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  1. bloc

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    Thank you so much, that is a fantastically clear and informative thread and now I'm late to watch my boys play rugby. Oops. Better go...
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    • Post #7,759
    • Forum: Hats
  2. bloc

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    Thanks for the advice. Why is the vegetable tanning important? And why not calfskin? (I have so many questions...) I have lots of brim reed (plastic) that appears to be the same stuff and more brim wire than I can use in my lifetime. But how about unreeded sweatbands? Is that a possibility...
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    • Post #7,753
    • Forum: Hats
  3. bloc

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    Thank you John, I'll have a look. You're right, at that price and stamped it hardly seems worth the effort. Having said that, I have a huge bag full of calfskin off cuts so I'm having a go this afternoon. Leather hat bands might be a better use for it, cheers.
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    • Post #7,752
    • Forum: Hats
  4. bloc

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    Would it be foolish to attempt to make, from scratch, leather sweatbands if you had a free supply of quality calfskin?
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    • Post #7,749
    • Forum: Hats
  5. bloc

    Hey UK! Where do you buy your hats?

    Thank you TheDane. All advice and comments very gratefully received.
    • bloc
    • Post #43
    • Forum: Hats
  7. bloc

    Hey UK! Where do you buy your hats?

    Thanks for that, carranty, those were my thoughts. I know plenty of chaps who will test out my hat-making skills, I've already started bartering. I'm hoping that my block maker will make my next block or two in exchange for a hat. I have done ribbon replacements etc on men's hats in the past and...
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    • Post #42
    • Forum: Hats
  8. bloc

    Hey UK! Where do you buy your hats?

    Thanks for the advice. It's always good to have a reality check and that does all sound overwhelming. My ladies hats are bespoke so they are made to measure but I don't have the mountain of hat blocks you describe. On the plus side I do have a local chap who makes blocks for me which should save...
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    • Post #39
    • Forum: Hats
  9. bloc

    A few questions about blocks

    Do you use a band block to hold the shape of the crown when you are shaping the brim?
    • bloc
    • Post #21
    • Forum: Hats
  10. bloc

    New to Hat Making - My First Fedora!

    Loved your first fedora, amazing work for the first piece. I am a milliner from Wales, UK. I currently make ladies hats but I am very keen to do more men's hats and I am enjoying the Fedora Lounge immensely. The techniques you all describe are quite different in many ways to those I use. I don't...
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    • Post #22
    • Forum: Hats
  11. bloc

    Photos of hatters tools

    I have some domette, I'll have a go with that first.
    • bloc
    • Post #327
    • Forum: Hats
  13. bloc

    Hey UK! Where do you buy your hats?

    Thanks for the kind wishes. I'll keep you all posted with progress. Meanwhile, have some wedding hats to make :(
    • bloc
    • Post #37
    • Forum: Hats
  14. bloc

    Photos of hatters tools

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    • Post #322
    • Forum: Hats
  15. bloc

    My First Attempt at Making a Fedora.

    Thanks carranty, I am beginning to get that impression. I have so much to learn, making the transition from milliner to hatter. I thought I would already have a lot of the equipment and skills but having spent some time on the forum I feel like a complete beginner again. I wonder if there is...
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    • Post #37
    • Forum: Hats
  16. bloc

    My First Attempt at Making a Fedora.

    Hope my first fedora attempts are as good.
    • bloc
    • Post #34
    • Forum: Hats
  17. bloc

    New "How to make a bow" TUTORIAL by FORTINO37

    Great tutorial, thank you for taking the time to post.
    • bloc
    • Post #13
    • Forum: Hats
  19. bloc

    Hey UK! Where do you buy your hats?

    I make my own. Currently I make ladies occasion hats at my shop and studio in West Wales. I've made a few gent's hats recently and I've got the bug! I have a lot to learn but my plan is to spend the next year building up my hatting equipment and my expertise and running down the wedding hat side...
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    • Post #35
    • Forum: Hats
  20. bloc

    Photos of hatters tools

    Thank you TheDane. Starting to get the picture. I am very fortunate to have a local chap making blocks for me so all information is very useful :)
    • bloc
    • Post #313
    • Forum: Hats
  21. bloc

    Photos of hatters tools

    Thanks for that. And presumably you block the crown first, turn it upside down through the hole and pull the felt over the flange. Does it have a string groove or would you use pins?
    • bloc
    • Post #311
    • Forum: Hats
  22. bloc

    Photos of hatters tools

    Hello, I'm new and very excited to be here. As a milliner hoping to evolve into a hatter I have MANY questions. To begin.... Is a flange what I (a Welsh milliner) might call a brim block?
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    • Post #308
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