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[jeffgarf]

I bought this Jiffy steamer a couple fo years ago for steaming my suits. I'm not overly excited about the amount of steam it produces.

It appears to be essentially the same model as the Jiffy version of a table-top hat steamer, but the hat steamer has feet instead of wheels and different port to allow steam to escape from the base.

1.) Is this correct?
2.) Is this an acceptable hat steamer?
3.) Is there anything I should know that I haven't thought to ask?

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I think the hose can be removed and a nozzle more commonly used for hats can be attached. That would then seem to be the exact same model I bought for use in Israel. It works just the same as the original (just 1/4 of a tank less water).

 

[jeffgarf]

I think the house can be removed and a nozzle more commonly used for hats can be attached. That would then seem to be the exact same model I bought for use in Israel. It works just the same as the original (just 1/4 of a tank less water).

Brass Hat Nozzle Attachment - Jiffy® Steamer https://share.google/GEhpkvp6ZVRJToUsV

 

[jba972]

Brass Hat Nozzle Attachment - Jiffy® Steamer https://share.google/GEhpkvp6ZVRJToUsV

This is great..i can see the conversion with my wife....the house can use a new clothes steamer....oh look, it works great for my hats too!

 

[Onomea]

To increase the size slightly of a beaver felt fedora without a reed, does a professional steam it, set it on a block, and then allow it to dry over time?

Years ago I bought a Borsalino from a shop in Columbus, Ohio. The hat was slightly tight so the sales person put it into a machine - with steam, I think — stretched it, and said, “Here ya go!,” handing it to me to wear. It was initially a good fit, but if I recall correctly it soon shrank back to the slightly too tight fit.

Later forgot the hat in a taxi in Tokyo after a late night out and never recovered it. But I have been thinking about this as I have a beaver felt fedora that is still fine in all respects but just a tad tight, I feel.

I have a good hat jack, as hat jacks go. Hardwood, maple, I think, made as I recall by a Michigan state trooper for his trooper hat, initially, then sold more widely. But I have not had much luck with it.

Perhaps because I did not thoroughly steam the hat prior to employing it?

Would appreciate beung educated on this.

 

[Judgmentalist]

Falcon Park Hattery - has anybody interacted with these guys lately? Supposedly there are two hatters involved, one in ATL and one in CLT, and neither have responded to my emails, and no other forms of communication are publicly available.

I'm particularly interested in working with these guys since one of them -assuming he is still active - is in the Charlotte area, which is within driving distance of my location.

https://www.falconparkhattery.com/

 

[belfastboy]

Falcon Park Hattery - has anybody interacted with these guys lately? Supposedly there are two hatters involved, one in ATL and one in CLT, and neither have responded to my emails, and no other forms of communication are publicly available.

I'm particularly interested in working with these guys since one of them -assuming he is still active - is in the Charlotte area, which is within driving distance of my location.

https://www.falconparkhattery.com/

He went out of business for a few years but maybe 6 months ago I heard he was back in business. But, I never saw any formal announcement or any info on social media.....maybe it is a really really soft relaunch.

 

[Judgmentalist]

Alright I found a vintage Cavanaugh Homburg that might actually fit around my giant noggin. What do you guys think? I’m thinking of sending to @belfastboy to freshen it up if he thinks it would be worth doing.

Does anybody recognize this sales platform? I can’t find where I bought this hat from anywhere. I wasn’t documenting my hats properly when I got this one.

 

[jba972]

Does anybody recognize this sales platform? I can’t find where I bought this hat from anywhere. I wasn’t documenting my hats properly when I got this one.

Poshmark?

 

[Judgmentalist]

Poshmark?

It does kinda look like Poshmark, but it isn’t in my order history.

 

[jba972]

It does kinda look like Poshmark, but it isn’t in my order history.

