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  1. belfastboy

    Wolfbrae Custom Hatters

    I shipped a hat to a very good customer. It was a "festival style" hat the client wanted to wear at a local summer Blues Fest. He sent it back to me after a while with a request for me to remake the hat, deciding the festival look was just not for him. Here are the before and after pics...
  2. belfastboy

    Rollable Panama

    Yep, I had my wife sew me a silk draw string bag. On the plane, hat in the bag, stored under my seat...but not too far as the guy behind me could crush it.
  3. belfastboy

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    If you are willing to buy in quantity Mill Whse sells a 115gram beaver felt that is very nice. It approximates the FEPSA 95gram at a much lower price.
  4. belfastboy

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    I like the Millinery Whse felts. There are only two suppliers available these days for beaver felts for the small hat maker. Mill Whse and PureBeaver (for FEPSA). I stock both and both have their niche depending on what type hat you are making....choose what type hat you are making...
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    Ask a question, get an answer

    Give us a review once you received the hat.
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    Ask a question, get an answer

    What style, what dimensions, what is your budget?
  8. belfastboy

    You know you are getting old when:

    I know I am getting old when: I take my grand nephews disc golfing yesterday and today I am having a hard time lifting my arm above my shoulder.
  9. belfastboy

    Lovely Liners

    Here is a liner I just placed in a new build. Vintage Japanese kimono silk and my printed liners.
  10. belfastboy

    First time buying fedora and introducing myself

    The hutbreiter hats seem on the expensive side for a light felt with a cloth sweat band. Akubra hats offer far better value for your money.
  11. belfastboy

    First time buying fedora and introducing myself

    A 6" (15cm) open crown gives you lots of felt to work with. With a shallow centre dent you can have a 5 1/2" finished crown height or with a deep teardrop a 4 3/4" crown at the pinch.
  13. belfastboy

    Wolfbrae Custom Hatters

    I have a weakness for the Gambler style. Love that full somewhat Boss of the Plains crown. I pulled this old Resistol western hat out of my discards bin. A decent felt worthy of a rework. Size 59cm and likely off to Ebay
  14. belfastboy

    Wolfbrae Custom Hatters

    Restoration #2. I tried my best to talk the client out of spending the money on this restoration. But the hat has great sentimental value and he wanted to move ahead. Complete teardown, wash and a judicious bit of shellac here and there, new vintage grosgrain ribbon. I am surprised at...
  15. belfastboy

    Wolfbrae Custom Hatters

    Here is a picture of the restored red Borsalino. I dyed the ribbon to bring back some colour, repaired the hole at the pinch, bathed the felt to clean it up. It turned out ok but the felt was so thin and fragile there was only so much could be done. I think this was a low end 'tourist'...
  16. belfastboy

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    Here is a picture of the brass stamp. It is 1" high. A basic 1 ton arbor press works well.
  17. belfastboy

    First time buying fedora and introducing myself

    Interesting that they don't specify if it is fur felt, or a blend or. It is just listed as 'felt'.
  19. belfastboy

    First time buying fedora and introducing myself

    Gary White out of Buffalo, NY made many of Nucky's hats for the series. It catapulted him into "hat stardom".
  20. belfastboy

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    Check him out on Instagram: newwest_laser_works I will snap a picture of mine when I get into the shop later.
  21. belfastboy

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    I job out the embroidery. It costs me about $10 each on orders of 50. I could cut it down to about $7 if I order a hundred or more. I have a lazer cut brass stamp ($100) and an arbor press that use to stamp my 'wolf paw' logo on the sweats. I don't like gold leaf. I have my logo on...
  22. belfastboy

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    I use sublimation printing for my liners/logo. It works very well. Instead of buying an expensive heat press I picked up a vintage Sunbeam dry iron on Ebay for $20. You can't use a steam iron as the steam vent holes show up on the transfer. Sublimation prints sharp and bright colours but...
  23. belfastboy

    First time buying fedora and introducing myself

    If I suggest watching an old movie to my wife and she asks..."is it any good?". I most often retort...."Don't know, don't care.......but it will be a good hat movie". She has stopped asking!

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