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Gladhatter
Took a chance on this on eBay and got lucky. Really sweet felt with one of the smoothest finishes I’ve laid hands on.
Apparently he was a custom hatter in the late 90a early 2000s. There are a couple of short threads on FL
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The head shots are close to actual color


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Very cool hat, Richard. You did indeed get lucky. Nice colour and I like what he did with the brim edge.
 
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Wearing a gift from a fellow Lounger who wishes to remain anonymous. My thanks to him for the hat. This is a Culo Brutto Borsalino in black. It's my next project and is already on the block. The felt is real nice and the detailing is second to none. I'll be reusing the original ribbon work and brim binding. There's plenty of hat here to work with and it should make a very nice conversion. I'll be squaring up the crown from its previous very tapered form. It has plenty of open crown height, (somewhere between 5 3/4 and 6 inches tall), and a 3 inches wide brim. I'm not a black hat fan but I may make an exception with this one when I'm finished. I'll have more in the Conversion Corral when it's completed...

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Very cool, Terry. I'm curious to see what the end result is going to be.
 
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Hey all!
The previously discussed Borden. I used a flange and hand shaping to put a curl back in the brim, but I think I'm lacking a technique and probably a tool or two to get the tightness back to the curl.

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I was having bad luck getting decent pics, weird lighting today. Here's one that shows the brim a little better.



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Have a great day!

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Still looks good, John. It's the kind of curl Matts' hat wants I think.
 

T Jones

I'll Lock Up
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It's good to have a black one Terry!:) …………….at least three of them period. It's going to be a merry go round but great to have options! I only wanted one but ended up with a couple more.:cool:

I think to put it into perspective? Black is menacingly sexy! Just me again fella's:D

Can't wait for the transformation!:rolleyes:

Cheers!
RO
I never was much of a black hat guy but I'm kinda warming up to them, some. My new Borsa conversion will be my second black hat and I think it will make nice one. I'm anxious, myself, to see how it turns out. Here's a black Resistol thin ribbon conversion I did last Fall...

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