Actually AI says it's eBay

 

[Judgmentalist]

Actually AI says it's eBay

Yeah - that’s the first place I looked - it is t in my eBay history either. Also not Goodwill, or Etsy, or Mercari, or Depop, or Grailed, or TRR, or Facebook Marketplace, as far as I can tell, and I can’t think of anywhere else to look, and it’s driving me nuts lol

 

[Onomea]

Here’s what my pal Claude has to say:

“I can't identify it with any confidence, and I'd be careful about passing along a guess — note that someone in the thread already relayed an AI saying "eBay," and Judgmentalist had already ruled that out. Adding another confident-sounding wrong answer won't help him.

What I can say honestly: the layout doesn't match eBay (no Buy It Now/Make Offer stack, no seller feedback line), doesn't match Poshmark's mobile listing page, and doesn't match Etsy. The dark surround with a centered image panel, a thumbnail strip beneath the main photo with gray arrow overlays on each side, and then the title and a price rendered with a space after the dollar sign — "$ 160.00" — reads more like a small independent shop site than a marketplace. That spacing quirk is a template detail, and it's the most identifiable thing in the screenshot.

Things he could suggest checking, since he's the one with the records:

Search his email for "Cavanagh" or "homburg" rather than searching order histories — the confirmation email will name the site even if the platform is one he's forgotten. Same with a credit card statement from around the purchase date; the merchant descriptor usually gives it away. And if the screenshot file still has its original metadata or was saved from a browser, the filename or save location sometimes carries the domain.

Other candidates worth ruling out that he didn't list: Ruby Lane, Bonanza, Chairish, eBid, Vinted, Kijiji, or a standalone vintage dealer's Shopify or Square site. Shopify's default themes produce exactly that thumbnail-strip-with-arrows layout.

Honestly, "an independent vintage clothing dealer's own website" is my best read, and those are easy to forget precisely because they don't live in an order history.”

 

[Judgmentalist]

Here’s what my pal Claude has to say:

“I can't identify it with any confidence, and I'd be careful about passing along a guess — note that someone in the thread already relayed an AI saying "eBay," and Judgmentalist had already ruled that out. Adding another confident-sounding wrong answer won't help him.

What I can say honestly: the layout doesn't match eBay (no Buy It Now/Make Offer stack, no seller feedback line), doesn't match Poshmark's mobile listing page, and doesn't match Etsy. The dark surround with a centered image panel, a thumbnail strip beneath the main photo with gray arrow overlays on each side, and then the title and a price rendered with a space after the dollar sign — "$ 160.00" — reads more like a small independent shop site than a marketplace. That spacing quirk is a template detail, and it's the most identifiable thing in the screenshot.

Things he could suggest checking, since he's the one with the records:

Search his email for "Cavanagh" or "homburg" rather than searching order histories — the confirmation email will name the site even if the platform is one he's forgotten. Same with a credit card statement from around the purchase date; the merchant descriptor usually gives it away. And if the screenshot file still has its original metadata or was saved from a browser, the filename or save location sometimes carries the domain.

Other candidates worth ruling out that he didn't list: Ruby Lane, Bonanza, Chairish, eBid, Vinted, Kijiji, or a standalone vintage dealer's Shopify or Square site. Shopify's default themes produce exactly that thumbnail-strip-with-arrows layout.

Honestly, "an independent vintage clothing dealer's own website" is my best read, and those are easy to forget precisely because they don't live in an order history.”

Actually this is helpful - I remember I was digging around on individual sales sites at one point - thanks

 

[EL-Jimenez74]

Falcon Park Hattery - has anybody interacted with these guys lately? Supposedly there are two hatters involved, one in ATL and one in CLT, and neither have responded to my emails, and no other forms of communication are publicly available.

