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    Help me find this hat?

    I like to fix things myself. (Besides, I don't think there is a custom hatter anywhere near me. There was, 50 years ago.) If something can be taken apart, I am usually able to put it together again. I would start with a length of ribbon, and see if I can make a nice looking bow for it. (Thanks...
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    Help me find this hat?

    I suppose a fedora hat without ribbon band is out of the question. I guess the meeting cut between the brim and crown needs the band, otherwise the hat will look seriously lacking. Is it difficult to change band? The knot is not a real knot, is it? How do you fasten the band, with pins only, or...
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    Help me find this hat?

    It is a bit difficult to find a vintage hat in good condition at an affordable price, and the sizing is precarious. I got myself a beige Sterkowski Mosca. I like it. The brim is 6 cm, I might have wanted slightly wider but I think it is good. The hat is somewhat darker than the seller's...
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    Help me find this hat?

    Perhaps also the same 2 1/4" brim would have appeared much narrower on a 7 3/8" hat for my head, than it does on that 7" in the picture. Conner does look dapper in his trilby, but also very hard. Then again, he is a ruthless secret agent after all. Very different from a Cary Grant, James...
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    Help me find this hat?

    Here is one (Stetson Playboy) I like the looks of, currently available on Ebay. Quite expensive too. But too small for me (a 7"). The brim is only 2 1/4", but looks great.
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    Help me find this hat?

    I am not a fan of trilby hats. I don't mean to offend anyone, but I think they look creepy. If we talk "gangster hats", that's the model, if you ask me. Like Connery in Dr. No, when he puts on the trilby he is transformed from elegant man to a nightmarish figure. I think it it because the hat...
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    Help me find this hat?

    Or else I'll get a newer, stiff hat, and keep it out in the rain, beat it, steam it, ... until it finally gets softer, or reshaped the way I am comfortable with. It can't stay perfectly geometrical forever.
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    Help me find this hat?

    How in the world ...?! My thread ended up being moved inside illumin8ems thread ...! I certainly did not mean to intrude.
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    Help me find this hat?

    Thank you for your suggestions! I am size 59 cm, which I guess translates to a 7 1/2. I am new at this, so I am not willing to invest too much in something I don't quite understand the essence of. Around $100 perhaps, at the most, less more likely. If I really fall in love with something, I...
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    Help me find this hat?

    Hello, I have experimented with a couple of fedoras, but find them too thick and stiff. The shape of crown and brim is moulded very fixed, the brim says Pop! as you choose either down or up position front and back. Their shape is perfect, but my face is not perfect. I would like a thinner and...
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    Dating Vintage Stetsons by Liner: A Field Guide

    Hello, This is my first fedora hat. Do you know what year this Stetson Stratoliner was made? 50's or 40's? The faint violet hue is somewhat unusual, but I think it will go well along with black or white shirt. Beaver fur may be warm, but I intend to wear this in the Summer...

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