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Jealous this isn't mine!
Me too as it’s a 7 1/2 as well!
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Jealous this isn't mine!
Nice job,Terry.Finished sizing up and re-configuring this black Borsalino. This is a lot of hat for a fedora with its 3 inch brim and nearly 6 inches tall open crown. The crown was really tapered but I took care of that. Before pictures on previous page. The crown is now tall and straight and is creased to 4 3/4 at the pinch with a rake sloping to 4 inches tall in the back. The 3 inch brim has been flanged and I re-used the original 3/4 ribbon and the brim binding. Since it was sized up a little I had to sew in a new sweat....
Thank you, Bob!Nice job,Terry.
Finished up this '50s era over welt brim Dobbs Fifth Avenue that a fellow Lounger sent me, who wishes to remain anonymous. It was pretty rough and dirty to start with but the felt was sound. The quality of this felt is really something. Definitely a lost art from a bygone era. It started out as a size 7 and I was able to reblock it and change the open crown shape and size it up to a 7 1/4. As expected, the sweat was toast. I couldn't reuse the original ribbon like I would have wanted. It was badly stained and faded. Besides, it would have been too short anyway. The hat really cleaned up nice and revealed a Pecan like color. The amazing thing with the color is that it has some interesting undertones going on that changes colors to match the background it's in. It goes from grey, to green, to brown,...So, finding a ribbon to match the hat that would do the same have been a chore. Then I remembered some vintage and contrasting 6 ply mid ribbon I had that the same undertones. It was a perfect match. Here's what I came up with....
Before: As received
After....
Another great job, Terry! Wonderful to revive an old felt like that.Finished up this '50s era over welt brim Dobbs Fifth Avenue that a fellow Lounger sent me, who wishes to remain anonymous. It was pretty rough and dirty to start with but the felt was sound. The quality of this felt is really something. Definitely a lost art from a bygone era. It started out as a size 7 and I was able to reblock it and change the open crown shape and size it up to a 7 1/4. As expected, the sweat was toast. I couldn't reuse the original ribbon like I would have wanted. It was badly stained and faded. Besides, it would have been too short anyway. The hat really cleaned up nice and revealed a Pecan like color. The amazing thing with the color is that it has some interesting undertones going on that changes colors to match the background it's in. It goes from grey, to green, to brown,...So, finding a ribbon to match the hat that would do the same have been a chore. Then I remembered some vintage and contrasting 6 ply mid ribbon I had that the same undertones. It was a perfect match. Here's what I came up with....
Before: As received
After....
Thank you buddy. The liner's still up in the air. It has some bad foxing. I may try it and see how it looks. Then again, it may be too small now. I'll find out soon.Great job, Terry. Were you able to save the liner?
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Thank you Tuk!Another great job, Terry! Wonderful to revive an old felt like that.
...finding a ribbon to match the hat that would do the same have been a chore. Then I remembered some vintage and contrasting 6 ply mid ribbon I had that the same undertones. It was a perfect match.
Thank you Bob. I just did have enough of that ribbon to do this hat. I wish I could locate more of it. It definitely did the job here.Nice work (as always) Terry. That ribbon is a stroke of genius. What a great looking hat!
+1Amazing work Terry. I enjoy seeing what you hat refurbers are doing here.
Thank you, buddy!Terry,super job on that one.