Northwest Hats, Eugene, Ore.

[mikespens]

I found a fairly beaten up Stetson Twenty awhile back that needed some serious attention. My naptha bath helped a lot, but the sweat was shot, and the sorry overall shape was beyond the reach of my tea kettle, so off it went to Mike at Northwest Hats. He cheerfully took on the project and offered to reblock it from its original 7 3/8 to 7 1/2. A good idea, as it had plenty of brim to play with! (It's 2 3/4 inches now - just right!)

Thanks, Mr. Miller, for a job well done.

Congrats Randall, nice when a worthy hat can have a second chance. I look forward to visiting NW Hats next April.

 

[randooch]

News Flash!

The Register-Guard, (Eugene, Oregon's paper), ran an article on Mike Miller on November 4th. I tried to provide a link to the article from their website, but gave up after 10 minutes of fruitless searching. here's a picture of the actual newspaper, though:

Congratulations on the local fame, Mike!

 

[RBH]

Here ya go.....

http://www.registerguard.com/web/living/lifestyles/28968277-44/miller-says-hats-hat-monette.html.csp

 

[randooch]

Thanks, Rusty! You're a magician.

 

[fedoralover]

The article brought in numerous people who were very happy to hear of a local hatter in town.

Fedoralover

 

[Alive'n'Amplified]

I talked with Mike this evening about some ribbon options for a Beaver Brand OR silverbelly that's currently in for a modification. He's going to cut the brim down for me, possibly to 2 3/8", and put a wider binding on it. Here is a teaser with a blue-grey ribbon...

 

[jlee562]

I've got to get off my backside and send Mike a Playboy I told him I'd send like a month ago for a reblock and a new sweat.

 

[Alive'n'Amplified]

The second hat I sent Mike is a dark grey Borso. The only thing I'm having him do is a re-size and add an edge binding. At first, I was thinking of a high contrast color, like pink or a light blue. But after some research, I've decided to go with something a little safer; it's called "limestone". Here's the binding I chose...

 

[scooter]

I just received my Stetson that Mike sized down, inatalled a new sweat, cut down the brim, added a double brim binding, and repaired a small nick. I also received back a very old light weight Borsalino that Mike sized up and replaced the sweat for me. I'll have pics up soon, but let me assure you, he does first class work. and he'll be doing more for me. great guy to work with!

 

[TomS]

here's my North West Hat's Pandora.

Chi, you have THE style, sir!

 

[randooch]

Chi, you have THE style, sir!

I agree wholeheartedly!

A-n-A, that hat will look great. Nice choice!

 

[Alive'n'Amplified]

Mike just finished with my silverbelly mods. He took a teaser pic, so I'm amp'd up and anxious!!! :thumb:

 

[Alive'n'Amplified]

Here is the Borsalino mod with the new edge binding. The hat color is actually dark grey with a greyish binding, but it looks brown in his photo. I'll post the full transformation if the Borso and the silverbelly hat in the conversion thread as soon as I get the hats next week.

 

[ofcoursemyhorse]

He does fantastic work. The brown contrasts really well with the dark grey.

 

[memphislawyer]

The ribbon on the silverbelly hat, what width?

 

[Alive'n'Amplified]

The ribbon width is approx. 1", probably closer to 7/8". Folded over splits it to just under 1/2" on top and bottom.

 

[fedoralover]

You guys are keeping Mike too busy, I'm never going to get my hat back.

fedoralover

 

[Alive'n'Amplified]

These are only 2 of 9 hat's he's doing for me!!

Just kidding.

He's done with them and has shipped them out.

 

[fedoralover]

Does a Nutria have Stripes?

Well this one does now. I had a thin ribbon Nutria Stetson that looked too western for me and had Mike at NorthWest hats turn it into a fedora with the striped edge binding and a matching stripe on the bow. Here's how it looks now. He had to put a fairly deep teardrop crease in it to bring the crown down, it was 6 inches and looked way too high for my liking.

This is what it looked like before.

fedoralover

 

[memphislawyer]

Oh, wow, I love how the keeper ties in with the edge binding and the unique slant on the keeper. I bet it all ties in nicely. Eye catching, but your eye does not have to try to figure it out, which for me is a big plus - the eye does not have take it all in, it just sort of comes to you. Nicely done.