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    The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

    Thank you Jack. Glad I asked.
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    The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

    I've been meaning to ask.... what-the-heck is a "shorpy".
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    US Parks Service ("Ranger") style hat band?

    Very nice, but you'd still look like Smokey from a distance.
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    Hawaiian shirts and fedoras

    Very nice, but who made the shirt? I've noticed you wearing coconut buttons before.
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    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    Curling maintains or decreases the edge circumference. Curling is a process of compressing the fiber and preventing the circumference from increasing. It's the same with a snap brim. When hand sewing, extra tension can be applied to every stitch to compress the fiber and reinforce the curl or...
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    Bronson Mfg offers on Alli Express -counterfeit? Real?

    Why would AE bother to import them from Spain when they can have someone knock them off locally for much less. Unless, of course, Bronson manufactures in China and is headquartered in Spain..
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    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    If you mist them they turn into hominy.
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    ID this Hat

    Search "Donegal Irish Tweed cap". It probably has a thick pleated black liner and black fabric sweatband. That exact pattern might be impossible to find because the batch may have been used up and sold. But you will be able to find a plaid with similar colors. Irish Tweed Cap - Plaid...
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    Wool hat natural shrinking

    In my limited experience, you will be fine if you wear it every day. If it gets wet you would want to wear it until it dries. If it is put away for any length of time then you might need one of those wooden hat stretchers. If you put it away it won't hurt to put the stretcher in place beforehand.
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    Nothing new under the sun.

    The fur trade with North America didn't really take off until the European beaver had been severely depleted. The Norwegians traded metal objects to native Americans for beaver pelts. The availability of pelts combined with better fishing for North Atlantic cod from the Grand Banks made it...
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    Panama hat weaving issue

    From reading, I suspect the pin holes are made in the finishing/bashing phase and they have nothing to do with the weaving process.
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    Hawaiian shirts and fedoras

    The politicians like that idea so much that they passed a resolution to that effect in 1946. These days you don't see a lot of business suits any time
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    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    looks like they tried to patch it with fabric and glue.
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    Hawaiian shirts and fedoras

    Waikiki skyline
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    What Cap Are You Wearing Today?

    Agreed. One small problem with soft caps is that many cannot be seated on the head with one hand like you can with a felt hat.
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    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    Hand sewing will raise a callous in weird places.
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    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    Have you seen the price of those things? Used or Chinese knock-offs are both sky high.
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    The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

    Great photos. Deadwood almost burned down several times; hence the fire suppression barrels on the roofs.
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    Bogarts Cap in The African Queen

    I tried to make one but failed. From the film clips the pattern panels seem to be similar to a Greek fisherman's cap or captain's, but very different. The tip needs to be cut extra large and pleated to the crown to give it a domed shape. I cut the tip 8.5 inches but that was not nearly large...
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    Texas Hatters

    Bow is on the left

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