T Jones
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Thank you, Perry!Amazing work Terry. I enjoy seeing what you hat refurbers are doing here.
Thank you, Perry!Amazing work Terry. I enjoy seeing what you hat refurbers are doing here.
My newest conversion. Reblocked with a Hat Shaper. Please excuse the bad pictures.
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That color turned out beautiful. That can't be the same hat!Here’s a nice one I just converted from a homburg . It’s a vitafelt process Stetson from the 1940s . Was really dirty and in poor shape when I got it so I gave it a gas bath and removed the binding , had a few light moth nips and repaired those too.
Brim originally was 2 3/4 and I was able to keep it at that fortunately .
All else on the hat is fine and the felt does have a noticeably different hand to the felt which I was able to really see during the gas bath. View attachment 140019
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Nice save,Scott.Here’s a nice one I just converted from a homburg . It’s a vitafelt process Stetson from the 1940s . Was really dirty and in poor shape when I got it so I gave it a gas bath and removed the binding , had a few light moth nips and repaired those too.
Brim originally was 2 3/4 and I was able to keep it at that fortunately .
All else on the hat is fine and the felt does have a noticeably different hand to the felt which I was able to really see during the gas bath. View attachment 140019
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Thanks man.Jswindle nice job on your conversion!
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On the head. Nice tall crown with a deep dished Tear Drop crease. The open crown is six inches tall and is creased to five inches tall at the pinch with a rake sloping back to four inches.
Thank you RS! I appreciate that buddy! I hope you're getting along well after having your surgery. Looks like I may be headed that way myself. I've been out of work since January over a bad back. My doctor and back surgeon have me doing pain management for now to see how I do. Hope you're doing better.I've been down and out for some time due to back surgery... just now getting to some catching up... this is one killer look! I love what you are doing!!
~shoes~
I've been down and out for some time due to back surgery... just now getting to some catching up... this is one killer look! I love what you are doing!!
~shoes~
Thank you RS! Looks like I may be headed that way myself. I've been out of work since January over a bad back. My doctor and back surgeon have me doing pain management for now to see how I do. Hope you're doing better.
I hope your surgery works out well. It's been about ten years since my first one( my condition shows on my latest MRI to be degenerative, so I will certainly have at least one more)and while it greatly improved my condition, I have still not been able to go back to work. Take good care of yourself and keep in shape, especially ensure you keep a strong core. People don't realize how big of a life changing event back injuries are, except those of us who have experienced them. I wish you the best of luck and remember laughter can often be the best medicine!
Wow...I'm trying to put mine off for as long as I can and just try the pain management for a while. My sister went through back surgery two years ago for the similar problems I have. She had nothing but trouble ever since. She'll be going back for more surgery next week. This will make her third surgery in two years. I'm dreading it. I wish you well, buddy.The dr told me that I would have my surgery and be back to "normal activities tomorrow"...
Have you ever been in a bar where they have one of those 'Free Beer Tomorrow' signs?? You go back tomorrow... and the free beer is tomorrow... not today... That's pretty much how this has worked for me. I'm 9 weeks post op and am just now getting to where I can get up, out, and around. It's been brutal...
My brother had the surgery and was indeed up and about the next day... not 100%... but up and about.
Good luck to you on your surgery!!
~shoes~
I've been away awhile but I see you're still turning out great hats. 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....
Great job Scott.Here’s a nice one I just converted from a homburg . It’s a vitafelt process Stetson from the 1940s . Was really dirty and in poor shape when I got it so I gave it a gas bath and removed the binding , had a few light moth nips and repaired those too.
Brim originally was 2 3/4 and I was able to keep it at that fortunately .
All else on the hat is fine and the felt does have a noticeably different hand to the felt which I was able to really see during the gas bath. View attachment 140019
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Beautiful work!My newest conversion. Reblocked with a Hat Shaper. Please excuse the bad pictures.
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Thank you, CS!I've been away awhile but I see you're still turning out great hats. Nice job Terry.