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  1. Darrell2688

    Busted Hat Company

    Thank you all for the positive response on this hat, it was interesting and a challenge. I must have looked at hat styles and shapes for about a week figuring out how to shape this hat properly, the buyer sent me 2 images, front and side angle photos along with the specs that he wanted for the...
  2. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    The Milinery Warehouse has some really nice fur felt hat bodies, I checked to see what was available in 100% beaver 160G and you have a choice of dark brown or olive, you have a bigger selection of colors in the 50-50 mix of rabbit and beaver in Western Weight, I guess it all depends on what you...
  3. Darrell2688

    Busted Hat Company

    Thank you Sir, I shipped this hat off to the new owner yesterday, this was his 3rd. hat from me, he loves the FEPSA Beaver felt hats, he tells me how he wants the hat to look and picks out all of the colors that he wants, and I build the hat, I am waiting to hear from him concerning the fit of...
  4. Darrell2688

    Busted Hat Company

    Hello Fedora Fans, Here is a Fedora that I have been working on for a customer, this is a FEPSA Beaver in natural color, the brim is 2 1/2" wide, the front of the crown is about 2.7" high at the wide pinch that is about 2" wide, the crown height in the back is 4 1/4" high and 3 1/2" wide, the...
  5. Darrell2688

    Busted Hat Company

    Hello Fedora Fans, I have 3 hats posted on Ebay for sale right now and I am thinking about trying something new and before I do I thought that I would ask for some input from Lounge Members. I am thinking about make a Clint Eastwood Good Bad Ugly hat, complete with brim binding, the brim...
  7. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    I agree Robert, this was the second time that I encountered someone that could use a band block to form the hat so it would fit their head. The first time that I used a band block to shape the hat to fit the customers head, the customer sent me his personal band block to use, he made his own...
  8. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    I purchased 2 band blocks, I have 1 band block that I will be using to form my customers next hat around, the other band block I shipped off to my customer to use on his other hats to form the hats so they will fit better. I think that I paid around $39.00 each plus tax and shipping plus postage...
  9. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    Hello Fedora Fans, I purchased the 3D band blocks from Allan at WalshDesign3D, I will be using one of the band blocks soon, my customer has ordered a new hat in FEPSA Beaver in natural color, which is a light gray color. Allan worked very hard on my order & he made what I needed, he made the...
  10. Darrell2688

    Post New Hats Here!

    Thank you Rob, I always enjoy working with you with hat orders. I really appreciate the opportunity to make a hat following your design specs. Making a hat that a customer has helped to design is a lot more fun than just making a hat to sell on Ebay, this insures that the hat that I make is a...
  11. Darrell2688

    Busted Hat Company

    The Indy Fedora sold last night and today it is on the way to MN. Someone is interested in the steel gray with burgundy and I may have to reshape the crown for the customer, but that is not a big deal. I blocked another Indy fedora today, just waiting for the felt to dry. After the steel grey is...
  13. Darrell2688

    Busted Hat Company

    Hello Fedora Fans, I have been a little busy lately, I just finished work on a hat for a customer, Bone color FEPSA rabbit with a Steel Color Grosgrain Ribbon with a touch of burgundy, an Art Fawcett hat band, I sent photos of the finished hat to my customer and if he likes the hat I will ship...
  14. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    I just purchased two 3D band blocks, one for a hat that I will be making in about a week, the customer used a flex curve and sent me photos along with the measurement of his head. I will be using one of the band blocks when I make the hat, the other will be sent to the customer, he has a few...
  15. Darrell2688

    Busted Hat Company

    Thank you Captain Rob, I am always looking for some suggestions on any hat that I post, style, size, and areas that need some additional attention, suggestions are always appreciated.
  16. Darrell2688

    Busted Hat Company

    I agree the first bash did make the hat look like a Indy fedora, I just thought that this hat would look better with a teardrop shaped crown. Well this is two examples of this hat a single crease and a teardrop shape. Which crown shape is better? I am looking for some input here from the Forum...
  17. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    Maybe I should look at a different type of sander, my belt sander did not come with a vacuum hose port to connect to, I made a wooden box with a hole in it for the vacuum hose.
  19. Darrell2688

    Busted Hat Company

    Well I wasn't really happy with the way that I had bashed this hat so I gave it another try and here is what it looks like now, I won't bore you with all of the details, some of the measurements have changed, the front dimples are a little deeper and the crown is now a teardrop shape. Here are...
  20. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    Thank you for the suggestion, I may have to do that, when I work with wood I have to use a belt sander, open the windows, turn on the fan in the window and run a shop vac, my venting system must not be all that great, I still walk out of the shop coughing, but then I have dust allergies.
  21. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    Hello Fedora Fans, I have a customer that wears a 58CM size hat, he has always had an issue finding a hat that fits comfortably, he has tried a few methods in an effort to get his hats to fit, hat stretchers was his go to method, but that didn't really work. I thought about Robert Gault of...
  22. Darrell2688

    WANTED: Indiana Jones Fedora

    No I don't sell the Steve Delk raiders fedora, I have one that Steve made for me, I don't wear the fedora he made for me, Steve and I became good friends through email messages, after many long email conversations he got me interested in hat making, I made a few hats, and I kept one for myself &...
  23. Darrell2688

    Busted Hat Company

    Hello Fedora Fans, I have been a little busy lately making hats for a few people. I was able to make a fedora Pure Beaver Brown Sugar, the hat size is 7 3/8", I put an Art Fawcett hat band on this hat, 1 5/8" wide black grosgrain ribbon with a touch of copper, the hat liner is a brown satin...

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