Today is the beautiful one, it is supposed to turn bad tomorrow, and then nice on Sunday... we expect results. Wear it to church, I'm wearing the Olcott on Sunday.Sun's out, darn it! I should have worn my new NWHC Hat!
The more I look at the image, the more I want to copy all about it. Just like the Olcott, which has all the lines, with colors extrapolated from a silver nitrate print. I searched high and low for another shot of Slats wearing this hat. It was a portrait for his beginning of his coaching career. I am going to search the student newspaper for images of him traveling with the team, maybe a hat shot there. I'm thinking of a trip to Mike's on Monday to begin the design process.@Redfokker : Since you flipped the negative around in Photshop, I'm looking at the bash on the Slats hat and in that view it looks more like the front brim is lined up over his eyes, but the point/pinch of the crown is aiming off to his right. Then he has the right side brim flipped up. What a fabulous crease on that hat! Ol' Slats had some style and attitude goin' on there, Red.
Do you think you'll duplicate everything on this one, including the bash, or just the dimensions at first and ease into an assymetrical bash later on down the road?
Remember my Penman custom steel? The front crease got "pushed" and has that same effect (without the turned up right brim, though).
It's a deal, Red. White hat Sunday!
Tell her congratulations from me. I'll post images of my new grey suit and silvermist Olcott.
Alden 403 Moc Toe Boot - Brown Chromexcel - $680 The classic "Indy" style Alden Boot in the classic Horween brown Chromexcel. 
Grant Stone Diesel Boot Dark Olive Chromexcel - #395 Goodyear welted, Horween Chromexcel, classic good looks. 
Himel Bros. - The Ross Mk. 1 Leather Jacket Classic D-pocket motorcycle/aviator style jacket.
Yummmm! Nice weave, is there any provenance from the original mess? Any labels, sweat etc.? Mike can do amazing things.Mike turned this;
Into this:
Nice work, fabulous old Montecristi.Mike turned this;
Into this:
Great save,Mike is a real artist.
Love the colors in that weave. And the model is super as well. Great hat, youthful and classy at the same time.Mike worked on the "western" Cuenca weave straw hat for my daughter. It was about 59cm, and the cloth sweat was sewn on with nylon thread and my/her forehead like a bed bug eatin' at your skin. The hatband was unremarkable, but the straw in the weave has three different colors... kind of a reddish brown, dark brown/black, and a little grey.
Mike reblocked the hat to 56cm, sewed in a nice leather sweatband, and steamed in a teardrop crease on top. It fits daughter perfectly and looks sweet with the new burgundy pug.
Before: looks good, fits bad, itches bad...
After: Looks better, fits perfect and feels great!
I would say the AWESOME category!!I got out a magnifying glass and counted the WPI. Did it several times on different places and came up at about 900 WPI. Not sure what category that puts it in.
fedoralover
Nice Fed.Mike worked on the "western" Cuenca weave straw hat for my daughter. It was about 59cm, and the cloth sweat was sewn on with nylon thread and my/her forehead like a bed bug eatin' at your skin. The hatband was unremarkable, but the straw in the weave has three different colors... kind of a reddish brown, dark brown/black, and a little grey.
Mike reblocked the hat to 56cm, sewed in a nice leather sweatband, and steamed in a teardrop crease on top. It fits daughter perfectly and looks sweet with the new burgundy pug.
Before: looks good, fits bad, itches bad...
After: Looks better, fits perfect and feels great!
The absolutely striking incredible catagory...?I got out a magnifying glass and counted the WPI. Did it several times on different places and came up at about 900 WPI. Not sure what category that puts it in.
fedoralover
Amazing transformation!Mike turned this;
Into this:
