Jauntyone
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Great job!
+1This is freakin' AWESOME! Great job!! You didn't copywrite this thing did ya? ,
(Heck, I was going to post my pencil roll tool. So much for THAT idea.)
This is freakin' AWESOME! Great job!! You didn't copywrite this thing did ya? ,
(Heck, I was going to post my pencil roll tool. So much for THAT idea.)
Thanks! I would be interested in seeing your homemade pencil roll tool.This is freakin' AWESOME! Great job!! You didn't copywrite this thing did ya? ,
(Heck, I was going to post my pencil roll tool. So much for THAT idea.)
hahahah.. I got a good laugh from that oneVery nice job there Fedoras4Life! As a man who has fabricated most of his own hat tools (including a heated sandbag and a conformateur) I can certainly appreciate your ingenuity and build skills. If you, however, ever make an outlaw cowboy hat it will cringe at the sight of your setup. (Sorry, couldn't resist the gallows reference).
I would definitely like to see your heated sandbagger.Very nice job there Fedoras4Life! As a man who has fabricated most of his own hat tools (including a heated sandbag and a conformateur) I can certainly appreciate your ingenuity and build skills. If you, however, ever make an outlaw cowboy hat it will cringe at the sight of your setup. (Sorry, couldn't resist the gallows reference).
I have a few of Mark's tools as well,excellent craftsmanship.Just got a few tools from Mark DeCou yesterday. I've never had a puller downer and I'm looking forward to using it as the need arises. The Foot Tollicker feels great in my hand too, Feels like it was custom made fit. I also added a shot of my pencil roll tool.
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Mark makes quality tools. I have purchased some things from him as well.Just got a few tools from Mark DeCou yesterday. I've never had a puller downer and I'm looking forward to using it as the need arises. The Foot Tollicker feels great in my hand too, Feels like it was custom made fit. I also added a shot of my pencil roll tool.
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Mark makes quality tools. I have purchased some things from him as well.
I absolutely love the pencil roll tool. It it antique or did you make it?
Curling Shackle (LOVE THAT!) Seriously, I'm learning here... Is that the civilized term for it? I really do need to learn more of the technical nomenclature for hatters tools. I must be sound like a cowboy or something. LOL! ... (oh, wait .. I guess I kind of are one.)Love that curling shackle Mike!
Curling Shackle (LOVE THAT!) Seriously, I'm learning here... Is that the civilized term for it? I really do need to learn more of the technical nomenclature for hatters tools. I must be sound like a cowboy or something. LOL! ... (oh, wait .. I guess I kind of are one.)
I believe that is the correct name for them. I have also heard them called brim irons.Curling Shackle (LOVE THAT!) Seriously, I'm learning here... Is that the civilized term for it? I really do need to learn more of the technical nomenclature for hatters tools. I must be sound like a cowboy or something. LOL! ... (oh, wait .. I guess I kind of are one.)
I can't imagine the frustration involved in coaxing a century old machine back to life but the products look great.View attachment 80089 View attachment 80090 So, you wake up one morning and decide you want to make straw hats for these brutal Tennessee summers. No problem. First, find a 100 year old straw braid hat sewing machine. Second, source the straw. Third, learn how to use the damn machine. Fourth, brush up on your profanity vocabulary. And last but not least, be prepared to start over about a 100 freaking times. After many, many hours bent over the old Willcox & Gibbs machine, and many failures to launch, a Downton Abbey Milan straw hat for a friend (she plans to use a silk scarf for a hatband) and a hemp braid tobacco brown hat for me (temporary hatband I think).