What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[VoodooSan]

I posted this new hat of mine on another thread, but I'm guessing not many will see it. Many months ago I asked Mike Miller of Northwest hats to make me a replica of Stephen Temkin's creation which he called the Milaner.

Mike did an outstanding job. The final product is elegant and beautiful and unlike other hats now being made by custom hatters. Perhaps you'll agree. The felt color is bone. The hatband is burgundy, with a shark gill bow. Temkin described the brim as an "open roll." I love this hat!

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Wow! Every aspect of that is simply simply stunning!

 

[VoodooSan]

We recently moved out of our old neighborhood and to some property, and a different state, still PNW though. Here are a few hats from this week. My Stetson USFS straw.
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My new Superior Hats semi-calado panama.
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My Swann Hats beaver blend.
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I hope everyone had a great week.

A stand-up triple!!!

 

[VoodooSan]

Supernatural leghorn, but the spooky disappearing brim in the selfie is courtesy portrait mode on my iPhone camera. Hope you get the gist from the other photos. ;^)

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Another stunner, Alan!!!!

 

[VoodooSan]

The frayed bow is my creation.

VERY nice work, my friend.

 

[DonR]

A Forester by Fechheimer Bros 3X. A decent hat. Reminds me of an Akubra.

 

[Randall Renshaw]

OMG, Randall, that is AWESOME!

Thanks, Markymark!

 

[T Jones]

I did a conversion on this Bandera Western sometime back and wasn't too pleased with it. it was a small hat that I blocked up in size on a wide shoulderd and straight sided block. Needless to say the block type took a lot of material from the brim and moved it onto the crown. So there went my hopes for a thin ribbon fedora because the stitch holes from the original sweat were visible above the 3/8 ribbon. I stripped it back down and used the new sweat and ribbon on another hat project. After taking another look at the hat and how nice the felt was I looked through my stash of salvaged ribbon and found six cord mid ribbon of the same color that would work, except that it was too short. So, I wet the ribbon down and stretched it as much as I could and got it to fit. So finally I made a decent hat out out of it. the felt on this 5X 20 Beaver is really nice and it would have been a shame to just let it set in a junk pile...

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After:

On the head: Tall Straight with a 2 3/4 snap brim. Matching 6 cord ribbon.

A little Rock A Billy:

 

[hatsRme]

Just figured it was very asymmetrical!

Can’t recall you sporting whiskers before Alan. Gonna keep ‘em?

I also thought the brim was just a bit bohemian, Bob, @alanfgag. It’s been done, and Alan’s is best.

 

[VoodooSan]

I did a conversion on this Bandera Western sometime back and wasn't too pleased with it. it was a small hat that I blocked up in size on a wide shoulderd and straight sided block. Needless to say the block type took a lot of material from the brim and moved it onto the crown. So there went my hopes for a thin ribbon fedora because the stitch holes from the original sweat were visible above the 3/8 ribbon. I stripped it back down and used the new sweat and ribbon on another hat project. After taking another look at the hat and how nice the felt was I looked through my stash of salvaged ribbon and found six cord mid ribbon of the same color that would work, except that it was too short. So, I wet the ribbon down and stretched it as much as I could and got it to fit. So finally I made a decent hat out out of it. the felt on this 5X 20 Beaver is really nice and it would have been a shame to just let it set in a junk pile...

Before:

After:

On the head: Tall Straight with a 2 3/4 snap brim. Matching 6 cord ribbon.

A little Rock A Billy:

Yowza! Another terrific rebuild, Terry! AND rockabilly!! All in all, a fantabulous post!

 

[Blare]

I did a conversion on this Bandera Western sometime back and wasn't too pleased with it. it was a small hat that I blocked up in size on a wide shoulderd and straight sided block. Needless to say the block type took a lot of material from the brim and moved it onto the crown. So there went my hopes for a thin ribbon fedora because the stitch holes from the original sweat were visible above the 3/8 ribbon. I stripped it back down and used the new sweat and ribbon on another hat project. After taking another look at the hat and how nice the felt was I looked through my stash of salvaged ribbon and found six cord mid ribbon of the same color that would work, except that it was too short. So, I wet the ribbon down and stretched it as much as I could and got it to fit. So finally I made a decent hat out out of it. the felt on this 5X 20 Beaver is really nice and it would have been a shame to just let it set in a junk pile...

