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My second work of Art - The Brooklyn
Wow, is that ribbon green?! I never would have thought of that color combination with that color felt but it looks fantastic! Art has got a great eye for matching these things up. I love his side brim profiles too. They are just awesome! -
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Question for you woodworkers
On the hardness scale, poplar is still harder than white and eastern pines and basswood but softer than yellow pine. Poplar is softer than most other hardwoods but the tight closed grain structure it provides is what is more important when it comes to blocking hats. My poplar blocks don't dent... -
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Question for you woodworkers
Poplar has traditionally been used because it is hard and close grained so it doesn't imprint on the felt and absorb moisture like a sponge. Pines and evergreens are too soft in my opinion for any sustained use as you can dent them with your fingernail. Talk to the guys about where they scored... -
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'THE 1912' model fedora
The fact that the creases are not very defined possibly because of a thicker felt and the uniform thick width of the edge seen in the pic leads me to believe so. Not 100% sure but it does looks hand cut to me and felt at the edge is really appears thicker than fedora weight felt would be. Check... -
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'THE 1912' model fedora
This hat from the movie looks like it was made with western weight felt. A conversion perhaps? Major Moore did a great job here though. -
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Making a New Hat
Pretty cool seeing a picture of the singeing process. Thats high percentage alcohol or methanol in the spray bottle. I see they also use a sweatband cutter purchased from JW Hats as that is his design and identical to the one posted earlier. He sells them to other hatters and there is quite a... -
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3 Moore fedoras !
I like that harvester model. Thats a hat you could wear with almost anything and fit right in. Nice job Mike. -
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Greetings / Hat cleaning questions?
Warm water and woolite for the hatband. Toss it in a bowl and massage gently by hand, rinse. The stain on the linen hat I dont know. Depends on the nature of the stain. Same treatment wouldn't hurt linen though as I throw my linen shirts in the washing machine with the rest of my clothes. -
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Self-Conscious?
Yep I agree, confidence is the whole shooting match when it comes to stylized hats. As much as I would love for everyone to wear hats around here, its just not happening in rural Idaho. I think stingy brims are making a stylish comeback right now but we will have to wait and see for a full on... -
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films of felt hat manufacture and hat care
I uploaded your videos to rapidshare in the event that your links go down and to save your allotted website bandwidth. Thanks again for sharing! http://rapidshare.com/files/104216840/Akubra.wmv.html http://rapidshare.com/files/104217094/Akubra_Care.wmv.html Fletch31 -
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films of felt hat manufacture and hat care
Sweet, I grabbed them. Thanks for sharing brother. Hope your bandwidth can handle the onslaught :) -
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Brim Edge Patents
wow,these patents are impressive to read. So there is no way the Cavanagh edge can be done today? Can we not get welted edges to felt over on themselves somehow? -
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Question for you woodworkers
No actually just me. I was the second guy to go through his place and made the more recent posts with pics. Good job on your hat making attempts though Stoney. I've enjoyed reading your posts. -
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Question for you woodworkers
Yep, it was my post. I got to see it first hand :) I went down to see Jim at JW Hats and took more than 100 pics. That was a pretty neat piece of gear he had in that it was specifically made for hats back in the 1800's. It was huge under his table and you can just get a glimpse of it in that... -
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Question for you woodworkers
There is a oval chuck attachment for a lathe that lets you turn oval shapes. They are usually called elliptical chucks and have been traditionally hard to come by though there are now companies making them commerically as advertised in my woodturning magazine. It keeps the spinning wood piece... -
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Question for you woodworkers
I have been debating which finish to use myself on a couple of my doctored blocks. I found this in my searches: "Bill made all his own blocks. He turned them on a lathe, drilled a hole in the bottom, and used spar varnish to finish the wood so that it wouldn’t absorb moisture from the wet... -
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How do you undo crown taper or: All steamed up!
Wet or steam, stretch over block, allow to dry, then flange the brim. Steaming a hat inside the crown will shrink it quite readily. -
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Navy Fedora: What ribbon to choose?
I think some variant of vintage iron colored ribbon would be complimentary to dark blue. -
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Which "Indy" should I choose?
It is true that the IJ raiders was a straight sided, high crowned hat relative to the fedoras of the 50's and 60's but the height was not as extreme as some believed back when the Fed was first created. Indy's hat was blocked at 5 1/2 inches open crown height with a straight sided, high... -
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Which "Indy" should I choose?
It will be worth it. The crown has been lowered and the block is a pre WWII block that is more authentic than the previous Federation offering. Good choice!
