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Stretching a hat - advice please....
Hi, And, then, you get to teach yourself the skill of sewing in a new sweatband. Don't ask me how I know, either! :rolleyes: However, I have also learned that if a sweat gives up within a size worth of stretching, then it was already in trouble before the start..... Later! Stan -
A Loose Affiliation of Ribbons Niether Wide nor Thin
Hi, Thanks, guys. I've pretty much been figuring this stuff out for the past year. My work is getting better as I go, of course. I posted the first two I tried my hand on - that Biltmore Milan and Mr. Stinky the Borsalino there. I have one in the works now as well. It's a Bond - an old... -
Stetson Authentic X's
Hi, I gave up on the whole 'x' thing long ago. You could say I said "To ex with it!", but then maybe no one would like that pun! :eek: Actually, I think it's inflation. Now, it's 200 x's but if we used an 'x' inflation calculator like we do with money, we'd find that in 1950 this was a 2X... -
Steamer or kettle?
Hi, Hey! It looks like it puts out too much like a Jiffy steamer does. lol That's what I forgot to do. I was going to take my small Krupps espresso from the kitchen and put it on the workbench for the shot. You know, hi test coffee to go with trying to thread a needle - just what we all... -
Steamer or kettle?
Hi, Thanks. I rather like it, even if it was put together with a few bits from here and a few more from there and a lot of bits off of eBay. lol I have this whole workshop thing going on around this farm. There's a woodworking shop - actually my wife's - in it's own building. There's a... -
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A Loose Affiliation of Ribbons Niether Wide nor Thin
Hi, Aw, hell. This is as bad as eating potato chips! One more. Really! This is a vintage Borsalino. It was a moldy wreck. I've mention Mr. Stinky here many times. I had to tear it all the way down to get the crap out. Many passes with methanol and a muffin fan on low to get it out of... -
A Loose Affiliation of Ribbons Niether Wide nor Thin
Hi, One more. This is a modern Biltmore natural Milan straw that used to have a wide matching hatband on it. I liked the hat, but not the ribbon. So, I changed it to this olive drab 12 ligne: Later! Stan -
A Loose Affiliation of Ribbons Niether Wide nor Thin
Hi, Well, I ought to add one that we've not seen before. Here's another Adam I got from Johnnyphi when we were all being sharks in the wading pool: Later! Stan -
A Loose Affiliation of Ribbons Niether Wide nor Thin
Our thread petered out! Hi, Time to kick start it, as I'm no longer worthless without pics. I finally decided to get me some online photo storage. Well, again, actually. I hope this outfit lives a long life, unlike the last one I used.... To start it off, I now have the Adam with the... -
Steamer or kettle?
Steam outputs Hi, Well, I decided to take a couple flash photos of a teakettle and a Jiffy at work. Here's the Jiffy: Here's the teakettle on high: As you can see, the Jiffy is pretty heavy-duty when it comes to steam output. As noted, it's a bit too much, actually. When... -
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Steamer or kettle?
Hi, You can. Insert a Variac in the power line to the Jiffy. Run the variac at full until the Jiffy warms up and gets too much steam going, then simply turn the dial on the variac down until you get what you want. For those that don't know, a Variac is an autotransformer and it lowers the... -
HATS IN VINTAGE CARTOONS!!!!!!!!!!
Hi, I like that one. It reminds me of the old nickelodeons. My personal favorite is the old Warner Bros. Bugs Bunny nemesis - Rocky. He shows up all the time around here, though. Y'all remember him - all hat, no brains! lol later! Stan -
Stetson Box
Hi, Other than my two custom-made hats, which don't really count here, I only have one hat in it's original box. The *only* way I know that they go together is that it's an off-brand: a Tanbark Open Road clone that came in a Tanbark box. Now, it *is* possible that those were not originally... -
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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
Scored a grey Bond Hi, Bond was a dept. store that had hats made for them, as opposed to a hat mfgr. There's no way of knowing who did make this one, but the reputation is that Bond did not buy cheap stuff. I can't wait to see it in the fur, as it were. :) I have this idea that... -
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A Small Furry Animal For Your Head
Hi, Oh, absolutely. With very little time or effort, I know that it would look completely different. I have seen many long-hair hats that looked wonderful. As this one is in the auction photo, it looks more like a cat that has just eaten a bird. I'm pretty sure that the photo's white... -
Post New Hats Here!
Hi, Oh, as in when we say 'I *need* to stop buying hats'!! lol As if we *ever* listen to ourselves! lol later! Stan -
A Small Furry Animal For Your Head
Hi, I think the first one looks a *lot* like one of my cats laying on the living room floor right after she's had 'lunch on the wing', as it were.... If you pet it, does it purr?? Maybe we can name it 'Laurel'. And then call this thread Laurel and Hardy! lol Yeah. You are right... -
A Small Furry Animal For Your Head
Hi, Well, maybe. That would be *if* I had even half a clue who in heck Ed Hardy is (or was)...... [huh] Actually, no. I can't see spending $90 for a ballcap unless it were made of woven gold or something like that! ;) Later! Stan -
Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
Hi, As if we didn't have enough of those as it is! lol I suspect that they had several dozen master hatters working at the same time and each one had his own way of attending to the details. As in hatter #1 used stamp 'A' and #2 used stamp 'b', and so on.... later! Stan