Before:

After:

On the head: Tall Straight with a 2 3/4 snap brim. Matching 6 cord ribbon.

A little Rock A Billy:

Well it sure came out nice!

 

[Blare]

Supernatural leghorn, but the spooky disappearing brim in the selfie is courtesy portrait mode on my iPhone camera. Hope you get the gist from the other photos. ;^)

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I love the texture you got in that store sweat impression Photo.

 

[Blare]

Mac debute. And it’s finally not raining!
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Well…. It WAS going to rain. Til the Mac made its presence known.

 

[Randall Renshaw]

I did a conversion on this Bandera Western sometime back and wasn't too pleased with it. it was a small hat that I blocked up in size on a wide shoulderd and straight sided block. Needless to say the block type took a lot of material from the brim and moved it onto the crown. So there went my hopes for a thin ribbon fedora because the stitch holes from the original sweat were visible above the 3/8 ribbon. I stripped it back down and used the new sweat and ribbon on another hat project. After taking another look at the hat and how nice the felt was I looked through my stash of salvaged ribbon and found six cord mid ribbon of the same color that would work, except that it was too short. So, I wet the ribbon down and stretched it as much as I could and got it to fit. So finally I made a decent hat out out of it. the felt on this 5X 20 Beaver is really nice and it would have been a shame to just let it set in a junk pile...

Before:

After:

On the head: Tall Straight with a 2 3/4 snap brim. Matching 6 cord ribbon.

A little Rock A Billy:

Looks great, Terry!

 

[The Shoe]

I posted this new hat of mine on another thread, but I'm guessing not many will see it. Many months ago I asked Mike Miller of Northwest hats to make me a replica of Stephen Temkin's creation which he called the Milaner.

Mike did an outstanding job. The final product is elegant and beautiful and unlike other hats now being made by custom hatters. Perhaps you'll agree. The felt color is bone. The hatband is burgundy, with a shark gill bow. Temkin described the brim as an "open roll." I love this hat!

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That is special!

 

[T Jones]

Looks great, Terry!

Thank you buddy! Much appreciated. I was just thinking about you yesterday and was going to send you a pm to see how you doing. So how are things going with you?Hope all is well with you and your family. We haven't talked in a while.

 

[The Shoe]

Mac debute. And it’s finally not raining!
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That is a stunner, inside and out!

 

[T Jones]

Well it sure came out nice!

Thank you Blare! I'm glad I decided against putting it in the scrap pile. As the scripture says, "‘The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone." Too nice to toss aside. In fact, I'd like to find more of these Banderas.

 

[The Shoe]

I did a conversion on this Bandera Western sometime back and wasn't too pleased with it. it was a small hat that I blocked up in size on a wide shoulderd and straight sided block. Needless to say the block type took a lot of material from the brim and moved it onto the crown. So there went my hopes for a thin ribbon fedora because the stitch holes from the original sweat were visible above the 3/8 ribbon. I stripped it back down and used the new sweat and ribbon on another hat project. After taking another look at the hat and how nice the felt was I looked through my stash of salvaged ribbon and found six cord mid ribbon of the same color that would work, except that it was too short. So, I wet the ribbon down and stretched it as much as I could and got it to fit. So finally I made a decent hat out out of it. the felt on this 5X 20 Beaver is really nice and it would have been a shame to just let it set in a junk pile...

Before:

After:

On the head: Tall Straight with a 2 3/4 snap brim. Matching 6 cord ribbon.

A little Rock A Billy:

This is driving me nuts. Everyone is saying how wonderful it is, and for some reason, I can’t see the pictures. This has happened with Eric’s pictures before but they showed up when I switched networks. It’s not working for this post, though.

 

[T Jones]

This is driving me nuts. Everyone is saying how wonderful it is, and for some reason, I can’t see the pictures. This has happened with Eric’s pictures before but they showed up when I switched networks. It’s not working for this post, though.

Sorry to hear that buddy. I wonder what's happening? Maybe someone here on the Lounge can help with what's going on.

 

[T Jones]

Yowza! Another terrific rebuild, Terry! AND rockabilly!! All in all, a fantabulous post!

Thank you buddy! Nothing better than good ol' Rock A Billy!