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How would I get a band block made to the exact shape of my head? Also, how would I utilize it? -
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Too Small?? Too big? Just right? or How to wear a hat!
My size is apparently a long oval and because of it, I had to settle on a whole size larger for my felt fedora. This hat has shrunk down a lot, to the point that the front and back of it seem the proper size (or close to it) but, the sides still fit too loose. When I wear the hat with a 1/8"... -
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Where can I get hat stretchers in specific sizes? My first felt fedora apparently shrank and now squeezes my Long Oval head. At one point, I found a thread in the archives (but now can't find it anymore), in which there was a consensus that using a hat stretcher of one size smaller, is... -
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Whats your favorite Hat for warm weather
I wear the fedora I started out with, a cheap chinese straw-paper braid by Broner, with a 2" snap brim. Actually, for work on the farm, I've been wearing a really cheap chinese hat with 4" flat brim, that I got from the gardening department of a home improvement store. Too big to wear in... -
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Whats your favorite Hat for warm weather
That's a great hat. Care to share what it is? I love that it has so much ventilation. -
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Need hat advice
That's the second person I've noticed today, associating fedoras with gangsters. I associate fedoras with the good guys. Maigret, Detective De Luca, Chief Inspector Japp and the like. Martin Luther King sported fedoras. As for the topic of my previous post: The scuff marks have greatly... -
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Need hat advice
Just got my first felt hat. What're these marks on it? After exchanging for the next size up, the retailer sent me a hat with these marks on the front part of the brim. Maybe the edge of the cardboard holder, that wraps around the crown during shipping, has abrasively rubbed the brim. The... -
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Shapeable homburg other than Akubra's?
I also have a question about those hats. How easy is it to shape their crowns? Just shape them while wet and they'll stay that way after drying? -
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Shapeable homburg other than Akubra's?
That's probably what I'll be doing then. Thanks RBH! -
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Shapeable homburg other than Akubra's?
I'm not sure what you're trying to tell me. I've seen homburgs with a brim that curls a lot on the sides and others, which have an almost flat brim (flat except for the vertical edge binding that all homburgs have). The premise of this thread is to find a shapeable-crown homburg that has a... -
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Shapeable homburg other than Akubra's?
I'm not talking about the 'pencil curl' treatment on the edge of the brim, of which I would agree is the defining part of all homburgs (take that away and it pretty much becomes a fedora). I'm talking about the shape of the brim overall. When viewed from the front, the brim I want shouldn't... -
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Shapeable homburg other than Akubra's?
I love the idea behind the Akubra homburg but, its brim curls on the sides more than what I'm looking for. Are there any companies offering an open-crown (shapeable) homburg with a flatter brim than the Akubra's? I don't think I want a totally flat brim either. Something like the brim on... -
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NEWBIE: I need help finding a fedora
Ebay has problems that I'd rather avoid. Also, the self-bashed look is what I'm after. I really don't want the look of most hats from the 60s, which is when the majority of them under 2&3/8" brim on Ebay seem to be from. The brim on B.J.Hedman's hat in the photo I quoted above is 2&3/16" -... -
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NEWBIE: I need help finding a fedora
Sorry for this second post but, I wanted to separate this question from my previous post. I want to get an open crown Akubra, either the Federation IV or the one they call "Fedora". Then cut the brim down to 2&1/4". The brim of the Federation IV is 2&3/4" in front/back and approximate 2&1/2"... -
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NEWBIE: I need help finding a fedora
I like a teardrop dent so, if that would work, I might be set. I would probably be happy enough even if 4.25" is the lowest I could go. So that's great to know. From another thread, here's B,J, Hedberg's open crown Akubra (he calls it the Campdraft but, would it have the wide ribbon in... -
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NEWBIE: I need help finding a fedora
Hello Fedora Lounge. I already wear a straw fedora. Now I'm considering my first felt hat. I want a fedora that meets the following criteria: * Rabbit felt. * Brim suitable for both up and down snap (I change it in various situations). * Tapered, relatively short (approx 4") crown. *...
