What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

[AbbaDatDeHat]

Stetson
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Greetings All:
Bama, Hell Yeah!! Grabbing my nitro now!!
Be well. Bowen

 

[scottyrocks]

I broke out the tea kettle the other day and played around with the creases in my AB Henry.

On the left is outdoor natural light, and the right is a flash under fluorescent lights.

 

[Desert dog]

Greetings All:
DD....too cool!! What a hat! Love me some pencils!! Kudos
Be well. Bowen

Thanks much Bowen, I appreciate that.

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[T Jones]

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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Classy and dapper. Looks good steur.

 

[Frunobulax]

Thanks for the likes on yesterday's BGGCD.

Off to the daily grind with my Moss Green Gannon.

Hope everybody has a great Wednesday.


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[Bamaboots]

don't think I'd ever take that one off

love seeing it every time

Thanks, Ant but you don't wear black.

 

[Bamaboots]

That is a beauty,Greg.

Thank you, Bob.

 

[Frunobulax]

Thanks, Ant but you don't wear black.

Once you wear black, you never go back?


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[moontheloon]

Thanks, Ant but you don't wear black.

With a hat like that I don’t see color


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[1mach1]

Monsivais 8 panel cap in vintage flecked green wool.

More pics in The Cap Faction thread.

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[1mach1]

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.

Looks great Scotty!

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[RJR]

Stetson 4X this morning.

 

[Bamaboots]

That hat is perfection! The boots are really nice. Do they have one piece vamp and top?

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Thanks, Dd. The hat is a favorite of mine. Yes, the boots are two piece. Some makers call them full cut, Wellingtons or the two piece.

 

[Bamaboots]

I would love to find a duplicate of that hat Greg. Love it.

Thank you, sir. There are very few vintage ones that turn up. This one popped up several years ago on the Bay with a BIN at a reasonable price. I hit the button so fast I hurt a finger.

A custom maker could do the job for you. This fella here just executed one that's as close as I've seen. If you ever want the dimensions of mine, let me know.

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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[mmbarnes]

Fine hat Matt, the color and the wide brim give it a lot of character

Thanks Richard.

 

[mmbarnes]

Thanks for all of the kind words about yesterday's Vita-Felt.

Today I'm Vita-Felting again under a 1946 Royal Stetsonian.

It's the same vintage as my dad. I like that (among other things [including the screwed around liner]) about it.

Have fun out there.

 

[Bamaboots]

That is a beauty,Greg.

Thank you, Bob.

That’s gorgeous Greg!

Thanks, Esther. High praise from a maker of fine lids.

That is one special hat Greg, love seeing it.

Thanks, Mike.

Mighty fine Greg, mighty fine

Richard, thank you, sir.

Greetings All:
Bama, Hell Yeah!! Grabbing my nitro now!!
Be well. Bowen

Thanks a lot, Bowen. You posted something very similar in the Fray thread. That Boss is something. This one came with the Fray sweat but no other markings to indicate a model.

Thanks to all for the recent likes and comments. Lots of great hats to view these past few days.

 

[101 Pathfinder]

Royal Stetson. This IS one of my favorite hats because of the different color (Forest Green) and that it came as an open crown and I put the crease in it.

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[EstherWeis]

I’m liking this one lately.

 

[Bill Hughes]

I’m liking this one lately.

Lovely as always.