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That looks great, Tony. I love the color. Let us see the gray one when you have it?
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Thanks, Art. Yup, as I said in the original post, it's far from perfect. They aren't flaws the uninitiated would pay any never mind, but if I can see 'em, I know you can. And know I will take you up on that offer, so expect to be hearing from me. (I've discovered that "doing it right" often means taking the time to do it right, but sometimes it's a matter of technique, and that the right way turns out to be easier and faster than the way I had been doing things.)
As to the ribbon work ... yours is about as good as I've seen. I've taken a good hard look at the bows on a couple of your hats I have up here to get a sense of how you put them together. And I've taken apart enough hats to know how they were put together at the big factories, both way back in the "Golden Era" and more recently. Some of them are pretty darned slap-dash, to be frank about it. Among the worst I've seen is on a modern Borsalino, a hat that retails for something like $250. They made no attempt whatsoever to conceal the stitches securing the bow to the body. None whatsoever. And the thread color isn't even all that good a match with the ribbon color. Sheesh.
As to the ribbon work ... yours is about as good as I've seen. I've taken a good hard look at the bows on a couple of your hats I have up here to get a sense of how you put them together. And I've taken apart enough hats to know how they were put together at the big factories, both way back in the "Golden Era" and more recently. Some of them are pretty darned slap-dash, to be frank about it. Among the worst I've seen is on a modern Borsalino, a hat that retails for something like $250. They made no attempt whatsoever to conceal the stitches securing the bow to the body. None whatsoever. And the thread color isn't even all that good a match with the ribbon color. Sheesh.
