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ScottF said:...and started thinking of them as 'art'.
They are.
ScottF said:...and started thinking of them as 'art'.
buler said:
Brad Bowers said:Buler,
Here's the design patent for this hat - A John Cavanagh design, no less! Interesting that it's attached to a sticker on the back of the sweat. Would that date it to perhaps right after the patent was received?
Brad
buler said:But because of the sticker, I'm thinking that would have been right about that time.
Looks great Brother!!!!babs said:
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glittlewing said:Added a Stetson Stetsonian Caribou color Bogart DF 30005 Size 7 ¼ 5X in front of Sweat Band. I did some research found it to be 1949 to maybe 1951 can someone add or tell me if this is correct or tell me more of this hat. Found out about the Stetsonian I know the 5X is grade or amount of Beaver used
The only thing I can tell you, G Littlewing, is that it's a good-lookin' hat! Good score.glittlewing said:Added a Stetson Stetsonian Caribou color Bogart DF 30005 Size 7 ¼ 5X in front of Sweat Band. I did some research found it to be 1949 to maybe 1951 can someone add or tell me if this is correct or tell me more of this hat. Found out about the Stetsonian I know the 5X is grade or amount of Beaver used in the fur felt but not much on the Bogart DF 30005. Would like to know more. Thanks G Littlewing
billysmom said:All right, Mr. Palladin, sir. Yes, sir. You are correct, sir. I'm skirting the ragged hairy edges of the statute.
How about this? Just arrived after some shipping mishaps involving torn labels and return-to-sender:
So it finally arrived. It looks great! :eusa_clap Nice work bashing it. Clearly, I need to get an OR clone of some sort.babs said:Thanks Sue. Gorgeous Knox you found there too.
I ended up by accident with the tear-drop as I really liked the nonchalant look of the diamond bash, but it needed a bump from hitting the top of my big ole' egg. So as I tried to do a bump in the diamond bash it wasn't cutting it, so I folded, steamed and folded and that c-crown came about. Pulled the pinch forward a bit more and lower from these pics and it gives the front at least a sweet side-profile. I'm learning I guess. Thanks to you fine folks here.
I guess I can get away with such a hat.. Man I look tired. Yikes. The c-crown gives it a more angular look on the top of the crown from this shot.. So this wasn't the final product.
rlk said:Platinum on Platinum More in Resistol Roundup
buler said:Finally got these two in the mail and also found a beauty on my way to a haircut. The hat on the left is an unworn Penneys Marathon with the tri-color (felt, ribbon, brim binding all different) thing going on like a Lee Trinity. The hat in the middle is a grey Courtney made for Harry Levinsons. Its a thin ribbon with a no liner stamped crown. Last but not least is an all black Dobbs. Was really hoping for 2 more boxes today but that will have to wait until Monday.....
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billysmom said:I've been looking for a nice charcoal lid:
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2" brim, 2 1/8" ribbon, 4 3/4" crown, 1 7/8" sweat.
Sometime soon it will be time to break out the gray flannel suit.
Sue
babs said:FINALLY!!! Got my hands on a good wider brim.. This little guy arrived yesterday and I had some fun. Broke out the Jiffy steamer for the first time to do a bash and see what I was capable of with the hat. The felt is awesome.. One little moth tract that honestly with the color of the hat, I may try to sandpaper a little with some fine grit if and when I get around to it.
djgo-cat-go said:.
Welll done Babs! I like to have an openroad(clone) some day, yours is a fine specimen. I found myself wanting a woodblock to re-block my Playboy, cause I feel I overdid the steaming/creasing 'routine' (it.. I shaped it into a nice diamond but somehow the hat has become more tapered than I like and I can't get it back into a nice straight-sided opencrown anymore... It's a fine art, hat bashing, and I seriously underestimated just that...
Spats McGee said:So it finally arrived. It looks great! :eusa_clap Nice work bashing it. Clearly, I need to get an OR clone of some sort.
Saw the ring did ya Brother?RBH said:Looks great Brother!!!!
Mr. Paladin said:Nicely done. Looks very different from the arrival shot, which wasn't bad to begin with. Steam is a wonderful thing (in moderation, of course)!