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    Clean that hat.

    Have been using a purpose-bought shaving soap brush. It seems to be the right size for the job. If the job is dust.
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    What do our hats really say about us, and more importantly, are they right?

    In the way that I dress myself, my statement to the world is simply that I am paying attention, taking good care of myself, and am the equal of any person that I am likely to encounter. When I asked Art to make me a hat, my goal was to end up with a very fine hat that suited my taste, felt...
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    We have a new "OLD" Bartender.

    Hi Art! I wear the hat you made for me almost every day, now that the cool weather has returned. Lowered the crown a little in my high tension first attempt at steaming a hat. Worked out fine. That hat is part of me now. My Very Best Regards, Ralph Potter
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    Shawl Collar Cardigans

    The one under discussion is not shown on their web page. It is shown in detail and pictures on the Fedora thread below. JanSolo wrote that it has a shawl collar. While I am sure I will be quite happy with another cardigan, I have not seen anything with the WoH "fineness" anywhere. Pity it is...
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    Shawl Collar Cardigans

    To anyone who might be interested in the White of Hawick cardigan, this is the response I received to my inquiry: Happily, there are several nice alternatives.
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    My Steve McQueen cardigan(s) - This time in heavy cashmere made by White of Hawick

    What an exciting thread! I think the White of Hawick jacket is a nicer design and worth the extra effort to seek out. I bought my current favorite sweater in Hawick ("hoyk") when I bicycled there in the 90's. Thanks to the people past and present of the Fedora Lounge for opening my eyes to...
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    Cashmere Jacket

    Thanks for the good advice A.C. The list is precious and I will print it out for reference.
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    Cashmere Jacket

    Thanks for the replies. Von, you may be right. The ad said "Small/48," so, like a fool, I though that meant "Small." But a search showed 48 to be equal to USA medium. I will certainly check out Magnoli as well. And yet, if the Loro Piana jacket really is excellent and fits, the price is not...
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    Cashmere Jacket

    I live in Florida and have been wearing my leather jacket in winter for about ten years now. Enough. What I want is a very fine cashmere outerwear jacket. I feel open minded about the style but an example of something I'd like would be...
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    Keeping secrets while a craft dies out

    Maybe the internet came along just in time. It is certainly a fact that many of my interests have been sometimes made possible and in any case exceedingly well served by the internet marketplace. Since that has resulted in many thousands of my dollars going into the pockets of a variety of...
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    Hows this for a ball cap.

    That's interesting. Maybe there is a market for large stickers showing BMW's and Jaguars, etc. People can put them on the sides of their rusty old beaters and show the world... What? That they wish they were someone else who drives a way better car?
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    Who gives hats a bad name?

    Fedoras are cool. People who wear fedoras have a sense of style. They have presence. It is the very fact that the average fedora-wearing man does not bring some one else to mind. He is there. He is the one to be dealt with right now. That's just the way it is. When the scoundrels, nit wit...
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    Ask a question, get an answer

    Avoiding Shrinkage If I buy a nice custom hat that fits me well, and I then keep a hat jack in it during the summer, is it reasonable to expect the hat to keep its size for many years?
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    Ask a question, get an answer

    Thanks for your replies, gentlemen. I guess I had rigid expectations. Maybe my tastes will change over time.
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    Ask a question, get an answer

    I Flat Out Don't Get It A few days ago I received and then sent back a Borsalino Como fedora. The hat arrived brand new and just the shade of gray I had hoped for but it was very soft. I mean, it had no particular shape and would not hold one. The side dents would pop out on their own and...
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    Hat comeback

    People used to dress up for work. I do not live in a city now but I suppose people in the various financial districts still do dress up. That group being so passionately conformist in their dress, whether or not fedoras are presently part of the uniform is, I think, almost arbitrary. If, for...
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    Ask a question, get an answer

    Amatuer Questions I'm just getting my fedora act together and have these questions: (1) Is there a special name for the crease that appears on some hat brims? Does it result from hat design, material, too much snapping up and down or what? Would you return a hat if it arrived brand new with...
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    Ask a question, get an answer

    Oh, Yes, Do! I would be one who will very much appreciate if you will do this. I could just scan down a web page and buy a Stetson as well as anyone else but I am making it a personal challenge to buy a hat that does for me what I know hats can do. I think your list would be critical to my...
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    Ask a question, get an answer

    Hi! A few weeks ago I gave away my nice 15 y/o Gun Club fedora. So I want to do the new hat right. I want to put a dull, medium blue/gray ribbon on a medium/dark gray hat. Is there some well-reputed place I could send a new hat to and get the ribbon I want installed? I think I could probably...
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