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    Home-made hat blocks? About to attempt my first re-shaping job...

    With both of mine (70s and new), after folding the hat band down the liner is only held in place with four glue spots. Carefully peeling it off one spot allows you to get your hand past the liner to work the felt from the inside & tell when the water has fully penetrated the felt. Keeping...
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    Home-made hat blocks? About to attempt my first re-shaping job...

    I've bought a couple of second hand hats that needed the crease re-doing due to being strange shapes (rotated / off center creases). I've not even used steam - just a good spray with de-ionised water until the felt is damp through all over the crown & leave it a few minutes for the fur fibres...
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    What do you think of modern "Street/Punk" Fedoras?

    I don't particularly like them. These appear to be the same as the item now known as a 'Trilby' in England, ie. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jaxon-Pinstripe-Trilby-Black-Large Around the 1950s, the English Trilby seems to have been a felt hat identical to the American Fedora, though possibly...
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    The 1987 film 'The Untouchables' was based on the same source material as the original TV series, the autobiography of Eliot Ness (played by Robert Stack in the original TV series and Kevin Costner in the film version). There is a small amount of background here...
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    The Untouchables I've just got the first DVD season of 'The Untouchables'. I used to think this was a brilliant series when I was a kid, and watching it again now does not change that opinion! It was made in the late 1950s and set in the early 30s. Here's a couple of screen grabs to set the...
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    Ask a question, get an answer

    Hi Blackbrim, try searching for 'Hat Cans' As I understand it, Hat boxes are only intended for initial shipping, the Hat Can is designed for storing a hat without it being damaged or it's shape being distorted.
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    My new Stetson Firenze is stiff as a board

    I recently acquired a secondhand-but-unworn Firenze via ebay, it's a great hat and happily is a perfect fit. My other ebay purchase, a grey 1970s Stetson Sovereign with no marked type name, was rather too tight despite being the same 7 3/8 label size as the Firenze. Thanks to advice from...
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    Of Sheep-Dip, Rot-Gut, and Furniture Polish. The worst of the worst.

    I've only ever had two drinks that were so bad as to be unforgettable. One was 'Gold Label', an English barley wine (ultra-strong beer) which someone talked me in to trying many years ago, and the other rather recently was some Sake - I was given a supposedly good quality bottle as a...
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    Movie posters with hats

    Slightly off topic, but just for info - Quite a few of the older movies & serials are out of copyright and available for free download - Site here: http://publicdomaintorrents.com/ eg, some to match the posters above: The 1937 'Dick tracy' series with Ralph Bird...
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    Fedoras in the 19th Century.

    Unless I'm seeing things, in the photo with the red border ('Davenport as Fedora' in the first group of pics) 'the hat' is hung on the end of the mantelpiece? Look at the top center of the picture. The light spot could be the edge of the feather (or a mark on the photo..)
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    This "sucks"... the Hoover And Other Vintage Vacuum Cleaners

    Just for info, the cotton braided power cable is still readily available, at least here in the UK. It's sold as 'Iron flex' or 'non-kink' cable, intended for use with electric irons. Search 'non kink iron flex' on Google and you should find a few suppliers.
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    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    Hi rlk, that's quite possible. I've just been browsing other threads and found a photo with the exact same shape paper label - a retailer's price tag. It looks like the seller omitted the dollar sign on this one and the '47 50' is actually '$47.50' (The label style is in the last photo in...
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    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    It's arrived! (From post #10533, a couple of pages back). http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230466904175&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT It looks virtually immaculate, just a trace of a sweat stain in the liner at the top front. It looks like I can turn the liner inside out and...
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    Hat making on the Science channel right now!

    There is a pretty good video on the Stetson web site - in the History tab, go to 'The making of a Stetson hat'. http://www.stetsonhat.com/history.php
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    Cointreau

    Cointrau is good on it's own, a drop also works nicely in Coffee or even better in Hot chocolate, but the bulk of mine goes in my favorite short cocktail, the B-52. Three equal layers in a shot glass, first Tia Maria, then Baileys, and finally the Cointreau.
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    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    Thanks for that, I'd not heard of Lexol but having read the info it looks to be good stuff. I've found a stockist in the UK and ordered some supplies.
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    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    gtdean48 - Many thanks for the tips. 'Critters' had never crossed my mind, I think the freeze treatment is a certainty. What would you suggest for a leather conditioner? The only things I know of are Saddle Soap and Neatsfoot Oil (or Mars oil etc), neither of which appears suitable for a hat...
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    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    I've just purchased a rather nice vintage grey Stetson fedora - Sovereign quality, but exact type unknown. It looks to be in really good condition from the photos, other than possibly a bit mis-shapen: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230466904175&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT...
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    Let's See Your Watches! The Vintage Watch Thread.

    Pocket watches These are a few examples from my Father's collection. They were sold on ebay some years ago. A 'Walker' (1867?): A 'Hebdomas' with open escapement: And a Waltham: I have photos of a few more, but this post is already rather long & I...
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    Vintage electronics - sound recording

    I've been an electronics nut near enough all my life, and my parents were avid antiques collectors. Naturally the two interests crossed and I developed quite an interest in early electronics. I had to get rid of a lot when my parents died, but these are a couple of smaller items I kept hold...

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