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Thanks Al... we used to be able to compete with Batavia in the old days! 8^)
Thanks Al... we used to be able to compete with Batavia in the old days! 8^)
Alan, Fantastic Derby! The sweatband treatment is really interesting.
I almost put a bid on that lot just for that bowler. What a great color! I'm glad a [girlfriend of] a lounger grabbed it! no idea about the stains. I've had a degree of success on a sand colored bowler using a mild liquid dish detergent on a damp sponge to remove ketchup and cooking grease... also took multiple rounds of steaming.
I'm glad a [girlfriend of] a lounger grabbed it!
Oh yeah, and my girlfriend will be a lounger herself as soon as the mods approve her account. She joined up last night to show off some of her vintage hats, and swap restoration tips.
Are there any non-wool, fur-felt derbies available new from current manufacturers, for reasonable (Akubra-like) prices? Alternately, is this the sort of hat that a custom hatmaker could make? It seems like the shape of the open crown may require a block shape that most hat makers don't have, not to mention the flange and the curl and the hardness.