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Cervo on a drizzly day. View attachment 398698
Very nice, Steve. Nice tartan scarf for a bit of colour.

a more accurate view of the true color

Good looking TAR Borsalino. Not an everyday colour.

Love that colour. To be honest though: the pencil curl could have been done a bit tighter. Maybe Ignacio could do some work on that (we haven't heard him mentioned in a while).

Super hat, Jim. It's got the perfect classic look.

Cold but very windy morning necessitated a shorter brim. The right off the hook Borsalino Marque Grand Luxe XXXXX did just the trick.

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Lovely hat, Joe. I know the felt on it is just to die for.

Anton Peschel Dinkelsbüh "Norma" possibly late 1950s.

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Anton Peschel Dinkelsbüh Hat Holder possibly 1950s - 1960s.

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Beautiful homburg, Steve. Very satisfying to be able to put it on the right hat holder!
 

drmaxtejeda

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Very nice, Steve. Nice tartan scarf for a bit of colour.


Good looking TAR Borsalino. Not an everyday colour.


Love that colour. To be honest though: the pencil curl could have been done a bit tighter. Maybe Ignacio could do some work on that (we haven't heard him mentioned in a while).


Super hat, Jim. It's got the perfect classic look.


Lovely hat, Joe. I know the felt on it is just to die for.


Beautiful homburg, Steve. Very satisfying to be able to put it on the right hat holder!
Hi, Stefan! You probably remember, but it was a floppy Loro Piana 100% beaver woman's hat. I took it to Ignacio to be reblocked and reshaped, and it was so floppy that he had to stiffen the felt, specially on the brim. I asked him to add as little stiffener as possible to keep the new shape, because I really liked the feel of the felt. He sighed, shook his head, and did as I asked. :)
We added a leather sweatband, too.

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T Jones

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I retired this poor abused hat from a crushed up and badly sweat and dirt stained 3X Beaver Quality Western work hat and converted it to a naturally distressed three ply thin ribbon fedora. I was able to reuse the three ply ribbon but I wasn't so lucky in trying to salvage the original brim binding. It deteriorated as I was trying to remove it to reuse. The original sweat was toast too, and the liner was missing. The hat looked to be '50s era. It's been cleaned up, reblocked and sized up.

Before:
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After:
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On the head:
Naturally distressed and aged and still showing the faint shadow of sweat stains
3-X-Beaver-Quality-Conversion-1-A.jpg


The open crown is 5 3/4 tall and is creased to a teardrop.
As creased, the crown is tall and straight with an over all height of 5 inches and 4 5/8 at the pinch with a rake sloping to 4 1/4 to the back.
The snap brim is 2 5/8 wide. For now it's a raw edge until I sew another ribbon on it for a thin bound edge like the original.

Jim Dandy to the Rescue! (with Buster Keaton)

Widely considered to be the first rock and roll song. "Rocket 88", 1951

Others consider "Rock Awhile" (1949) to be the first rock and roll song.
 

The Shoe

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Wakayama, Japan
I retired this poor abused hat from a crushed up and badly sweat and dirt stained 3X Beaver Quality Western work hat and converted it to a naturally distressed three ply thin ribbon fedora. I was able to reuse the three ply ribbon but I wasn't so lucky in trying to salvage the original brim binding. It deteriorated as I was trying to remove it to reuse. The original sweat was toast too, and the liner was missing. The hat looked to be '50s era. It's been cleaned up, reblocked and sized up.

Before:
IMG-20200628-072930255.jpg


IMG-20200628-073145590.jpg


After:
3-X-Beaver-Quality-Hat-1-A.jpg


3-X-Beaver-Quality-Hat-2-A.jpg


3-X-Beaver-Quality-Hat-3-A.jpg


3-X-Beaver-Quality-Hat-4-A.jpg


On the head:
Naturally distressed and aged and still showing the faint shadow of sweat stains
3-X-Beaver-Quality-Conversion-1-A.jpg


The open crown is 5 3/4 tall and is creased to a teardrop.
As creased, the crown is tall and straight with an over all height of 5 inches and 4 5/8 at the pinch with a rake sloping to 4 1/4 to the back.
The snap brim is 2 5/8 wide. For now it's a raw edge until I sew another ribbon on it for a thin bound edge like the original.

Jim Dandy to the Rescue! (with Buster Keaton)

Widely considered to be the first rock and roll song. "Rocket 88", 1951

Others consider "Rock Awhile" (1949) to be the first rock and roll song.
Beautiful work as usual. Maybe the pictures hide it, but apart from that one little spot, it no longer looks particularly distressed to me.
 
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I retired this poor abused hat from a crushed up and badly sweat and dirt stained 3X Beaver Quality Western work hat and converted it to a naturally distressed three ply thin ribbon fedora. I was able to reuse the three ply ribbon but I wasn't so lucky in trying to salvage the original brim binding. It deteriorated as I was trying to remove it to reuse. The original sweat was toast too, and the liner was missing. The hat looked to be '50s era. It's been cleaned up, reblocked and sized up.

Before:
IMG-20200628-072930255.jpg


IMG-20200628-073145590.jpg


After:
3-X-Beaver-Quality-Hat-1-A.jpg


3-X-Beaver-Quality-Hat-2-A.jpg


3-X-Beaver-Quality-Hat-3-A.jpg


3-X-Beaver-Quality-Hat-4-A.jpg


On the head:
Naturally distressed and aged and still showing the faint shadow of sweat stains
3-X-Beaver-Quality-Conversion-1-A.jpg


The open crown is 5 3/4 tall and is creased to a teardrop.
As creased, the crown is tall and straight with an over all height of 5 inches and 4 5/8 at the pinch with a rake sloping to 4 1/4 to the back.
The snap brim is 2 5/8 wide. For now it's a raw edge until I sew another ribbon on it for a thin bound edge like the original.

Jim Dandy to the Rescue! (with Buster Keaton)

Widely considered to be the first rock and roll song. "Rocket 88", 1951

Others consider "Rock Awhile" (1949) to be the first rock and roll song.
Wow! Amazing transformation!
 

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