if it is the same. -
Vintage Stratoliner - Etsy
No better way to start a love of hats! I gave my 6 year old a rebuild Champ Spaceweight- John Galt
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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
True enough. I won't know until I really look at it, but it's got an 80's look to me. I particularly like lightweights, though, and Zephyr weights are seldom seen. "Faint hat never won fair lady." -
Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
Haven't posted a victory in a while, but just picked up this poorly listed and pretty rare Stetson Zephyr Weight for a great price as the only bidder. It just needs a little TLC. "Faint hat never won fair lady." -
Photos of hatters tools
The Ermatinger book is by far the best, I believe. "Faint hat never won fair lady." -
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Photos of hatters tools
That's cool! I love looking at these old books again & again. I have a couple of others too, all in electronic format. I'm thinking of putting all the ones I have on a CD for loungers at a reasonable price after confirming they are all out of copyright. "Faint hat never won fair lady." -
Photos of hatters tools
I may be stretching "tools" a bit again, but this is interesting. The original reed in the old Stetson Nutria Quality hat I recently rebuilt was made of a starched (?) fibrous material a lot like rope. Another old Stetson Nutria Quality I rebuilt a while back had a reed that I am certain was... -
Vintage Stratoliner - Etsy
Yeah, I thought about it ;-) I guess maybe it'd make a nice stingy brim light weight hat, huh? "Faint hat never won fair lady."- John Galt
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- Forum: Vintage Finds and Deals
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New "How to make a bow" TUTORIAL by FORTINO37
Here's a variation I'd not seen before, on a relatively modern Worth & Worth I'm working on. There is no gap behind the bow, and the ribbon is actually _folded back_ to "dive" under the bow, rather than just creased & stitched (although it is still lightly creased & then stitched). The... -
Photos of hatters tools
Here's a goodie I've been using a lot for deconstruction. I think Olé mentioned something like this a while back. I saw it at a sewing shop & bought it on impulse. -
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Photos of hatters tools
I think I will make one from this old oak table I've been cutting up. -
Photos of hatters tools
Thanks. I saw them, and just edited my post. Check the photo I added from the OTHER old book ;-) -
Photos of hatters tools
Can't say for sure, but I believe the ad I clipped was also HSH, so it's the same bench. I'll try to double check. Does it have legs, or just hang off the edge of the bench for ironing? [Edit] Yes, I snipped it from HSH Instructions In Hat Cleaning, Renovating & Blocking, 1920. -
Playboys on Parade!
Well gents, my Playboy has a 122 Block. It's pretty early, I believe, and IMHO, a beauty. Raw edge, of course, but no stitching. Unfortunately, this is the hat I ruined the grosgrain hatband on and had to have replaced. I didn't take a photo, but the underside edge of the... -
Replacing sweatband?
Thanks for the correction Ole! I understand, but I had always thought it was part of the patented process. As a recipient of a certificate in High Tech Law from Santa Clara University School of Law, I am a little embarrassed to admit I've never actually looked at the subject... -
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Replacing sweatband?
Check out the conversion corral and the hatters tools threads. I recently posted a how to for creating a reeded sweatband like you describe. The 20% angle cut probably addresses a different issue - the so-called "self conforming sweatband" that is patented by Resistol. -
Photos of hatters tools
Thanks Ole! Here's the article in the old book you mentioned a while back about how to make a dimensional brim. This device would also work with a standard rounding jack to make an Indy type dimensional brim. -
Photos of hatters tools
This guy sold on eBay a week or two ago. Not mine. I can't recall what they're called, but they are for refinishing I believe. Ole? I know you commented on one of these once... "Faint hat never won fair lady." -
Photos of hatters tools
Might be useful! "Faint hat never won fair lady." -
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I sometimes use a modern dry wax pomade product, and sometimes a wet wax pomade product. Neither seems to have ever caused foxing of the liner, or damage to the sweatband. Note that I never use a lot of this goop. "Just a dab'll do ya!" "Faint hat never won fair lady."