I'm particularly interested in working with these guys since one of them -assuming he is still active - is in the Charlotte area, which is within driving distance of my location.

https://www.falconparkhattery.com/

I've interacted with Parker a few times, he's the one who operates the Charlotte location (?). The biggest issue I have seen is that his communication is super spotty. Like super spotty. I reached out to him both about a hat, and most recently about some work on a couple of hats. In both cases he would initially respond really quickly and then suddenly drop off the face of the earth. In both cases he suddenly replies a couple of weeks later saying, "sorry just realized I didn't reply." Due to the communication I haven't felt a warm fuzzy doing business. I did just reach out to see if phone or text is a better means of communication. Hope this helps.

 

[Judgmentalist]

I've interacted with Parker a few times, he's the one who operates the Charlotte location (?). The biggest issue I have seen is that his communication is super spotty. Like super spotty. I reached out to him both about a hat, and most recently about some work on a couple of hats. In both cases he would initially respond really quickly and then suddenly drop off the face of the earth. In both cases he suddenly replies a couple of weeks later saying, "sorry just realized I didn't reply." Due to the communication I haven't felt a warm fuzzy doing business. I did just reach out to see if phone or text is a better means of communication. Hope this helps.

Thanks for sharing. Let me know if anything interesting happens please. I wouldn’t mind getting a custom hat from these guys at some point if they are actually functional.

 

[Judgmentalist]

Is anybody aware of a custom hatter that has experience working with Melusine felt and creating the silky Melusine finish?

From what I’ve read it requires a significant amount of atypical finish work.

 

[Judgmentalist]

Here’s a question; am I the only guy that thinks everyone else has all the cool hats? Can’t be just me right? Lol

 

[blewnote]

Here’s a question; am I the only guy that thinks everyone else has all the cool hats? Can’t be just me right? Lol

The problem with a place like this is that it is populated by many people and some of them have been collecting hats (or watches or clothes or whatever) for years. Some of them are blessed with smaller head sizes which allows them to score some great finds and at a lower cost (which means they may be able to buy more hats).

And then you have to remember that we're all at the mercy of chance... Walking into an antique store and finding something special, scoring something through a chance eBay search in a spare moment, lucking out with a winning bid in an auction all depend on the item found being put up for sale in the first place. It's not like when these were widely available and you could just walk into a store and buy them. And the ones in pristine condition almost always go for a pretty penny, which potentially further limits ones ability to procure them.

I think there are a lot of folks with cool hats here, but I've slowly started to build a pretty cool collection myself and you have too. That Zephyr weight velour you posted today is phenomenal. You've got a borsalino that I drool over every time I see it.

I think you're just impatient and want to have what has taken folks years to acquire and it just doesn't work that way (unless you just have stupid amounts of money and are willing to spend whatever it takes to get something whenever you see it). But you'll get there too if you stick at it!

 

[belfastboy]

Here’s a question; am I the only guy that thinks everyone else has all the cool hats? Can’t be just me right? Lol

This dynamic explains why I ended up buying one of every style, brand, dimension and colour.

 

[belfastboy]

The problem with a place like this is that it is populated by many people and some of them have been collecting hats (or watches or clothes or whatever) for years. Some of them are blessed with smaller head sizes which allows them to score some great finds and at a lower cost (which means they may be able to buy more hats).

And then you have to remember that we're all at the mercy of chance... Walking into an antique store and finding something special, scoring something through a chance eBay search in a spare moment, lucking out with a winning bid in an auction all depend on the item found being put up for sale in the first place. It's not like when these were widely available and you could just walk into a store and buy them. And the ones in pristine condition almost always go for a pretty penny, which potentially further limits ones ability to procure them.

I think there are a lot of folks with cool hats here, but I've slowly started to build a pretty cool collection myself and you have too. That Zephyr weight velour you posted today is phenomenal. You've got a borsalino that I drool over every time I see it.

I think you're just impatient and want to have what has taken folks years to acquire and it just doesn't work that way (unless you just have stupid amounts of money and are willing to spend whatever it takes to get something whenever you see it). But you'll get there too if you stick at it!

So true, I began collecting hats 25+ years ago. The bargain enhances the thrill of the 'get'. Patience and time are your friends.