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should i buy or not hat moulds and last.
mould were in woodstock Had to go to kitchner to get moulds, were in woodstock for forty years and only came to kitchner last 4 years. Dont think its the same stuff, my friends name was george. He advertised the equipment in the kitchner paper and didnt get one call, really. Biltmore was... -
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should i buy or not hat moulds and last.
Gratefull for the advice and help 59Lark LOUNGERS; am extremely grateful and glad for the advice and help, will post photos and show the goodies in about two weeks. We are overwhelmed in the shop right now and have a home show in tillsonburg this weekend and it will take all of our resources... -
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Magill Hat Co Montreal Canada.
biltmore more expensive here in Canada. When i look for biltmore here, even at the factory outlet, no cheaper line, everything $150. and up, i may be out to lunch or just missed the day they had the cheaper stuff where i looked. But I CANT afford $150. to $200. fedora, the expensive magill is... -
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should i buy or not hat moulds and last.
The day has come, moulds and tools here. Yesterday we borrowed a friend and his gps and went to the big city and went to go get the hat blocking stuff. The stuff included 7 large burlap sacks of wooden moulds over 80 moulds, a table with a motorized spinner. A ancient metal , head steamer etc ... -
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Magill Hat Co Montreal Canada.
why i asked that question. I was considering putting hats in as a side line in our store and that was the brand, that I might be able to be a agent for. ITs a small name but made in Canada and not as expensive as biltmore. Just wanted some feedback negative or otherwise and I see its just not... -
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new consumer habits.
We run a small store, and everyone keeps telling us the econony is bad, and recession etc. We are however busy , we fix and sell sewing machines and suddenly all these folks that have been throwing out clothing or taking it to a seamstress, are dragging out their old sewing machines and getting...- 59Lark
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Magill Hat Co Montreal Canada.
Dear loungers; I am curious knowing that they a few canadians, and people from everywhere else on this lounge. The question has any loungers own a magill hat co fedora,? are you happy with fedora or cap ? in business since 1920s , 15 employees. I have been buying magill for about ten years... -
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reel to reel tape player.
Was in value village yesterday with my family and spotted a 196os era western german tape player reel to reel, after checking it to make sure it worked for $12. brought it home, look like type write case , green and white, removable top. Medium size reels, plays well and has a real good sound... -
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The natural soul of a hat wearer and the energy of the past
re incarnation ? lost memories. Not wanting to step on a landmine or into waters not allowed, there is a lot of possible senarioes. Please excuse any errors, a new lab puppy is a affecting my sleep habits. I had a friend who as a child was deathly scared of water, pure havoc for giving a bath... -
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should i buy or not hat moulds and last.
Dear loungers; i have a chance to purchase the tools of a hatmaker, his mould wooden to shape and block the hats, last, brushes basically all his tools, and probably not as much stuff as a big shop but enough to clean and block my own hats, all his stuff for $200. is that outragous or shut up... -
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Has the state of your hair influenced your hat wearing?
Lack of hair and sinaus cavity defect. :offtopic: :eek: MY family has a famous head, ie large head, large forhead, actually a deformed sinus cavity, so we all have sinus problems and we all wear hats. Even my sisters who wear knitted hats, or those polka caps, due to the fact that I am a... -
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Valentine's Day. What's your view?
oh to love again. :D :eek: The grass is always greener over the septic tank, having been married for twenty years. The girl that i remember is the one that told me to get as much sex before marriage cause there wouldnt much after. The 12 to14 hours days and the diapers and the mortage take...- 59Lark
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Gentlemen, show us what you've made!
setting up a space in the corner of the workshop. These stories give me some confidence, have been in the sewing machine repair and sales business since i was eighteen but i dont sew , any test samples. I DO how ever know how to run just about any machine made by man. So lately i picked up a...- 59Lark
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- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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self-concious in my fedora
once worn never too be shorn. Having grown up on a farm wearing free hats from seed companies and such, I vow never too go back. The feel of a fedora sitting properly on the crown of your head. That feeling cannot come from a baseball cap, no way. You may adapt your style to the fedora, ie... -
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"A Scent of History"
is it decay or fermentation or the passing of an era. Paisley this smell you speak of, as a child I grew up in a 1867 25 room farm house in the very room that my late father had as a child, even the same brass bed.The smell of age, hung over the house like a curtain, when i go to a museum house...- 59Lark
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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The fall of the phone
telephones. I put off getting a cell phone for twenty years, we however had a pager for twenty years being in the service trades and in the habit of doing service calls we had too have one. However the big joke was being in a amish customers house and the pager went off, and they want you to...- 59Lark
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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The Lure of Opulent Desolation
life choices. I am probably off the mark, but there is one area, the idea that one cannot afford to live like that on one income thats its impossible. The idea of having all these things and doing all these things is new. My parents were married in 1948, their farmhouse was mistaken for an...- 59Lark
- Post #77
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Gran Torino- Clint Eastwood
good movie Had a chance to watch the movie last night, and I thoroughly enjoyed it, and am impressed with clints work. The message, the man and the plot was insightfull and credibable. The young actors and main cast were also good, and hey we loved eastwood git off my lawn. Cleansing ones soul...- 59Lark
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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The feel of the era.
brings tears to the eyes. Two such experiences come to mind, in the henry ford museum in dearborn is a beatiful diner, LAMMYS DINER, they pipe in forties music and have period menus on hand, more than once I have sat in a booth and been brought to tears. Memories, of my youth and my late...- 59Lark
- Post #53
- Forum: The Golden Era
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To black tie or not to black tie
to agree is too disagree. The fact is that people dont dress up for family functions expect for wedding and funerals and that rule is even going out of the window for this generation. The fact that I always wear a suit to a funeral is something that was burned into my being, dont own a tux wore...
