Rmccamey
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Keep us informed, Brent. I'll be interested to see how these turn out...and any new sources of beaver felt.
Mr. P didn’t give me a price for his Nutria hats, but he did pass in some good information. He was disappointed in the quality of the nutria bodies he sourced from Italy. In fact, he thought they were inferior to his rabbit and regretted buying so many nutria felts. He was really down on the nutria and thought they were overpriced and inferior quality so he wasn’t listing them on Etsy. Mr. P did rave about his new 100% hare hat bodies and assured me they were far superior to the nutria felts he had acquired.
Mr. P also also dropped this:
“I’ve been recently invited to Eastern Europe to meet the guy who makes, in my opinion, the best felt in the world. Better than Tonak's or any other manufacturer I have worked with in every single aspect. He is a bit pricy, but I was quite surprised to find out that he provides his felt to some of the top hat makers in the world. One of them is in Chicago.”
Chicago? Could it be Optimo? Hmmmm. This could be interesting as both a source of finished hats and hat bodies.
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From Mr. P:
“... 100% hare felt in three finishes (smooth, suede and velour) and any weight from 80 gr up to 250 gr.”
I just placed an order for a fedora in 100% hare light weight and I’m looking at another western in mid-weight. I’m very curious to see the new felts and to see how his updated build quality turns out.
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