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  1. Clockwork Fan

    Metal Hat Intials

    Is it the photo, or are they also larger than the S and H behind them?
  2. Clockwork Fan

    Metal Hat Intials

    The bowler I just purchased looks to be mid to late '60s, judging by the brim width (43mm/1.692") and crown height (117.47mm/4.625"). Those initials have probably been out of production for nearly that long. Oh, well, even with someone else's initials it's a very cool hat. Moss Bros. branded...
  3. Clockwork Fan

    Metal Hat Intials

    Thanks for the offer, but I don't think Stetson initials will look right on a Moss Bros. bowler. Still, I should probably ask if you even have the initials I would need: WAW. Thanks again.
  4. Clockwork Fan

    Metal Hat Intials

    I just acquired a new bowler and inside on the sweatband are three metal initials. Does anyone know if these are still available? While the ones that are in there are cool, I'd love to replace them with my initials. Here's a photo.
  5. Clockwork Fan

    Gender Differences in Equestrian Bowlers

    Here I am with mine. This didn't have the strap, but does have the narrower brim, ribbon and I'm presuming a shallower crown. If you compare it to the bowler that Alex is wearing in my avatar, which is also an equestrian bowler, you can see the differences.
  6. Clockwork Fan

    Gender Differences in Equestrian Bowlers

    As a collector of bowlers, I've always wondered if there were stylistic differences between male and female models of equestrian bowlers. The most obvious one is the elastic "bun" strap toward the back of the hat that women used to pull over their hair when they've tied it in a bun. But...
  7. Clockwork Fan

    Modern fur felt Bowlers

    Okay, here goes nothing:
  8. Clockwork Fan

    Modern fur felt Bowlers

    Which means I need to use a hosting service for that. Stay tuned....
  9. Clockwork Fan

    Modern fur felt Bowlers

    I'm trying to post a photo of my latest bowler and the uploader flags the image with an exclamation point inside a red circle and there seems to be no way to go any further. What am I doing wrong? Anybody?
  10. Clockwork Fan

    Looking for photos of 1920s Fedoras

    I'm looking to have a hat made to resemble the style of fedoras that were popular in the late 20s. The brim was around 2.25" and the crown was tall. And the crown only has a center dent and no pinching. Looks almost like a homburg with a snap brim. If anyone can post pictures of that style I...
  11. Clockwork Fan

    Modern fur felt Bowlers

    I was curious as to what you used to steam the brim and how much steaming you used. In other words was it just enough to move it and then you let it set again? And how long before it was completely hard again?
  12. Clockwork Fan

    Modern fur felt Bowlers

    Did they have to shape it for you at all? Most hats are made for a "long oval," where as I'm more of a "regular oval."
  13. Clockwork Fan

    Modern fur felt Bowlers

    Well, it's good that you received the nicer looking one. I just wish they would go back to the silk grosgrain. How much more expensive can it be? And it would allow the proper shackling of the brims. And thanks for the compliment on the Alex photo. That's the bowler I want. Whatever it is.
  14. Clockwork Fan

    Modern fur felt Bowlers

    Christy's Nice looking bowler. I suspect this is the one they call the "Devon," which I believe is their equestrian model. Their town model has that ugly stitching and what I call the Homburg curl, which is totally wrong. For some reason the riding bowlers still retain most of the vintage...
  15. Clockwork Fan

    Info about G.R. Dunn & Co. hat

    Does anyone know the chronology of brim widths for Dunn & Co. Bowlers? I suspect they tended to follow the widths of ties and lapels, but that's only a theory. I'm asking because I'm trying to ascertain the era in which the bowler Malcolm McDowell wore in "A Clockwork Orange" was produced...
  16. Clockwork Fan

    Modern fur felt Bowlers

    I'm resurrecting this old thread because I was wondering if anyone knows the era this Dunn & Co. label was used. Thanks in advance.

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