Photos of hatters tools

[TheDane]

alternatively you could adapt this

I knew it! And they say, they don't use surveillance to steal industrial secrets. HA! If this isn't proof, I don't know what is! Someone has obviously combined my potato-pot-flange-stand with my high-tech spinner before I had a chance to file a patent. "Flabbergasted" is a word I rarely find use for ... this is the time ...!!! lol

 

[John Galt]

Found these for sale, any ideas what they are, listed as hat-making equipment.

Cheers.
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Those complicated devices look like tippers, with swing down arms for the dents. The others look like a sort of band block. The smaller device can't clearly be seen. Maybe a sizer or cutter of some kind?

 

[John Galt]

Called a "dent clamp" in the book.

 

[John Galt]

Can anyone tell me if this is a tip stand?

From the text:

 

[TheDane]

Hard to say. My grandmother had some a bit like it, she used for plants. What are the dimensions?

 

[Lotsahats]

I wanted to share with you guys the puller-downer I just received from our own john Galt:

The workmanship on this tool is just phenomenal. Hand feel is smooth and light, and the whole process has been easy. The Lounge is really lucky to have workman like John!

Cheers,
A

 

[TheDane]

Respect Aaron! You really go far in your quest to find the perfect solution to the fedora-ontop-of-Kippah challenge. Keep us posted, please

A very nice tool. Hatting and tool-making is catching a lot of loungers at the moment. Very interesting and inspiring to watch. Great work, John.

 

[John Galt]

Thanks fellas. I'm glad you like it Aaron. It is a simple tool, but works well for the job.


"Faint hat never won fair lady."

 

[John Galt]

Hard to say. My grandmother had some a bit like it, she used for plants. What are the dimensions?

I'll have to ask. It's an online item...


"Faint hat never won fair lady."

 

[TheDane]

It is a simple tool, but works well for the job.

- and a tool for life it is! No matter how hard you try to thow it away - it will always return

 

[Lotsahats]

I'll get right back to my old hat!

I'm merely a hobbyist; the meager skills I have go into recreasing alone.

A

 

[Hatter4]

Called a "dent clamp" in the book.

John: Here's my dent clamp with creaser and my tip stand.

 

[TheDane]

With a nice little plant ontop of that tip stand, I'm sure grandma' would have had a good eye for you

 

[John Galt]

- and a tool for life it is! No matter how hard you try to thow it away - it will always return

"Faint hat never won fair lady."

 

[John Galt]

John: Here's my dent clamp with creaser and my tip stand.

Straight out of the book! Beautiful. Please PM or post a link to your website, I've gotta check it out!

I think what I'm looking at is a plant stand - it looks a lot taller.


"Faint hat never won fair lady."

 

[Hatter4]

John , my website is on all my post's. its www.19thcenturyhatmaker.com

 

[John Galt]

Thanks, I feel a little silly ;-)

Here's an old wooden candle stick I converted to a spinner with an oak dowel. It's a little light on the bottom, but I'll glue it to a heavier piece. Finished it off with some parrafin wax.

"Faint hat never won fair lady."

 

[John Galt]

John , my website is on all my post's. its www.19thcenturyhatmaker.com

Oliver,

I remember checking your web site out once before, but am even more impressed now that I've made some hats. Wow. I'd love to just watch you work & look at your tools.

 

[Hatter4]

View of my hat shop with top hat and another hat I made

John: Here are two hats I made on the counter of my hat shop.

 

[John Galt]

Beautiful! I like the sad iron stand too ;-)


"Faint hat never won fair lady."