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Hat making?? Learning Millinery..
I use a standard singer 80/12 needle in my awl. -
I love the Fed IV!!
I think there's someone else doing 3d printed blocks cheaper now, but I'll vouch for Randal Allan blocks/flanges. A bit more of an investment than the hat shapers, but you can definitely use an iron on them. -
I love the Fed IV!!
It really depends on how wide you go with the binding, but with the ribbon width of the Fed, you're going to end up somewhere between a Stylemaster and a Whippet. -
The Open Road Guild
There are differing opinions on whether or not it has to be marked as an OR to be an OR. Generally I say marked, but my Stetson 100 doesn't say OR anywhere on the hat, only on the tag. But a lot of sellers will say anything is an Open Road. Double check the measurements! -
Ask a question, get an answer
IMHO the question of "quality" splits both ways. All in all, I think modern Stetson hats present nicer than Akubras. I'm not a big fan of the plastic liner tips, for example. But my nit picks on Akubra are detail things for the hat obsessive. Most people won't be able to tell you which hat is... -
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I love the Fed IV!!
Correct, well, technically it's a pork pie now, but originally modeled on the Public Enemies Dillinger hat. Dimensional cut, either that or it's a a f-up that he figured I wouldn't notice haha. Penman inherited the Adventurebilt brand and blocks from Steve Delk who made the Crystal Skull hat... -
I love the Fed IV!!
Other than the aforementioned use on stiff hats, it did pop up here and there, but it is certainly true that they are few and far between. I don't have a good pic of it, but my Penman has a dimensional brim. -
I love the Fed IV!!
I don't really find a functional difference between the two if we're talking about comparing a Fed IV to say a modern Strat or OR, it's an aesthetic choice more than anything. Though on certain stiff hats (i.e. Derby hats) the brim is wider on the sides to accomodate for the curling of the brim. -
I love the Fed IV!!
I swear I'm not trying to just jump in and besmirch the Fed IV. I kept mine for a long time as a rain hat and it served me well. But what I ultimately preferred about other Indy style hats was that they had a deeper flange. Since it was before I had a flange set up, I spent a lot of time on my... -
I love the Fed IV!!
Carbon is underrated. But you know, part of the fun of owning multiple hats, is owning multiple hats. I know this is the Fed IV thread, but you might consider a different model to mix it up or have a more casual hat. -
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Help with {date or identify} a hat please.....!
Well, that's a Resistol, lol. The brand still exists today under the Hatco umbrella, though they are entirely western hats now. For more see our thread The Resistol Roundup. Depending on the dimensions, there's a possibility that is their San Antonio model, which was akin to the Stetson Open... -
Help with {date or identify} a hat please.....!
I'm not sure if that first sentence is supposed to be sarcastic or not. But most hat model names of the past are just lost to history. Exceedingly few hats hat their model name somewhere on the sweatband. So really, we are just guessing a lot of the time. Some guesses are more educated than... -
Help with {date or identify} a hat please.....!
As a general rule, it's not very easy to identify a specific model, especially when you are asking a vintage hat forum about what looks to be a very modern hat. The identifiers would be any brand logos and any dimensions. Well, hat is on his head, can't see any manufacturer markings. We can... -
Show us their hats!
Actress Mira Sorvino on the SAG-AFTRA picket line. I like it, bold color choice! -
How to travel with hats
If the specification is that it has to be packable, I can't speak to that. This is the travel hat can I use when I feel motivated enough to: Unless you're traveling with a very large check in suitcase, this is not going to be packable. But I will toss it in the overhead with very little... -
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How to travel with hats
If you search for "travel hat case" on a popular very large ecommerce site named after a south American rainforst, there are a variety of options that pop up. But honestly, I don't think any of them are feasible as something you intend to pack into a suitcase. Pick one, or carry one, or buy a... -
Hornskov Hats - custom Danish hatter
Black is very versatile, it goes with anything else that's black! -
Indiana Jones V
Don't know why you want to feign incredulousness , it is not exactly secret. The studio is openly advertising this ticket donation program.- jlee562
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Indiana Jones V
I wouldn't read too much into that. Support for that movie has been significantly astroturfed through donated tickets.- jlee562
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Help with {date or identify} a hat please.....!
This is somewhere on the JJ Hat Center Instagram. If somebody hit the right search terms, they could probably find where I've linked it before on here.
