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  1. Trouser Bark

    4X beaver question based on the mid 90’s

    I’m still learning about hats so am far from an expert however, in my short exposure time I have noticed that Stetson tosses that X designation around like it has fluid meaning and only the Illuminati understand. An interesting internal reference they’ve made before is that they refer to some...
  2. Trouser Bark

    Toppers Unite

    Haha... I bet you get invited to all the parties!
  3. Trouser Bark

    Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition

    Wouldn't it be then that LW labeled the hide correctly? Water buffalo is buffalo. Bison is not buffalo. How is the description incorrect?
  4. Trouser Bark

    Toppers Unite

    Interesting comment. He was not a "teacher" but rather a university history professor. In the US such types are disinclined to invent history as it would impact their tenure and reputation immediately. I think there may be a language issue here as well as it is not rude for the lady to have...
  5. Trouser Bark

    Toppers Unite

    Very interesting. I wonder how much of the appearance of the hat's finish is due to the passing of time as opposed to what Lincoln and others may have thought was a perfectly acceptable cosmetic condition.
  7. Trouser Bark

    Toppers Unite

    Ouch! Maybe then his remark was the height of rudeness for the time.
  8. Trouser Bark

    4X beaver question based on the mid 90’s

    As far as I understand it the correct answer is never. Ambiguous (or deceptive, misleading, etc) marketing has been around forever and whenever a manufacturer uses a term that they refuse to define you can bet that substituting the word ‘horsesh*t for that “x” will be pretty close to accurate...
  9. Trouser Bark

    Ask a Question, Get An Answer About Outerwear

    The way I see the term used it’s more noun than a verb. Here’s an example on the bay…...
  10. Trouser Bark

    Ask a Question, Get An Answer About Outerwear

    What is "punching leather"? I have seen the term used and most recently applied to a leather shirt.
  11. Trouser Bark

    Toppers Unite

    I had no idea that top hats could be collapsed and that news takes me back a few decades to a college history class I enjoyed a lot. It was American History up to 1865 and the professor was a very old goat that told the class on day one that he'd be teaching history autobiographically. He...
  13. Trouser Bark

    Use my cedar coathanger for my leather jacket?

    Interesting. I live in a semi arid area where it's pretty dry most of the time. Nothing rusts in my closet but I can see that that might be unusual. Thanks for bringing that up.
  14. Trouser Bark

    Use my cedar coathanger for my leather jacket?

    What do you use now?
  15. Trouser Bark

    Use my cedar coathanger for my leather jacket?

    A cedar hanger is an option but it's not a better solution. As an example, if you have jacket shoulders that need 24" of support and use your suggested cedar at 17.5" width, which choice is more likely to leave a crease where trap meets deltoid?
  16. Trouser Bark

    Use my cedar coathanger for my leather jacket?

    I also much prefer steel hangers to the more flexible plastic version. It's not a common occurrence but I have seen the plastic ones break and I don't want that jagged edge poking into any of my jackets. It's far less likely that anything might go wrong w/ a bundle of steel hangers (wrapped w/...
  17. Trouser Bark

    Use my cedar coathanger for my leather jacket?

    I am 5'10" 210#, 33" waist and broad at the shoulder. For me a 24" wide section of pipe insulation is about perfect for most of my jackets. There are two grades of pipe insulation readily available at places like Home Depot. One has a soft rubbery texture and compresses easily. The other is...
  19. Trouser Bark

    Pre 1940s dress hats

    Any concern about the 3# of mercury per gallon of processing water? It would seem to me that the mercury must still be in the fibers of the hat. The modern alternative (H2O2) would be something you could smear all over yourself but the mercury hasn't gone anywhere. Do you 40's and prior hat...
  20. Trouser Bark

    Ask a question, get an answer

    Noop. It’s a body shape and style thing. Won’t change. More expertise in the leather jacket section though
  21. Trouser Bark

    Use my cedar coathanger for my leather jacket?

    3/4" foam pipe insulation. I bought more as recently as today. Different people need different sizes of course but for me I cut a 24" long section and put a small slit in the middle. I tape 6 steel hangers together and then put the foam over the hangers similar to the green example above. I...
  22. Trouser Bark

    Ask a question, get an answer

    I see some hats referred to as having a dimensional brim which implies that the opposite must also be true and that's not possible. What exactly is that a reference to?
  23. Trouser Bark

    Ask a question, get an answer

    Never mind. Found one on Amazon by description and it doesn't appear to have an actual name.

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