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[deadlyhandsome]

Dear friends please help me to find leather sweatbands for sewing machine stitching?

See my post below:


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[scottyrocks]

I know a guy...

Don't think that this wasn't the first thing I thought of (the cordless, not the kid).

I have a DeWalt and a bunches of drill bits. I could only imagine the bit pulling the hat apart as it spun through the felt, though.

 

[Frunobulax]

Don't think that this wasn't the first thing I thought of (the cordless, not the kid).

I have a DeWalt and a bunches of drill bits. I could only imagine the bit pulling the hat apart as it spun through the felt, though.

Wet the spot you want to put vents in, then freeze the hat. That should do it! [emoji4]


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[humanshoes]

Here's just the tool for the job: https://onlineriver.com/push-punch-set-of-small-round-holes/

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

Hey All:
Is it my imagination or does the Lounge seem to slow down on Fridays?? Anybody ever notice this?? Idk but seems recurrent to me.
Or maybe it’s just Apple/AT&T.
Or just....Aliens...probably just that.
????
Be well. Bowen

 

[M Hatman]

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Greetings Scotty et al:
This is an old ventilated Knox. No model name. Interesting in that the perforation pattern mirrors the “Knox Crown”. Kinda cool i think.
DIY...idk. No doubt they use a die punch.
Thanks for asking...gave me a chance to wear this puppy.
Be well. Bowen
Ps: hat & diamond courtesy of 40Cal.

You have a nice one there....too cool.....
M

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

Just curious, wouldn't holes in the top of the hat act like a drain that would catch water when it rains and get your head wet? :/

By that time those holes don’t matter. The felt sponge on your head is already saturated and the water just keeps flowing through it. The holes are probably dryer than the rest of the hat. Just sayin...
Be well. Bowen

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

Here's just the tool for the job: https://onlineriver.com/push-punch-set-of-small-round-holes/

Sweet!!! B

 

[glider]

I have a Champ stingy brim fedora that is like new, I really don't care for a stingy brim but this hat is so nice I hate to let it go . I have considered trying to make a porkpie out of it , I don't see why I couldn't . So what do the inmates think, sell it or make a porkpie

 

[Zombie_61]

I have a Champ stingy brim fedora that is like new, I really don't care for a stingy brim but this hat is so nice I hate to let it go . I have considered trying to make a porkpie out of it , I don't see why I couldn't . So what do the inmates think, sell it or make a porkpie

I vote "Pork Pie", but that style seems to be a bit of an acquired taste. On the other hand, if it's a size 7-1/2 and you're willing to let it go cheap...

 

[deadlyhandsome]

I have a Champ stingy brim fedora that is like new, I really don't care for a stingy brim but this hat is so nice I hate to let it go . I have considered trying to make a porkpie out of it , I don't see why I couldn't . So what do the inmates think, sell it or make a porkpie

The pork pie is one of those hats that I like seeing on others but has no appeal to me personally. Don’t know why, just is.

Since you can always return it to open crown and then back to a fedora why not give it a try?


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[glider]

Hey Zombie_61 it's a 7 1/4 and a tight one at that. Not sure I would like a porkpie actually, never had one on . I do like them on some people .

 

[Zombie_61]

Hey Zombie_61 it's a 7 1/4 and a tight one at that. Not sure I would like a porkpie actually, never had one on . I do like them on some people .

*sigh* Story of my life--too small, too large, not in the budget... I agree with Deadlyhandsome--try it as a Pork Pie, and if you don't like it you can always re-crease it however you like.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Anyone know more about this hat? All I know is what I can see: Stetson 7x hand creased something. The bound brim has me wondering. These are all the photos I have and no additional description.

I’m curious at to model and vintage. Any help would be appreciated.


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[Frunobulax]

Anyone know more about this hat? All I know is what I can see: Stetson 7x hand creased something. The bound brim has me wondering. These are all the photos I have and no additional description.

I’m curious at to model and vintage. Any help would be appreciated.


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For some reason, I want to say that gold tag means it's a Canadian Stetson (60s? 70s?).


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[deadlyhandsome]

For some reason, I want to say that gold tag means it's a Canadian Stetson (60s? 70s?).


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Thanks, it gives me something to look into. So made in Canada rather than made for the Canadian market? It’s not metric so I’m assuming the former.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

For some reason, I want to say that gold tag means it's a Canadian Stetson (60s? 70s?).


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The seller is in Alberta, Canada so it looks like it is a Canadian Stetson. I looked through the date Stetsons by their size tag thread and came away empty. I’m going through liner dating now, but she many of the old photos have been lost.


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[Frunobulax]

Thanks, it gives me something to look into. So made in Canada rather than made for the Canadian market? It’s not metric so I’m assuming the former.

Biltmore had the license for the Canadian market. Perhaps when you get it there will be a reorder tag or something to shed more light on it.

Edit: After a little more Lounge research, I think it's a post-1971 Canadian Stetson made by Biltmore. Wolthausen had the Canuckistan license fro 1935-1971, the Biltmore. By that gold foil tag, I think it's a Biltmore product.

There are two threads, "Canadian Stetsons" and "Dating Vintage Stetsons by Size Tag" that you should look through. Sorry no linky - on phone.

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[M Hatman]

For some reason, I want to say that gold tag means it's a Canadian Stetson (60s? 70s?).


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[itsallgood]

What is a good fir felt hat for a millennial girl? Hats for women from all of the usual sources either seem over-the-top too stylized or too much like a rancher. Isn't there anything that's just an off-the-shelf fedora with a ribbon on the other side? Something in silverbelly or maybe khaki for California summer weather? Perhaps with some kind of neutral, toned-down puggaree?