Thank you for your suggestions.
I've read a number of posts about Art Fawcett and his skills with hats.
Anybody know if he does this kind of replacement on a stiff hat? A Trainman's cap is nothing like a soft fedora or panama, but has a plastic lining to stiffen the hat and provide some...
I have a trainman's cap which is a hard-style, stiff cap with stiff brim and the cheap original sweatband has disintegrated.
Is there anyone out there to whom I can ship this hat and have a new, decent-quality sweatband sewn in?
Thanks for any help you can provide!
Dave
In reference to the earliest post about the butcher's cap possibly referring to a newsboy-style cap, bear this in mind:
While a butcher's cap WAS paper as indicated, there was another form of "butcher" back then: The "news butcher."
A "news butcher" was another name for a street...
Thanks, Hamlet.
Not wishing to get too far off topic, I've been using Colonial Photo for years out of desperation. They're OK . . . . but nothing compared to what was in Manhattan.
Anyhow, back to hats: I could never understand why, in sunny AND hot Central Florida of all places, there...
No cigars.
PIpes and pipe tobacco only.
I know about Ybor City. They've had a re-surgence of interest and the area has been built up and a trolley line installed between there and Tampa.
The link to Russ and Daughters just shows that EVERYBODY is selling on-line these days. I'll bet...
Thanx, folks, for the kind welcome!
As soon as my son comes over for a visit, I'll have him take some shots of the various hats with his digital camera and post them here. I'm also a dinosaur with photography. I'm a film man and still do black and white photography in a darkroom with...
If that Mallory doesn't scream "1930s small-town mayor" I don't know what does.
Definitely get a wide black band. If you're going to be vintage, go all the way!
Dave
I am a brand-new member and was steered to this forum by Robert Weber (Panamabob) on his website to get feedback from customers who purchased his Panama hats. I’m sorry this is a bit long-winded, and future posts will be much shorter, I promise, but I would like to give you a little...
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