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Vintage Ventilation
I can still see it up against the sky.... Hi, I lost one of my original family hand-me-down hats by shotgun ventilation. I had just made my first perfect score shooting skeet, so one of the guys whipped off my hat and tossed it up into the air and.......it was well and truly ventilated... -
Ebay Glossary
Hi, Oh, yeah! I'd missed this thread, and it's a corker, all right! I like the way most ebay hat sellers call out everything as wool. I guess we could add to the list: wool = not straw! I once asked about the brim width and got a response back from: a pair of digital calipers! They'd... -
Steamer or kettle?
Hi, Ha! I like the way this thread is going. I think I need to post a pix of the old Case Steam Traction Engine, running of course, with me holding a hat over the whistle exhaust! Well, when our local antique farm equipment club has the Spring Plow Days show in April, I'll have to do just... -
Steamer or kettle?
hi, I should have added that I was in the hat workshop just this morning. My old moth-bit 3x Stetson Open Road that I use for my cool weather 'farming hat' was looking a bit misshapen and tapered. Well, it's been a bit wet around here lately, and one still needs to feed the chickens and... -
Steamer or kettle?
Hi, Another cleaning trick is to use white vinegar. The mild acid will dissolve the minerals on the heater elements. It's a matter of putting a little vinegar in the inboard reservoir (not using the supply bottle here), running it for a couple minutes, then turning it off and dumping the... -
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Steamer or kettle?
Hi, That depends on what is in your water besides H2O. It's the minerals that will be left behind that cause the problem, eventually coating up the heating element until the thing barely works. My tap water is chalybeate, which is a really fancy word that means 'rusty'. There's a lot of... -
Art Fawcett VS Hall of Fame
Hi, I imagine it must be. Unless, each hat is meant to go with a specific outfit. Then it'd be pretty easy, I think.....maybe..... later! Stan -
Steamer or kettle?
Hi, Ah, yes. So, I can come over and have a cuppa whilst you work up a hat, then? :D You know, I have an extra Krupps baby espresso maker I bought for another buck at a yard sale, just to have a spare. I can dig that out from under the kitchen sink and put it on the hat workbench right... -
A Loose Affiliation of Ribbons Niether Wide nor Thin
Hi, I love the weave they used for that ribbon. later! Stan -
Thinsulate
Hi, The stuff makes a coat nice and toasty for those cold winter days. I've worn Spiewak 'Golden Fleece' winter coats for decades. These are the 3/4 length ones made with 'Titan Cloth' outer shells. They're favorites with Police and Fire Fighters and others that just have to work outside on a...- Stan
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Steamer or kettle?
I have both Hi, I use a Jiffy Steamer in the hat area out in the workshop. This, BTW is just a table with a couple lamps, the hot block, the steamer, a sewing machine, an ironing board and an iron. As you say, the steamer is self contained, easy to use and quite fast. It does have one... -
A Loose Affiliation of Ribbons Niether Wide nor Thin
Hi, Well, I just finished up fixing up one of my farming hats. It needed a new sweatband, and the ribbon was a frayed, stained mess. I took the opportunity to completely clean and block the thing while I was at it. It's an old tan OR clone so it was originally a 4 ligne matching hatband... -
Baseball Caps (in moderation)?
Hi, I have dozens of fedoras, felt, straw, western hats, etc. But, I have *hundreds* of ballcaps. I was a semi-professional race driver until a few years ago, so the old ballcap was required headwear quite often: One is being paid to wear one! In fact, my entire reason for finding this... -
A Loose Affiliation of Ribbons Niether Wide nor Thin
Hi, Ooh! I *like* that ribbon treatment. I've not seen that style before! later! Stan -
A Loose Affiliation of Ribbons Niether Wide nor Thin
Hi, Aw. The snow came, 5-6 inches worth, but didn't stick around. It was gone by 4 PM Saturday. So, no snow-in to steal the time to play with the hats and the cameras. I'll get to it in a week or so after I get thru the current projects. I have to shoot some stuff for web selling anyway... -
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Penman Hats
Hi, Well, that's a beauty, all right. I've never wanted an Indy fedora as it's pretty far from my personal style, but that does not mean that I don't know a good one when I see it. Thanks for the SOC definition. I knew I'd seen that before somewhere, but could not recall. I usually get the... -
Fedora Fatigue
Hi, I have enough Fedoras at this point where they coordinate with the jackets and coats. So, I change them based on the weather, as it were. :p As far as style goes, I have a few Open Road style hats with their cattleman's creases. They're still dress-weight felt and so not really... -
Ronald Lacey - Toht Fedora
Oh, Yeah! Now, *there's* a super 'dad' outfit if I ever saw one. You now need one of those coat hangers you can pull out from under the coat and - well - you'll get the straight dope! lol later! Stan -
A Loose Affiliation of Ribbons Niether Wide nor Thin
Hi, Hmmm. Snow in our forecast. As I'm South of Raleigh, we're supposed to get more of it this time around. Might be time to take a few hats to the old photo studio and do some shootin'. Anyone have a good suggestion for the best of the online photo hosters these days? It's been awhile... -
Post New Hats Here!
Hi, That's the spirit! Wear that puppy to get it into shape! That's my favorite approach as well. :p later! Stan
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