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Greetings All:
Bama, Hell Yeah!! Grabbing my nitro now!!
Be well. Bowen
Greetings All:
Thanks much Bowen, I appreciate that.Greetings All:
DD....too cool!! What a hat! Love me some pencils!! Kudos
Be well. Bowen
Classy and dapper. Looks good steur.Yesterday my phone was on shutdown for some reason (it's government property, so it may have been sympathetic to the overseas situation). Gave the Knox Tom and Jerry a first old world spin; it felt right at home.
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don't think I'd ever take that one off
love seeing it every time
That is a beauty,Greg.
Thanks, Ant but you don't wear black.
Thanks, Ant but you don't wear black.
Looks great Scotty!I broke out the tea kettle the other day and played around with the creases in my AB Henry.
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On the left is outdoor natural light, and the right is a flash under fluorescent lights.
That hat is perfection! The boots are really nice. Do they have one piece vamp and top?
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I would love to find a duplicate of that hat Greg. Love it.
I had a desire to make a hat, that I had seen on line, when I was looking for vintage inspiration, and it is, in photo 1.
This hat size 7-1/2 which, I built for inventory, is Winchester Staple Rabbit, in Silverbelly. I gave it a tight, raw, 5/8 curl.
Staple hare, has been a topic recently, on another thread, but as you can see, this hat "boned up" very well, and took a serious liking to being pounced. I note this for you all, because I saw bunny felt, take some hits recently on another thread.
This staple hare felt product takes some preperation; and a few hours of it, to ready it, to pounce. The question is how do you get this rabbit felt to "bone up"...? I had to make several, and ruin several bodies to find out.
The amount of time that I have in this build is upward to 35 hrs. I know in my old life, a week in most jobs, paid you for what they felt you were worth; be it minimum wage or slightly higher based on skill. So for me, here and now, I'm working for what equates to minimum wage in PA. This is my job, it is my source of income. I say all that, to lead to this:
Pricing - I noticed recently, a list of how guys are priced, I don't think I made that list of hatmakers. I know it's a confusing issue, because we all pay the same prices for our supplies, these sources don't discount.
I build a hat, by hand, open crown. I hand pounce, I hand stitch the brim binding, needle and thread. It is done in one continuous stitch and it equals about 100 inches of thread. Sweatbands are meticulously installed, by hand.
(One machine exception, is for closing the brim grosgrain loop)
I am very competitive and in line, on my pricing. But I am totally open to any inquiries anyone may have regarding my work. And a worthy note, is that over the last 2 and a half years, I dug in real deep to get my product to a very high standard of excellence, in workmanship. Now I've include branding of premium Sheepskin, and a liner project near completion.
I'm open for business, and hope to serve you in 2018.
Thanks for the look, the read and a like, if so inclined.
Best Regards,
Tim
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Thanks Richard.Fine hat Matt, the color and the wide brim give it a lot of character
That is a beauty,Greg.
That’s gorgeous Greg!
That is one special hat Greg, love seeing it.
Mighty fine Greg, mighty fine
Greetings All:
Bama, Hell Yeah!! Grabbing my nitro now!!
Be well. Bowen
I’m liking this one lately.