The Wiser Hatter
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I picked up a Buntal hat this year a Fedora Fest great hat. As good as any Panama hat for sure.
Welcome to the lounge.
Welcome to the lounge.
Welcome....
Odor trick for me has been crumpled newspaper in a plastic trash bag with the hat for 2-3 days.
Removed HEAVY pipe smoke smell in mine.
Sticky thread for Introductions = http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?22873-Introduction
Hi all,
My name is John and I came across this forum as a result of a search for a pork pie hat, which let me to all the wonderful member photos of their collections. I am very interested in Art Fawcett's masterpieces and have a feeling I will be a poorer for finding this board.
That said, here is my first vintage hat. It arrived today from an Ebay seller. Very happy with the fit, however it smells like mildew. Pretty strong. Any suggestions for ridding the odor?
Secondly, I was wondering if anyone might be able to take an educated guess on the this hat might have been produced. Did a little research and found the maker went out of business in the 80s. So I figure it's at least 30 years old. I am hoping to narrow that down.
If you think it's going to crack, you might not want to. If you pull it down, though, it's at the rear and to the right as you're holding the hat (left side once it's on your head). This photo shows the type of reorder label HCA used in the '50s and '60s, though this one is early-'50s.Thank you all for the welcome.Brad do you know where I might want to look under the sweat band? Toward the rear? I need to be delicate pulling the leather back, don't want it to crack. I would like to narrow down the area if possible.
gtdean48,Welcome....
Odor trick for me has been crumpled newspaper in a plastic trash bag with the hat for 2-3 days.
Removed HEAVY pipe smoke smell in mine.
Welcome Simonds! Your caps are great and I'm sure the ladies don't mind you posting in the Show us what you made thread, but there is another thread just for the men that sew Gentleman show us what you've made you should post your caps there, I'm sure the gents would love to see themHello to all, I would first like to say that I am honored to become a member of the fedora lounge. Second the topics and pictures are great.
I have been a fan for awhile of the 8 panel newsboy cap and this is how I stumble upon this forum. I recently posted some of my work in the powder room under the topic "show us what you've made". Now back to exploring more of these hundreds of thousands of threads!