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  1. Rick Blaine

    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    Same here :offtopic: Twelve of twelve are rescues. Not hoarding... just, um, helping out. :eusa_doh:
  2. Rick Blaine

    Check out this E Bay Sale

    Abercrombie & Fitch- you must be outstanding in your' field! :heh:
  3. Rick Blaine

    Borsolino Allessandria

    Thin ribboned?
  4. Rick Blaine

    Dobb's Gamebird Liner

    Thanks all the same!
  5. Rick Blaine

    Dobb's Gamebird Liner

    Just let me know if you will part w/ the liner ...or the entire hat, for that matter, if it is 7 1/4 or greater. Thanks for the help fellas! :D
  7. Rick Blaine

    Dobb's Gamebird Liner

    ...just got this beater on a sweet BIN but would really like a liner to complete the look. I know it's a long shot, but if anyone has a gamebird liner, can you give me a pm? Thanks, ~RB
  8. Rick Blaine

    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    Drop a dime on him to eBay. I have found them responsive to such matters, it is some of what you pay for, remind them "peace of mind"...my .o2
  9. Rick Blaine

    Fedorafest III Stratoliner from Stetson

    Rolling my nickles as we speak.
  10. Rick Blaine

    Panama Hat Thread

    Well said!
  11. Rick Blaine

    Can Anyone Tell Me an AGE/Model of this Vintage AKURA Superfine

    Thanks for the info, Tex, much obliged.
  13. Rick Blaine

    Can Anyone Tell Me an AGE/Model of this Vintage AKURA Superfine

    Maybe but a far narrower ribbon & bow makes me wonder.
  14. Rick Blaine

    Can Anyone Tell Me an AGE/Model of this Vintage AKURA Superfine

    I had heard tell of "superfine" designation. It is somewhere between Imperial & Heritage. The model looks like a Campdraft but wrong ribbon/bow, like a Bushman, but no vents, nice deep green... I can't wait. I haven't seen the crown label before, either, seller claims mid 8o's on age.
  15. Rick Blaine

    What do you think about Fedorifying this old cowboy

    Why not? Fedora-fy it and learn from the experience! Then start snaggin' much cheaper westerns and you will only improve your technique! At times only a re-crease and a bit of steam aided brim/crown manipulation are needed on those hats with brims less than 3". Jimmy the lid has magic...
  16. Rick Blaine

    Bardsley Hats of Oz

    Picked this up today for a wicked good price & am hoping to find more info on the company. So far all I know is that they were bought out by Helen Kaminski hats in '96 & that they (clearly) had Armed Services contracts. Anyone fill me in? [huh]
  17. Rick Blaine

    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    I do not know.
  19. Rick Blaine

    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    Perhaps Hospital surgical tissue glue... or as it is more commonly known to you & I- super glue- along both the inside & outside at the base of the sweatband to stabilize the stitching & the bands bond with the hat body followed by a substrat of reinforcing acid free mounting tape used in the...
  20. Rick Blaine

    Fedorafest III Stratoliner from Stetson

    I am in! Well done to all involved! :eusa_clap
  21. Rick Blaine

    Adventurebilt hats - anyone ordered from?

    Or Some might call it, rather, a natural & not inappropriate consequence of the situation. [huh]
  22. Rick Blaine

    The Prototype "MD1" - Matt Deckard Apparel Fedora!

    Very nice MD! :arated:
  23. Rick Blaine

    Adventurebilt hats - anyone ordered from?

    Quite right.

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