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Choosing the Correct Hat for your Body Type
2.5"" was a fairly common mid century fedora brim width. I think you'll be fine. I'm not very tall and I'm fairly skinny and most of my hats nowadays are a minimum of 2.5". I haven't been taking a lot of straight-on hat pics, but this is a 2.5" brim Stratoliner. This is one of my smaller brims. -
What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?
Thanks Steve! I left the Stetson pin on this one because it's so nice that Stetson/Matt Deckard should get some bragging rights. The Tobacco Brown is nice and rich and the felt is very malleable. Thanks gents, this is even an outlet hat apparently, given the punched sweat. The only real flaw... -
What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?
Continuing the modern Stetson Excellent quality trend, Fortune and Glory today... -
What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?
https://www.instagram.com/p/BeE2f5RFhcg/ The Premier Strats were described as such in this post. IIRC, the Excellent quality hats are all beaver, but if you pressed me, I'm not sure where I remember this from. -
Hat making?? Learning Millinery..
The hat block needs to be about 1/4" more in circumference than whatever you need the finished hat size to be. When the sweatband is installed, it should be the correct size. -
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Resistol LBJ & Resistol Lyndon B. Hats
They had them at the Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas when I visited a few years ago. And they do sell them online: https://www.lbjstore.com/all-the-way-with-lbj-lbjs-open-road-resistol-hat.html -
Dating Your Hat (A Place to Discuss the Age of Your Vintage Hat)
Looks pretty much like most 60's hats. Any time you see the clear plastic/vinyl tip liner, it's mid-to-late fifties at the absolute earliest. Black sweatbands were also more typical in the 60s/70s. -
Hat making?? Learning Millinery..
Hmm...well, they're also on Etsy! https://www.etsy.com/listing/166538211/millinery-blocking-spring?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=blocking+spring&ref=sc_gallery-1-1&plkey=46de397d32c8ef7180caf90e59e238d2b467e66a%3A166538211 -
Hat making?? Learning Millinery..
https://www.hatblocks.co.uk/product/bspr/ -
Hat making?? Learning Millinery..
Sounds like having a stand might be beneficial. I've only done the handful of builds, but the thing for me was realizing I needed more steam. -
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What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?
Condolences to you and your family, Dale. -
What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?
Cool hat! I've had my eye on this one too, I like the Boss of the Plains styling. -
To shellac or not to shellac...?
It's not good to get any hat soaked through. As someone who wears a modern 10x Resistol Cogburn as a rain hat, I don't think the stiffness makes a significant difference. Over time the brim did start to curl up, but I just ironed it out back flat again. It's also gotten slightly less stiff. -
Help With Custom Hat Order
The lighter pecan ribbon speaks to me. I do tend to like a ribbon that has some bit of contrast. -
“WTF’ Hats,” that are hard to believe...
Saw this in my feed this morning... -
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The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.
This photograph is purported to show John Henry Schnell on the right, with two members of the Wakamatsu colony, established by Schnell (himself a Prussian immigrant) and three Japanese families fleeing the aftermath of the 1868 Boshin civil war. -
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This was my "haven't finished my coffee yet" answer. The shrinkage/distortion and welted brim are pretty sure giveaways of a modern wool felt hat. There are many hats like this from various manufacturers, so without seeing the inside of the hat, it's really impossible to say. Here are some... -
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Looks like a pretty unremarkable wool hat. -
Akubra questions
The current iteration of the "hat care" section on their site does say that you can use some steam on the brim and crown, but do advise "We do not recommend completely immersing your Akubra hat in water as this may distort the shape." -
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Click the "media" button at the top of the box as you are typing out your reply. It looks like a filmstrip. Copy and paste the URL of the video. When you say "blocked" do you mean you actually changed the blockshape of the hat by using a different hat block? Or are you just referring to the...
