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The questions keep coming... What kind of sponge should I look for, if a store doesn't have a hat sponge? In regards to coconut oil in hatting, is there a specific kind of coconut oil that I should be looking for, or any of them are fine? Because today I almost bought one, but then I saw on... -
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In regards to the 2nd question, I was talking about the edge of the brim, not the sweatband. Sorry for confusing you kind sir! -
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The reason being that you can basically make a 'one size fits all' type of hat. One brand makes some of their hats with a elastic sweatband, and it states that heads sized 56cm to 60cm can wear them. -
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A few more questions... 1) I need opinions on elastic sweatbands... What are the pros and cons in having them? How are they versus leather sweatbands? 2) I'm attaching a picture in regards to this question. What is the purpose of having a ridge like that? Is it a dead giveaway that it has a... -
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I see. Well, I'm thinking of putting a wool felt hat body on the hatblock, and then use a fur felt capeline... What do you think? And ir regards to 'one size bigger'... is it just 1mm bigger? or a particular amount of milimetres? -
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Understood. If you could keep me posted in regards to this, I would greatly appreciate it! -
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That is a very interesting idea... When are you planning to do it more or less, if I may ask? -
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I see... and what about the part with putting a piece of felt on top of the block, before putting the actual capeline that I will be working with? How would you recommend me to control the thickness, so I wouldn't over do it? -
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Understood, but now my question is, how much is one size too small? Is it 1mm, or a specific number of milimetres? -
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Or maybe I could put some sort of layer of glaze on top... What do you think? -
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That's a good idea, I'll just block over some cheaper wool felt and then block my fur felt. I hope it works!! -
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And if the block was made NOT a size up, but the actual size, will that 'feel' alot on the head? -
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TWO QUESTIONS: How do you choose the length of a sweatband? If my head size is 59mm, my guess would be that the sweatband should be abit smaller, isn't it? Has anyone seen a video on how you deconstruct a hats liner? In advance, Thank You! -
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Yes you're right @deadlyhandsome , I didn't point that out. I'm actually looking for a thread on sewing on a sweatband (from buying a sweatband online, to sewing it to the hat). -
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Good day to you all! I cannot seem to find the topic about building a sweatband... Could anyone be so kind as to drop me a link? Thank you in advance! -
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Sourcing Hat Bodies Wool, Straw, Blends?
Hello dear friends, I'm slowly but surely getting into buying the equipment for making my first hat and I was wondering if anyone knows a better source of fur felts? The cheapest I can find for rabbit is around 35$. Maybe someone has some connections in China or something? Please private... -
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Hello everyone, Was again watching how Art Fawcett was making the fedora, and I have a few questions: 1) What kind of sand paper is he using to sand the felt (attaching picture1)? 2) Why after the sanding process he again leaves the hat to stay overnight? 3) What is that white tape that he...
