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    Felt hat body origin - help

    Hi Guys, Hope you are well. I have been working on a hat lately. There's 2 hat bodies, that I bought during London hat week fair last year. I'm very happy with it's quality - Can dry crease it like a vintage hat! It was purchased on a stand of Bloke who buys-off old not-sold stock from...
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    Ask a question, get an answer

    Hey Folks! Do you know where I could buy fit-all-sizes sweatband like the one on Vivienne Westwood's mountain hat? I plan to make a hat for a child, and I recon this would be the best solution for growing head.
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    WORLD'S FIRST 3D PRINTED BOATER HAT, but does it even make sense?

    The minimum feasible thickness for this print was 2mm. Creating a surface pattern would probably only add thickness + it would be extremely difficult to print without errors (it was already very hard to print just a flat surfaces). I did not wanted to create straw like pattern in order to avoid...
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    WORLD'S FIRST 3D PRINTED BOATER HAT, but does it even make sense?

    Hi Guys, I managed to complete my long overdue project - WORLD'S FIRST 3D PRINTED BOATER HAT - right in time for roaring twenties of XXI century... right? Well... I though it would be a great idea: I would achieve strength, water resistance and I could get the stiff boater that fits the...
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    Post New Hats Here!

    For past few months I have been practising hat making, Here are te first results - basic grey fedora. It's a 5.5 inch tall open crown with ~2.6 inch brim + ~1.5 inch ribbon made out of Czech 100% rabbit felt. After a few takes on the hat I have finally made the shape right for my taste and here...
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    Photographs Of Hats Fresh From Surviving The Elements

    My OR finally seen some rain. Greetings from UK!
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    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    This is not a picture from today, but Recently I'm wearing this combo almost every day - Akubra Campdraft in Bluegrass green, dry bash + vintage sheepskin flying jacket
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    Post New Hats Here!

    I'm having second thoughts now :)
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    Post New Hats Here!

    Thanks :) To pinch turned out a little bit asymmetrical - it's not straight above my nose, it might not be visible on the pictures. Regardless of that I'm definitely going to stick with chicken footprint - I love the organic look of it. latest of course ;) thanks for pointing this out. I'm...
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    Post New Hats Here!

    This is my last(edit:latest) purchase, Akubra Campdraft in bluegrass green - this is my first open crown hat. First dry bash at the moment :) We'll see what comes next...
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    Post New Hats Here!

    Vintage Stetson, nut sure what model is it. Presumably from the sixties judging by the box
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    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    I had this hat for a while - it's a vintage Cervino. After treating it with naphtha bath I decided to keep it as center crease, but lately I got bored of it so i changed it into diamond. I was inspired by Dean Martin's look from "Robin and the 7 Hoods": To get the exact shape it should be...
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    New Ladies and Gents Step Forward

    Hello Everybody, My name is Maciej, and I've been checking Fedora Lounge forum for quite long and I think it's about time to join your community, as men's hats became my passion in last couple of years. It all started when I was a little kid. I was raised in Poland right after the fall of...

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