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Bollman Hat Company PCN Tour Video

Joshbru3

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Usually I would not dive into the world of Wool hats, but I find it very interesting how many differences there are between making a fur felt hat and making a wool felt hat. I was on the Stetson/Resistol tour and have watched other films about hat making and it seems that there are steps/differences used in making a wool hat that are not done in making a a fur hat. Check out how they make a wool felt cone verses a fur felt cone. The amount of machines and times used in the actual felting process varies quite a bit.

The MOST interesting thing about this tour is during the span of 46:24 to 46:54, you can actually see a Singer 46-101 unreeded sweatband machine in use. It appears that Bollman still uses this machine to sew in grosgrain sweatbands in hats.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAOAm-HK_WE
 
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Josh, This is a very detailed video (I believe Manfred posted it couple weeks ago). Better than the videos I have seen on fur felt production. I wish I could have made a video of my TONAK visit.
 

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Although the CEO of the company did not press it, he did mention at 9:11 of the vid that they do make fur felt hats in addition

to their wool based offerings.

Great vid!

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Bollman does make fur felt but it is a fraction of the production . We used to buy many of their fur felts but they are concentrating on the wools. They make the best wool hats today.
 
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Are they working from fur pelts or buying processed fur? I have seen Velour hats they are supplying and those bodies were most likely sourced from TONAK.
 
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