I want to say a heartfelt Thank You, to all of you that posted something to me about my loss.
I thank each of you very much, it helped me a lot during this
Major Moore
I have a very strong thinking, this is the guy I trained early this year , he name is Mark Havens, he is just starting to make a few hats and is selling them as he turns a few out,
Major Moore
Hoping by end of next week, I will have all 335 hats that Sony asked me to make for them, on skids and on the truck line headed to them
Made 100 fedora's and 235 silver belly with the custom silver hatband western hats.
I hope that a movie trailer will hit the screen and TV soon for us to see...
I spoke with him today, price he is wanting is over $20,000.00, he said several times will not sale a single piece or a few sets, its all or nothing. I am driving up Monday to look at what is there and if its worth the money
Major Moore
I know first hand that FESPA , wants and has a min amount per a order and dollar wise it $2500.00 plus fees and shipping, plus the min is one color and one style crown that they offer, say if I wanted some black hats, some silver belly, and lets say a lite blue they offer, each color, each color...
To order hat bodies from FEPSA, the custom hatters must pre-pay for them up front, pay duty fees and all shipping cost and I am told wait about 2 months.
The hat in the article has a larger brim than one from the factory , and then the hand tooled leather wide bound edge. The body cost more when...
There was a great movie that we all watch at Christmas, called "It's a Wonderful Life" when it came out it got bad reviews, but now its considered a classic
What someone may like or not like about a movie, or car, or even a hat his that person's taste. We all have the right and freedom to say...
They came up with these years ago, so they could send to police depts. around the country and officers could come in and try on which one fitted the best and right that down, once all officers had done this then the form was sent back and Stratton, they knew how many of what hat sizes an also...
These are used to size a persons head size, they come from Stratton Hats, I have band blocks built to these, been using for 10 years and they are very helpful
Major Moore
I do, have a few shots with the hat and the custom silver hatband we made, will try and post them later after I close down today or sometime on Sunday evening
Major Moore
The boots were vintage and we added the dog ears with his name on the ones when on stage, I do not know if these in the photo were used in the movie, we tired to get some custom ones made but did not have the time to have made, most boot makers were a year out.
Major Moore
Hat bands and hat ribbons are used to hide the stiches, unless you glue a sweatband in, the hat will have stitches showing
I made a custom silver hatband like Hank had on his hat back in the day, why this hat did not have it on is any ones guess
Major Moore
I can tell you that we had a custom silver hatband made that was and is a dead ringer to the one Hank had on his hat, I have no idea why the photo was taken with out the hat band on the hat.
I am making 335 for them with all having the hatband on them. I would have thought someone would have...
Thanks for finding and posting this, I have reviewed and looked at so many Hank photos that it seems when I close my eyes that's all I see.
Major Moore
Well done,
I have been on the phone a lot this past week with Sony and looks like we will be talking more this week about the movie.
I am ready to see some trailers
Major Moore
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