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What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

TimmyV

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Starting off the week with a Stevens 4X open crown western style hat complete with pencil curl brim by you know who.lol.
* EDIT : Thanks to all the veterans for your service to our country !!
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VoodooSan

One Too Many
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Boise, ID

VoodooSan

One Too Many
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Daniele Tanto

I'll Lock Up
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Verona - Italia
"She's a mystery to me" as Roy Orbison said a few years ago.
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Branded Bantam it has all the characteristics of a hat from Central Europe
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but I have never encountered this brand that was used by the Cappellificio Cervo and by Stetson
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This time I'm posting a photo of the paper label and lining, so Steve (mayserwegner) can give us precise information. Thanks
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The hat is a magnificent short-haired midnight blue velour and is built with solid components.
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Showed on a sunny autumn afternoon in the North East Italy
I forgot to say it was lovely exchange with Panos Cris sometimes ago
 
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"She's a mystery to me" as Roy Orbison said a few years ago.
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Branded Bantam it has all the characteristics of a hat from Central Europe
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but I have never encountered this brand that was used by the Cappellificio Cervo and by Stetson
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This time I'm posting a photo of the paper label and lining, so Steve (mayserwegner) can give us precise information. Thanks
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The hat is a magnificent short-haired midnight blue velour and is built with solid components.
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Showed on a sunny autumn afternoon in the North East Italy
It has such character.
 

RickP

Practically Family
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It's raining cats & dogs here @ Rock Bottom today & I have no plans to go anywhere. That doesn't mean I won't be wearing a hat around the house, especially since this Biltmore Silver Buckle Peace River model in Shadow Grey just arrived yesterday. It features their Canadian Kodiak felt which I really like. Not so crazy about the hatband but it is slowly growing on me.lol.
* I put my pencil curl tool to use on this one too !

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How stiff is the felt on that one? Ive got a couple "cowboys" that need something different like a pencil curl. One is rigid like a hardhat so Im wondering if im going to need to dunk and get it wet before curling ( or whether steam will do ok) Have thought about picking up a curling tool for a while but just never got around to it yet.... ALso curious about what size tool you got?
 
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TimmyV

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How stiff is the felt on that one? Ive got a couple "cowboys" that need something different like a pencil curl. One is rigid like a hardhat so Im wondering if im going to need to dunk and get it wet before curling ( or whether steam will do ok) Have thought about picking up a curling tool for a while but just never got around to it yet.... ALso curious about what size tool you got?
The felt is like most western weight felts, pretty stiff. I've had the best luck by getting a shallow 10x14 inch pan about 1/2" deep in boiling water and dipping the edge of the brim to soften the felt. Then I start working my brim curling tool around the brim, usually have to re-dip the brim about half way to keep the felt compliant. I'm using an inexpensive 3/8" curl tool available on Etsy from Walsh Design3D. They sell individual sizes or a set.
EDIT to add my steam source is a teapot on the stove. Perhaps a better steam machine would work without dunking the felt, I'm not sure.
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RickP

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Great... I suspected that boiling water might soften way better than steam. I use a handheld clothing steamer that does get hot and damp, but it doesnt put out a high volume. My steam Iron does a pretty good blast of steam so it does more work on hats than it does on shirts lol. Someday Ill find a cheap Jiffy hat steamer.

Looking at my spare hat pile, Ive got several old cheap hats that have both bound and unbound edges, that could be good testbeds for this.

I found a dual slot tool that looks interesting... has both 3/8 and 5/8" curls...all wood. Think its actually made in Slovakia. Its a bit pricier, ( about $100) but Ive made a bunch of my tools out of wood, so it should match everything else I use. When it gets here Ill have to see if I can backwards engineer it .. Looks like a router, band saw and sander would be all thats needed... Ive got a decent stack of Mahogany and Black Walnut thats been begging to be made into something lol

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17,517
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Maryland
J. Hückel´s Söhne "Flexible", possibly 1930s. The smooth finish black felt is light in weight and very pliable. The off-white wide sweatband, gilded liner logo, and liner piping are more inline with JHS Stiff Felts. The overall condition is excellent. I found this Soft Felt back in 2017.

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Mauerer Wien established 1873 are still in business today.

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I haven't encounter any hat company having hanging cords as early as JHS so JHS may have been the first. I believe this is only one I have with a barbed knot.

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J. Hückel´s Söhne "Grand-Prix Paris" Display, possibly 1920s - 1930s. Found this back in 2018.

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