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  1. belfastboy

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    This hat is one of my experiments. A natural Indigo dye job that did not turn out as planned. The ribbon dye job worked out well.....but not the felt. I will see if I can make something wearable out of it.
  2. belfastboy

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    I am pleased to announce that the December issue of HaTalk eMagazine will have my article on how to sew brim binding. I think my wife and I have come up with a format of text and pictures that will adequately explain the process. Stay tuned.
  3. belfastboy

    KTG Skypiece Run # 1&2

    Is that Petersham ribbon on the crown & brim?
  4. belfastboy

    The Lords hat

    Last night, out for dinner with the wife I wore the brown Barbisio homburg I purchased from you. I love the hat.
  5. belfastboy

    The Lords hat

    Oh, what a lovely hat!!!
  7. belfastboy

    How do folks react to your hat wearing?

    Right next to my church is a Chabad Lubavitch Centre.... so lots of men wearing wide brimmed black hats in the area..
  8. belfastboy

    How do folks react to your hat wearing?

    Nah, hat has to be black!
  9. belfastboy

    Wolfbrae Custom Hatters

    If my memory serves me Steve's is a 2" brim. I try to steer my clients towards that marker. Some want a narrower brim but I think it it too narrow. The Copper felt is for a guy that is 6' tall and I boosted the brim to about 2 1/8" with a medium cupping on the brim so it was the full 2"...
  10. belfastboy

    Wolfbrae Custom Hatters

    Thank you. It is weird....I am drawn to the pork pie style BUT tome it is the only style that does not look good on my head. They always look toooo small and even if they fit perfectly look like a too small hat perched atop my head. So I have to make them for others and live vicariously...
  11. belfastboy

    Wolfbrae Custom Hatters

    Here are two hats picked up this morning by my client. Pork Pies, I think this is the 7th & 8th I have made this year....strange as that is double the number I have made in total. Left: An Usst Burnished Copper 120gr rabbit felt. 2" brim and a 4 1/4" crown all around. Completed with a...
  13. belfastboy

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    My instructional video is selling well and garnering 5 star reviews. I have added my email address to the ordering page so that if questions pop up in the video or problems arise as you apply the lessons just drop me a note and I will do my best to answer them for you. Hatcourses.com
  14. belfastboy

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    I have switched to embroidered liners. I pay $9 for each embroidery....if I buy 50 at a time. Using vintage Japanese silk my liners cost about $25 complete.
  15. belfastboy

    Goralnik Hats

    Interesting, there are a few pictures that pop up when the name is googled......Pictures of Goralnick Hats but NO ONE in the pictures is wearing a hat. That is weird.
  16. belfastboy

    4X beaver question based on the mid 90’s

    All of my vintage hats are rabbit save for one Stetson Nutria. All of them are stellar felts and rabbit. They seem to have weathered the many decades of use and are still looking great. I think a great test of a vintage felt is how does it turn out after a full restoration.....from one step...
  17. belfastboy

    4X beaver question based on the mid 90’s

    I have a Stetson LE from 2015, that was sold as pure beaver. It is a beautiful felt, but with the typical Stetson crap trimmings. NO XXX's at all noted on the sweat band.
  19. belfastboy

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    I received d a big box of vintage flanges a few weeks back. Finally getting around to restoration. This batch is about 1/3 of the lot but the one requiring the most work. Lots of work filling in the cracks and gouges, sanding and now the final Spar varnish coating. The balance just need...
  20. belfastboy

    Antique Hatting Equipment Value

    When you get the spread sheet completed shoot me a copy.
  21. belfastboy

    Antique Hatting Equipment Value

    A fellow hatter in Australia received many expressions of interest when he closed up his hat shop. One of the most asked questions is: Would he stick around for a while and train the new owner. I think he ended up selling off his items individually.
  22. belfastboy

    Antique Hatting Equipment Value

    Are you looking to sell the business only as a complete package or will you piece it off? Do you have a list of the items for sale?
  23. belfastboy

    Antique Hatting Equipment Value

    I am in Vancouver Canada. Where are you located? There is a fellow here in Vancouver that is selling his new line of brim platers and crown irons. Both items are about $6000 each (Canadian funds).

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