Art Fawcett VS Hall of Fame

[hatsRme]

Nice color !

Still waiting for mine...

We ALL are waiting for yours, Speedie!!

Congrats, Mike. Uber-perfect colors!

TedQ, think about a second (or night) job to support the hat habit.

 

[Art Fawcett]

Nice color !

Still waiting for mine...

I just checked, it left Los Angeles yesterday in route to Paris...soon

 

[Art Fawcett]

"Art, thanks for all your hard work. I love the hat! "
Thank you Mike. Now you can see what I have been so excited over and how light these are. After cutting the brim on Charlies hat it weighed only 1.8 oz. , scary light.

 

[SpeedRcrX]

I just checked, it left Los Angeles yesterday in route to Paris...soon

Yes! This is great news!
Thanks for checking, Art.

 

[alanfgag]

Real nice Mike

+1... very handsome ribbon and bow.

Art, is the weight after addition of sweatband and liner? I have only handled two hats under 2 ounces - both have grosgrain sweatbands.

 

[splintercellsz]

Now that is one fine lid, Mike! Great work, Art!

 

[1mach1]

Mike, that is stunning! I love the color and the mid ribbon! Classic.

 

[Preacher Man]

:eusa_clap:eusa_clap MIke your hat is stunning! I'm looking forward to seeing it on your head. Congratulations sir!! Art another exceptional classic! Great work!

 

[Landman]

Thanks everybody. I appreciate your compliments.

Art, I can certainly understand your cause for excitement. I have an older Portis "Lite Wate" that I thought was light until I pick this up out of the box.

I don't have a scale to weigh mine but I might see about buying one. What do you guys use to weigh your hats? A postal scale?

 

[SpeedRcrX]

I use an electronic cooking scale

 

[barrowjh]

I like it too, Landman. I am in the que for one eventually, not in any hurry, and for that matter I am still vacillating about minor details of exactly what do I want. I see that 2 5/8 brim and I think it looks too short, but maybe that is simply a perspective problem (relative to height of the open crown). I'm considering adding the diamond ventilation pattern on the sides, no liner, and Art's OpenRoad ribbon treatment. Show us a pic of yours after you have creased it, please, that would help with the brim-width perspective.

 

[ChiTownScion]

Wearing my new Art Fawcett "Howard Hughes" fedora and my A-2 jacket at my place up in the North Woods of Wisconsin.

 

[g.durand]

I got in line when Art announced he had acquired the Mallory bodies. Like hatsRme, I asked Art to make a hat from one the "Mahoot" bodies. This is the result. It has a 3" brim, the widest I've had him make for me. I've creased and re-creased this hat at least fifty times since I got it yesterday, just playing with the thing to see what it will do. It pops right back to an open crown when I do that, and then goes back to whatever crease I want. As Charlie's photos show, it is difficult to photograph accurately and looks different in different lighting conditions. Sometimes it looks a sort of dusty brown, sometimes an eggplant purple. Even the ribbon color changes with the light, with a silver-to-violet variation. Just amazing. These shots are the best color representation I could get. Very nicely done, Art.

 

[LuvMyMan]

Just picked it up this morning. Haven't had time to do anything with it but snap a few pictures. The vintage felt is incredibly lightweight. You don't even know you have a hat on your head! The color is Pearl, which when I compare it to Art's felt samples is similar to his Silvermist. It has a light blue tone to it that is hard to capture in a picture (at least for me!).

Here are a couple of pictures of it in different lighting. The first picture is probably the closest to the actual color but is still a little washed out by the lighting. It has a 2 5/8" underwelt brim with a mid width ribbon.

Art, thanks for all your hard work. I love the hat!

Wow and wow again! I can imagine you will not see anyone else wearing any hat like that one! Super nice....if only my money tree was harvesting some of those fresh green bills.....lol! You really scored big time on that one.

 

[LuvMyMan]

I got in line when Art announced he had acquired the Mallory bodies. Like hatsRme, I asked Art to make a hat from one the "Mahoot" bodies. This is the result. It has a 3" brim, the widest I've had him make for me. I've creased and re-creased this hat at least fifty times since I got it yesterday, just playing with the thing to see what it will do. It pops right back to an open crown when I do that, and then goes back to whatever crease I want. As Charlie's photos show, it is difficult to photograph accurately and looks different in different lighting conditions. Sometimes it looks a sort of dusty brown, sometimes an eggplant purple. Even the ribbon color changes with the light, with a silver-to-violet variation. Just amazing. These shots are the best color representation I could get. Very nicely done, Art.

Another hit! Amazing color. The color contrast of the ribbon against the color of the hat body....priceless.

 

[LuvMyMan]

Wearing my new Art Fawcett "Howard Hughes" fedora and my A-2 jacket at my place up in the North Woods of Wisconsin.

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Is that a chocolate brown felt? It sure goes well with the leather, for sure. Really nicely.

 

[g.durand]

I might add that I left the ribbon selection to Art, and it is priceless!

 

[ChiTownScion]

Is that a chocolate brown felt? It sure goes well with the leather, for sure. Really nicely.

Thank you for the kind compliment. Yes, it is chocolate brown. Teardrop crown crease, ribbon edge, 4 1/2 " on the crown, with a 1 1/4" wide ribbon.

 

[Art Fawcett]

+1... very handsome ribbon and bow.

Art, is the weight after addition of sweatband and liner? I have only handled two hats under 2 ounces - both have grosgrain sweatbands.

This was prior to sweatband and liner Alan, I was trying to explain difficulties to Charlie so weighed it on a postal scare while he was on the phone. Honestly, these bodies are something beyond my skill level so it's been a real education. Imagine trying to make viable hats from tissue paper. The experience is similar but dang, when they come out right it's pretty exciting. Yes, I've ruined a few bodies. uggg

 

[Art Fawcett]

Thank you for posting it G, I really like it in the Cattlemans crease. I never saw it that way when making it but it works.