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Mario

I'll Lock Up
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Little Istanbul, Berlin, Germany
It's buttery soft and airy but still has a bit of stand due to the lightweight lining he put in:


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HatsWV

New in Town
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30
Location
West Virginia
Since linen newsboys have come up and I have yet to order one. Which maker is recommended here the most between HP, B!Wear, and Hepville?

Is it more a matter of individual taste or are their real differences in fabric quality and such.
 

St. Valentine

A-List Customer
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433
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Germany
Bela's linen cap has arrived (and how quick: I ordered it on Sunday and it was here on Wednesdays!). Great job! :eusa_clap


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That looks sharp Mario! I love the way the cap droops over the sides. I looks as if I got to contact Bela after my holidays. :D

Frank
 

Mario

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Little Istanbul, Berlin, Germany
Since linen newsboys have come up and I have yet to order one. Which maker is recommended here the most between HP, B!Wear, and Hepville?

Is it more a matter of individual taste or are their real differences in fabric quality and such.

I don't know about the other makers and Bela may - at the moment - not have such a wide array of different fabrics available but I'd still vote for him.

You can ask him for special alterations, bits and pieces. On the linen cap I asked him to make the bill wider than he usually does and it worked like a charm. Bela is a pleasure to work with and a really nice chap. Yes, my vote is up for Bela. :D
 
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Hepville

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Germany
Thanks for the nice comments guys! It´s a real pleasure for me to see my work on all your heads! :)

Mario: Looks dashing... and I like your glasses ;)

As Mario mentioned I´ve made the brim a bit wider and larger. It came out nicely on the second try I´ve changed the pattern... so I can do that now on all sizes. I´ve made another one for me with this kind of brim in a size 59... will soon post some pictures here.

Some general note for linen caps:
Linen tends to wrinkle more like other fabrics. Ironing a linen cap is not the best idea to get the wrinkles out.
You can use a vaporizer with water to wet your cap and after that you dry your cap with a hair dryer (hold the dryer under your cap to the inside... the cap will dry and bloat and will re-shape again.
 

HatsWV

New in Town
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30
Location
West Virginia
Fantastic cap Mario, it's the most vintage looking modern cap I've seen yet. I'll definitely go for that wide brimmed style in the future.

Since Hepville designs have come up I will go ahead and show mine.

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I promise better pics in the future, anyway I commissioned this cap to match the jacket and it does this quite well.
 

Dronak

Familiar Face
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54
Location
USA
I have a cheap modern cap that I got within the last year (I forget when). My wife and I were out, looked at the hats in one of the stores, and my wife liked this one so I got it. I'm sure it's nothing special, but since my others are fedoras, it's nice to have a different type of hat available.

 

Hepville

One of the Regulars
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246
Location
Germany
HatsWV:
I see you´ve made it to this fine place here, Mr. Jason T.
It´s a fine match to your jacket. Welcome to the Lounge!
 

Woodfluter

Practically Family
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784
Location
Georgia
Some general note for linen caps:
Linen tends to wrinkle more like other fabrics. Ironing a linen cap is not the best idea to get the wrinkles out.
You can use a vaporizer with water to wet your cap and after that you dry your cap with a hair dryer (hold the dryer under your cap to the inside... the cap will dry and bloat and will re-shape again.

Yep, that works.
However, I've found that steam is the killer app.
To belabor what I've said before, it's the humidity and not the heat at all.
You hold it far enough away so that molecular water enters the fabric.
If your hand hurts, it's too hot.
Dries much much faster than wetting with an atomizer and just as effective.

BTW, Bela's caps look great and I like Frank's glasses too.
 

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