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  1. PabloElFlamenco

    Hat Stretcher I just bought...questions...

    Hi guys, I just won this on eBay, from the Pyrinees mountains in France... Obviously, it's a hat stretcher and my guess is, it's a good one. I have yet to receive it, but I understand from the eBay offering that it would be marked "60". Now, that seems very likely to be a...
  2. PabloElFlamenco

    Report from Brussels

    ...and Antwerp. Hats are in. Plenty of them in the streets, usually on top of male heads. Some women too, though. Weather's gone colder, light freezing, and it indeed looks like there are far more hats to be seen than in past years. Looks to me like a great majority of these hats are the...
  3. PabloElFlamenco

    Hollywood ...twist...slant....???

    I seen some pictures recently in various threads, showing hats whereof the brim been slightly slanted away from the more or less horizontal plane of the rest of the brim, rendering the general appearance of the face-hat entity rather "debonair" (from french "de bon air" aaahh... dictionaries are...
  4. PabloElFlamenco

    Talcum powder and baby soft velvet felt

    Every once in a while I put the kettle on the gas range, get out my hat cleaning sponge (this time the "light" one, as opposed to the one marked "dark") and give one or two of my hats a counterclockwise rubbin'. And, as of late, I invariably sprinkle some talcum powder, specifically here...
  5. PabloElFlamenco

    How are hatpins ... pinned?

    I had a quick look through some "hatpin" threads, but they wuynt any quick replies to "how do (hat)pins ... get pinned to the hat". OK, I seen the "I like Ike" collectible political pin, which is a very cheap article with a side-mounted "horizontal" pin, I suppose to be affixed to the...
  7. PabloElFlamenco

    Nutria million dollar bash hat

    Here's my Nutria hat, a 1930's Stetson "Kettle finish Boss Raw Edge Real Nutria" originally sold at Silverwood's, either at their "golden mile" store in Los Angeles, or in Hollywood, where they also had a store. All bashes were done within a five-minute span: no steam, fingers only. This fur...
  8. PabloElFlamenco

    What kind of jacket is he wearing in 3:10 to Yuma

    I'm starting research on an impressive jacket I saw in the film "3:10 to Yuma". This is the guy wearing that jacket "Ben Foster's affected performance as Russell Crowe's loyal but psychopathic sidekick". Being completely "primitive" in the world of fashion (excluding hats, I must state in...
  9. PabloElFlamenco

    Going to Mexico...

    ...on a business trip, and I wonder what kind of hat (singular!) I might buy there. I remember a lot of people wearing "white (straw?)cowboy hats" in the mountains near Mexico city, but then, that was in the early 1960's... I certainly wouldn't be looking at anything expensive, though... Any...
  10. PabloElFlamenco

    Are there no hatters in Europe???

    I have found it incredibly frustrating not to find a reliable hatter in Europe. A few days ago I spoke (in American English) with a probably Jewish hatter in Antwerp, asking him if he could change sweatbands (with reed). During the course of this friendly conversation, he replied that he...
  11. PabloElFlamenco

    Old hats...sweatband blues

    The subject's already been touched upon several times, i.e. that old sweatbands are subject to ..cracking..tearing..desintegrating. Recently, I sent my Stetson 100 to Optimo Hats, who strongly recommended that the sweat band be replaced by a new one (the original old one looked perfectly in...
  13. PabloElFlamenco

    Question about hatbands

    I'm shopping around for some hatbands, leather and horsehair, and I was wondering whether these are usually just sitting loose around the crown, or whether they are in some way attached to the hat, so they don't go astray (such as when putting the hat upside down). I have one hat where I had...
  14. PabloElFlamenco

    Googled "leather bonding"...

    ...and, no, it didn't list Japanese text :D My 1940-ish Nutria Stetson hat arrived (more on that, later, when I've taken some pictures) and it's in really fine shape. However, the otherwise beautiful leather sweatband is torn for -one inch- exactly on "the dotted line" near the reed, where...
  15. PabloElFlamenco

    I've been hiding...

    ...bashful because the Nutria hat I won on EBAY early April did not yet materialize, lest someone make a remark about the subject and I would not be able to "explain". Well, I just learned the hat has arrived in Belgium and will be with me on monday. Such gooooood news. It was "handcarried"...
  16. PabloElFlamenco

    Baba cool

    Talking of Jimi Hendrix (in another recent thread...), a few days ago I watched a documentary about his short career, and it seems Jimi liked to wear a number of black hats, possibly "boss of the plains" or similar models, decorated with various metal and silk adornments. Yesterday I...
  17. PabloElFlamenco

    Old "open road" style hats

    Yesterday evening, saw a documentary about the political career of Richard M. Nixon. At one point, it showed President Eisenhower fly-fishing with the vice-President, Ike wearing what appeared to be an "open road" style hat. A close-up showed, and confirmed what I have seen in other old...
  19. PabloElFlamenco

    Won Stetson 100 off limey EBAY

    Last week I was ill-inspired and hinted at a Stetson 100 with box on the UK bay. I didn't want to buy it because the hat is too small. Well, I ended up doing it and won the hat (incidentally, I was the only bidder). Size is six 'n 7/8 whereas I'm at 1/8 over seven. So, now we're at the...
  20. PabloElFlamenco

    "Cowboy hats" in Belgium, and history

    Thanks to this forum, I'm learning a lot about the subject of hats and felt that I would otherwise never have known. In the process, I've searched ebay and even bought one new and two vintage hats. All in the USA! I in fact bought a new Justin "by Milano" hat BEFORE consulting The Fedora...
  21. PabloElFlamenco

    Virtual rummage?

    Being offered as "antique Stetson hat"...maybe it's worth checking out. http://www.amstarrealty.com/furnishings4.htm Paul
  22. PabloElFlamenco

    Newbie pokes at Nutria...

    I'm rather anxiously awaiting a (western) hat I won on eBay, (pictures of) the sweatband show "John B. Stetson Co. Philadelphia, Boss Raw Edge, Kettle Finish, Made of Real Nutria Fur". And: "Silverwoods Los Angeles Hollywood". So, right now, it's a bit early to be poking nutria, but I'm...
  23. PabloElFlamenco

    Hat stiffener and blocking

    I'm a newbie with limited "do it yourself" ambition, given the (apparent) local lack of true craftsmen, I'm trying to learn step by step to do some things myself. Stiffener. It's frankly impractical to order sprays from the USA or even UK, but over here, there has been stiffening "starch" on...

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