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High Plains Drifter woes........

Rick Blaine

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OK, option two; there has been this guy in Israel on ebay selling black, w-i-d-e brimmed Borsalinos for peanuts, fifteen, twenty, twenty-five bucks! And only $20 shipping. How can ya' go wrong? Beats the tar outta wool. Wool never fails to disappoint, in my experience
 

Lean'n'mean

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It does seem to me that the movie hat is fur felt, not wool.

I think you may have misunderstood my intentions. No doubt the actual hat in the movie is a beaver fur felt of the finest quality. My aim was merely to have a bit of fun in transforming a 'worthless' hat into something interesting & at a minimal cost. I never intended to create an exact replica, as in 100% scren accurate, of the hat .
To be honest with you I doub't I would inflinge such harsh treatment & humiliation on an expensive fur felt hat anyway so I prefer to reserve my twisted creative impulses on wool felt hats. :D
 

The Good

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The way you've made your wool hat is absolutely fine for that look, I don't think it needs to be fur felt in this case. It's a High Plains Drifter hat! You seem to have accomplished your mission.

OK, option two; there has been this guy in Israel on ebay selling black, w-i-d-e brimmed Borsalinos for peanuts, fifteen, twenty, twenty-five bucks! And only $20 shipping. How can ya' go wrong? Beats the tar outta wool. Wool never fails to disappoint, in my experience

I've got to thank you for the mention of the Borsalinos. I don't think anybody could go wrong, if it's their size.
 

Lean'n'mean

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OK, option two; there has been this guy in Israel on ebay selling black, w-i-d-e brimmed Borsalinos for peanuts, fifteen, twenty, twenty-five bucks! And only $20 shipping. How can ya' go wrong? Beats the tar outta wool. Wool never fails to disappoint, in my experience

Those are some pretty interesting hats in their own right & at incredibly low prices & unbelievably low shipping costs.
Problem is, even if there was one in my size I'm not sure it would arrive safely to my front door as there is quite a bit of hostility along the way towards anything emanating from Israel at the moment.
Great link though.
 
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RBH

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...........I can do a mean haggard look though :D

You meant Merle Haggard...right!?? ;)

Merle_Haggard.jpg
 

Blackthorn

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I think you may have misunderstood my intentions. No doubt the actual hat in the movie is a beaver fur felt of the finest quality. My aim was merely to have a bit of fun in transforming a 'worthless' hat into something interesting & at a minimal cost.
And you've done a good job. :)
 

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