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  1. Visigoth

    Help needed with grosgrain ribbon installation

    Ha! You sound like my mother. (And I mean that in the best possible way, of course.) I'm still in Mexico, yes. Even farther from Manhattan: I'm now in Oaxaca, in the deep southwest. Getting closer to areas of the world where the indigenous do in fact wear fedoras.
  2. Visigoth

    Help needed with grosgrain ribbon installation

    Well, I thought I should raise this thread from the dead rather than start a new one on the same topic. (Oh, and hi all -- haven't been here in a couple of years.) I have a couple of questions about switching a ribbon from one vintage fedora to another. I've removed the ribbons from both...
  3. Visigoth

    TRADE: Art Fawcett Hoosier & 40's Dobbs, 7 1/4

    Both gone Dobbs sold, Art Fawcett traded.
  4. Visigoth

    TRADE: Art Fawcett Hoosier & 40's Dobbs, 7 1/4

    Hm... haven't really given it a thought. Make an offer! (Preferably on both together.) (In general, I prefer to trade stuff -- more fun.)
  5. Visigoth

    TRADE: Art Fawcett Hoosier & 40's Dobbs, 7 1/4

    I'm trading both of these hats, because the colors are just wrong on me. Both are sized 7 1/4. The first is a 100% beaver Limited Edition Hoosier by master hatter Art Fawcett (Vintage Silhouettes): http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3370/3454064444_7b4f6a5459_b.jpg These photos are of the actual...
  7. Visigoth

    2 Vintage Borsalinos For Trade (from the 30's?)

    Sold, yes Sorry... these are long gone. (For some reason I wasn't subscribed to this thread...)
  8. Visigoth

    Removing lines/marks from rebashed vintage hats?

    Yes, same issue. Although nobody seems to have come up with a solution. I've had great luck, like the final poster, removing creases that *weren't* discolored -- but this is a more severe situation.
  9. Visigoth

    Removing lines/marks from rebashed vintage hats?

    Okay, this is something I've never tried: pouncing a hat. What grade of sandpaper do I use? Do you end up having to do the *entire hat*, or can you do it locally? And will that do anything about the place where the felt is lighter? Is it likely to be darker beneath the surface...
  10. Visigoth

    Removing lines/marks from rebashed vintage hats?

    Okay, I have a Dobbs from the forties or thirties that has been weirdly bashed for some decades: the crown is way too low. I've managed to reshape it nicely -- some soaking, some steam -- but there's still a lighter line around the back where it used to be creased. And on the front there's an...
  11. Visigoth

    Dobbs 15, size 7 1/4, wide bound brim, FOR TRADE

    TRADED This hat is gone...
  13. Visigoth

    Dobbs 15, size 7 1/4, wide bound brim, FOR TRADE

    once again paging Michaelshane Your inbox is full again! Time to get rid of all those obsolete messages... D
  14. Visigoth

    1930's Mid-Grey wide brim Dobbs Fith Avenue

    Sent you a PM about a medium gray trade...
  15. Visigoth

    HATS

    7 1/4 Borsalino would make me happy... If you have anything in a 7 1/4 Borsalino, medium to narrow brim with full crown, please keep me in mind!
  16. Visigoth

    Dobbs 15, size 7 1/4, wide bound brim, FOR TRADE

    Paging Michaelshane! Michael, got your message, but I can't respond: your mailbox is full!
  17. Visigoth

    Dobbs 15, size 7 1/4, wide bound brim, FOR TRADE

    Well, a trade neither thickens nor thins your collection... (Just sayin'.)
  19. Visigoth

    BARBISIO Brothers

    Italian or South American? Okay, I've inherited Rick's Barbisio (photo above); it's really lovely. The felt is certainly as nice as the Bulgarian Borsalinos. My first thought was that it's a later-period Barbisio from the Sagliano Micca factory; having read this, however, I'm wondering...
  20. Visigoth

    Dobbs 15, size 7 1/4, wide bound brim, FOR TRADE

    Earlier photos... Okay, here are the original pictures Douglas sent me -- they're actually even better for getting a sense of the color. The first ones are the bluish color it often seems in sunlight; the last ones the taupe. The leather band has flaked a bit since these were taken, as I say...
  21. Visigoth

    Dobbs 15, size 7 1/4, wide bound brim, FOR TRADE

    Dobbs 15 in size 7 1/4 for trade: http://www.dysmedia.com/Dobbs15/ The color shifts depending upon the light, from taupe to very light blue/gray; these photos are reasonably accurate for indoor light, but in full daylight the hat is definitely bluer. This is a gorgeous hat, recently...
  22. Visigoth

    Dobbs Unusual style from 1918

    I suspect it was made for the 1918 equivalent of Keith Richards. (Who that might have been, I'm not sure.)
  23. Visigoth

    More Hats to Trade! Borsalino Peluche, Sinatra-style Panama and Milan, etc.

    Ah... you're a day too late. Just put it in the mail yesterday, in exchange for a vintage Barbisio. For those keeping track: the custom OR is now gone, as are the Milan and the Panama, as well as the two Bulgarian Borsalinos from my other thread (but not the Peluche, which I'm leaning...

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