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"I didn't want the suits to all be vintage — old and raggedy, that had to be restored ..."
What a misleading thing for John Dunn to say. Vintage = "old and raggedy"? That doesn't seem to jibe with the dozens of pristine deadstock 1920s suits that Boardwalk Empire bought (for a load of...
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Back in 2007, I added diamond ventilation holes to my '30s Stetson Bantam. Made a template of the hole pattern; used it to mark the holes onto the hat; used a Dremel drill with a very small bit; and then very lightly sanded the felt around and in the new holes.
It takes a steady hand and...
Yeah, pretty much. My dad remembers beatniks in Harlem when he was at Columbia in the late '50s. They smelled bad, he said, and their black turtleneck sweaters were crusty. Blech.
So it is '30s, then. What made you think it was older than '30s?
Incidentally, if it weren't for the second-highest bidder (out of six others), this hat could have been won for $79.01.
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