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  1. Silver-Wolf

    Post New Hats Here!

    Hmmm, my wife certainly knows me lol. This morning she has her first play with pyrography on a bit of wood and then say's pass me a bit of that sweat leather, I've got an idea and I want to see how leather burns ..... Can't wait to see what she'll come up with once she's played and practiced...
  2. Silver-Wolf

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    Early days, but I was thinking about making my own blocks and then hat/s and have her custom the leather with artwork and do the ribbons for me. I'd have a true original one of a kind then each time, was kind of my end game thinking lol. She doesn't know as of yet hahaha but she's been keen to...
  3. Silver-Wolf

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    Much better IMO than those hat jacks for maintaining a hat/sweatbands size. I hate how they twist 'n flop turn when fitting them, handy for adjusting a hat but with my bad hands takes me 3 minutes fiddling with the dang thing when I just want to set a hat and it stay. prolly not a real world...
  4. Silver-Wolf

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    Not alot of skill needed really but some tools and a chunk of timber is obviously needed, well a hat jack is cheaper than buying wood and tools and can be left in a hat as a keeper also if not worn often. If your close enough in sizes it may work for your other half's hats also. They normally...
  5. Silver-Wolf

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    Edit: red marks, ya way too tight. They can shrink down as much as 2 'n a bit in sizes, be careful if it's too tight stretching it out. I'm not a fan of doing big stretches as it requires more work and equipment ideally. If you have a chunk of thick wood say 2inches/50mm or so you can easily...
  7. Silver-Wolf

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    I love it, it's pretty cool I think, I only showed her/did one ribbon/bow with her and bam, she's done 5 and they all look better than what I can do lol and I'm not complaining it's a win-win hahaha. I'll tell her your kind remarks though as she does enjoy the kudos and I think they are awesome...
  8. Silver-Wolf

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    Thing is I thought I had escaped, where I live was all horse's n cattle with a few farms scattered about. Stay still long enough and now metropolis is approaching and housing developments with tiny blocks of land and massive houses are popping up everywhere. I was country, then rural and now...
  9. Silver-Wolf

    Akubra Overload

    There is a difference between the Akubra Heritage and Imperial grades, Heritage is thicker/more dense softer in general but that can vary depending on batch differences with the shellac's. Also has select softer belly fur and hare fur as the mix, everyone's a bit different but I like Imperial in...
  10. Silver-Wolf

    Akubra Overload

    But as I said it comes with enough felt in that bag to make a hat....Or if your crazy enough and had a few drinks it already is a hat..lol Even comes pre-shaped with a center crease, not sure how the wind cords work around my ears...seems a little loose
  11. Silver-Wolf

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    I used to be able to get it from just such people and places but your no longer allowed to collect fallen or felled trees around where I am and the arborist's who do fell tree's for a living ask for money for wood from the tree's they fell or they chip it all. In City areas here local by-laws...
  13. Silver-Wolf

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    Just going to town for some grocery shopping at the supermarkets, lid today is my new Akubra Fed IV.
  14. Silver-Wolf

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    Thanks for kind remarks. scrounging is best way, you can buy figured timber but man it costs a fortune. A simple chunk of birdseye elm here big enough to make a large bowl would cost $300 or more. lol, as to the hat stand well the top is 4 inches, the base 6 inches and the height is 11 inches
  15. Silver-Wolf

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    Sure have, many times in the past. Akubra's are renowned for a little bit of shrink over long periods of not being worn, but sounds like you don't need much stretching so it should be fine. A hat jack will serve you well, or a hat stool. Just make sure the leather sweatband is nourished and...
  16. Silver-Wolf

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    Thank you, I'm quite happy with it myself. Shame I couldn't save more of this beautiful timber, beetles 'n borers had a feast of it. Might be enough to make some cuff-link and nice writing pens or something. I'm going to make use of the scraps, it's not often I come across such figured timber...
  17. Silver-Wolf

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    Also had a bit of fun with the new Jiffy steamer and the Fed IV's my better half got me.....She's got bitten by a bug sadly and is making custom ribbons lol. Dark Brown Carbon Grey:
  19. Silver-Wolf

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    New hat and new display stand/hat rest. Finally finished turning the hat rest/stand, simple enough job when your an able bodied person - but all good fun regardless. This I think used to be an Akubra Balmoral as it looks so much the same as mine, no idea but was crushed and cost $2 at garage...
  20. Silver-Wolf

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    Most likely not the best spot but hey, it's where the idea came up so to continue...... 1 Old fashioned hat display stand / rest in purdy timber... Slightly smaller and different end result than I first had in my mind but hey. I had to work with the timber left and it doesn't look too shabby I...
  21. Silver-Wolf

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    The 2 FED's I got have both been really easy, light water spray/spritz and then a bit of steam and just shape them. Yeah, it's certainly normal for Akubra's to be stiff, most of them get a shellac bath twice as well as a water repellent. I suspect half the reason may be my new steamer also...
  22. Silver-Wolf

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    Same here, nice looking lid and I think you did good job on the bash. I've been playing with a Dark brown Fed IV this morning, first bashing it's had as it was new yesterday.
  23. Silver-Wolf

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    I just got one of the smaller J-1 Hat steamers today and I've been playing with it sweating myself stupid, it's a bunch of fun though. Leaves you a hot steaming mess rofl, it really works quite well.

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