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Omne

Familiar Face
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95
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Minnesota
Anyone know of a good hat shop in NYC other than JJ Hats?

Quick answer:

Bencraft Hatters
4202 13th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11219
(718) 384-5517
http://www.bencrafthats.com

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Bencraft Hatters
236 Broadway
Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718) 438-9649
http://www.bencrafthats.com

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Still Life
77 Orchard Street
New York, NY 10002
(212) 575-9704
http://www.stilllifenyc.com

Only Store Designed and Custom


Worth & Worth Hats
45 West 57th Street 6th Floor
New York, NY 10019
(212) 265-2887
http://www.hatshop.com/

Private Label Italian Hats, Hat Clean and Repair via mail

More details- see this thread:

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?31181-Hat-Stores-a-list
 
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GamaH

A-List Customer
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406
Here is a pic of me in my Borso on my way to church. It has a windcord. I like the cord personally.
Borsoonasunday.jpg


Jeff

Is that Black or Gray? Looks great btw.
 

1961MJS

My Mail is Forwarded Here
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3,370
Location
Norman Oklahoma
Hi

Where on the hat brim do the holes for stampede strings go? Middle of the ear, front of the ear, behind the ear, inch in front of the ear? I live in Kansas, but I've NEVER had a hat with a stampede string and I need to know where to ask for it to be put. I'm also going to try it myself on a 5 year old twice crushed, never soaked (brittle) Sun Body.

Thanks
 

frussell

One Too Many
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1,409
Location
California Desert
I usually put the holes right behind my ear, so that when it's not in use I can snug it up behind my ears against the base of my skull. I find that if the holes are in front of my ear, the stampede string sits too far forward when not in use. I use mostly horsehair strings, so I don't really want them rubbing against my ears all day. Your preference may be otherwise, but I do use them often. I find it helpful on felt and straw to punch the holes with a hammer-struck hole punch made for leather. It makes a clean hole with no rough edges to tear. Frank
 

monbla256

Call Me a Cab
Messages
2,239
Location
DFW Metroplex, Texas
Here is a pic of me in my Borso on my way to church. It has a windcord. I like the cord personally.
Borsoonasunday.jpg


Jeff

Jeff,
I like that Borso ALOT ! It works well w/suit and fits your head well. I can't tell from the angle in the photo but is that a bound brim on it? And I like the charcoal tone of that black, makes it work well with a wide range of other colors I'm sure. NICE, NICE hat :)
 

Jedwbpm

One Too Many
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1,031
Location
West Coast Florida
Jeff,
I like that Borso ALOT ! It works well w/suit and fits your head well. I can't tell from the angle in the photo but is that a bound brim on it? And I like the charcoal tone of that black, makes it work well with a wide range of other colors I'm sure. NICE, NICE hat :)
Thank you Monbla. It is not bound, it is my goto church hat and also when I work at the Funeral Home. Here is a link to some for pics of it in the Borsalino Brotherhood thread
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?13133-The-BORSALINO-BROTHERHOOD/page127

Jeff
 

1961MJS

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3,370
Location
Norman Oklahoma
I usually put the holes right behind my ear, so that when it's not in use I can snug it up behind my ears against the base of my skull. I find that if the holes are in front of my ear, the stampede string sits too far forward when not in use. I use mostly horsehair strings, so I don't really want them rubbing against my ears all day. Your preference may be otherwise, but I do use them often. I find it helpful on felt and straw to punch the holes with a hammer-struck hole punch made for leather. It makes a clean hole with no rough edges to tear. Frank

Thanks Frank

Makes sense.

Later
 
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10,524
Location
DnD Ranch, Cherokee County, GA
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I usually put the holes right behind my ear, so that when it's not in use I can snug it up behind my ears against the base of my skull. I find that if the holes are in front of my ear, the stampede string sits too far forward when not in use. I use mostly horsehair strings, so I don't really want them rubbing against my ears all day. Your preference may be otherwise, but I do use them often. I find it helpful on felt and straw to punch the holes with a hammer-struck hole punch made for leather. It makes a clean hole with no rough edges to tear. Frank

I do have 1 or 2 that are leather but all the rest of what Frank says is dead on target especially the hole puncher technique...
 

bowlerman

I'll Lock Up
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6,294
Location
South Dakota
is it ok to superglue a few beads over a) a 3/4" crack in a derby brim, and b) a spurring crack in an otherwise supple sweatband?

photos to come-- this is for a Mallory derby that's in mostly great condition, and possibly dates to somewhere around 1934, based on newspaper clippings I found scrunched as padding under the sweatband.

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more photos in post new hats thread.
 
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Chinaski

One Too Many
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1,045
Location
Orange County, CA
Bowlerman, from the looks of that, if I'm seeing it correctly, I would try "blending" it with a needle so it sort of melds with the rest of the felt. I don't think you'd cause any harm trying this method. Others may have an idea for the sweatband problem.
 

Jantjeuh

Familiar Face
Messages
70
Location
Europe
For having my campdraft on the way, I'd like to prepare myself/study a little on how to get a teardrop shape on it. Would anyone know if there is a clear instructional floating around, or perhaps even a youtube vid or something?

Thanks!
 

DudeInBlack

Familiar Face
Messages
87
Location
San Diego
For having my campdraft on the way, I'd like to prepare myself/study a little on how to get a teardrop shape on it. Would anyone know if there is a clear instructional floating around, or perhaps even a youtube vid or something?

Thanks!

For that you'll need the Teardrop Workshop
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?38228-Teardrop-Workshop

And in the future, you can use the "Links to Important Threads" sticky for more primers, basics, and intros.

Good Luck. :)
 

bowlerman

I'll Lock Up
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6,294
Location
South Dakota
Bowlerman, from the looks of that, if I'm seeing it correctly, I would try "blending" it with a needle so it sort of melds with the rest of the felt. I don't think you'd cause any harm trying this method. Others may have an idea for the sweatband problem.

Thanks-- I will try it, but my lounge sleuthing is coming up blank for this needle blending thing. Can someone point me in the direction of that thread/post?

The sweatband is a little more fragile than I thought, as a light pull began a tear away from the stitches [insert perforated paper analogy here]. It fits perfectly, but now I'm afraid to wear it!
 

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