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If you shape it by hand it won't stay. You may be better off paying a shop to shape it. Yes yes you can do it yourself. But do you want to?keox11 said:those hats are wonderful !!!
i just want to know if we can do "dry hand bash" with art fawcett hat ??? i mean if we can pass from "open crown" to "c crown" or other form of crown by hand like this :
http://s80.photobucket.com/albums/j164/dinerman/?action=view¤t=MVI_3191.flv
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or we need some steam to stylized the brim and the crown of the hat ???
[huh]
if we can "dry hand bash" the hat like we can, do you have any photo to show me ???
Thanks
ps : sorry for the noob question
Are you saying Art Fawcett's fedoras do not take a shape by hand?danofarlington said:If you shape it by hand it won't stay. You may be better off paying a shop to shape it. Yes yes you can do it yourself. But do you want to?
Both of my ArtLite customs shape readily by hand & hold very well. I don't have a dress weight from Art but do have a Winchester felt from Buckaroo that shapes by hand & holds as well. YRMVdanofarlington said:If you shape it by hand it won't stay. You may be better off paying a shop to shape it. Yes yes you can do it yourself. But do you want to?
keox11 said:i just want to know if we can do "dry hand bash" with art fawcett hat ?
Jauntyone said:All my VS hats have been open-crowned and I have found them easy to bash with no steam or water--I just chop, pinch, and plop them onto my head. At the end of the day, I return them to an open crown--that way, they always have that "fichu" air that really sets a custom hat apart from a factory-creased hat.
It's like a neck-tie or a pocket-square. You can get a pre-tied or pre-folded model, but it's the little imperfections that really make something yours.
Watch any old movie, all the hats are hand-creased. But if you really like a perfect crease in your hat, I'm sure Art can accomodate you--though you'll be using up time that he should be spending on making my next hat!
keox11 said:Anyway, I want to distort my hat myself! I do not like forms of factory "too perfect"! I like to give the shape that I want to the hat with my hands = "dry hand bash!?
in Paris, I went to the borsalino shop and saw a hat very thin, lightweight, very flexible, we could bend, put it in his pocket, take the form of "open crown" to "c crown" very easily by hand!
that's why I wanted to know if the hats Art Fawcett could be like this???
That's how I feel. Why drop the cash on a gamble on Ebay when you can have a custom fit, beautiful finish, made to your exact specs, that is an instant "classic".Musashi said:These recent hats are beautiful. I am so Jealous... I'm bound to be close to the front of the line any day now. I have stopped looking on ebay and everything since i sent a conformer to Art. Why bother with hats that might not fit???
Well that's the way it works. Have you started to caress the felt samples yet?Bluesman61 said:That's it, the next one will be forest green!!! Jeez, I haven't even received my first Work of Art yet and I'm already planning the next one!
Jay
Cool. Be ready to be home to sign or to get to the post office before it closes after the mailman comes by and leaves the slip saying your package has arrived needing your signature. There is nothing worse than knowing your work of Art is sitting in the closed post office overnight!!!! Looking forward to seeing pics.Bluesman61 said:Well, I just got "the email" from Art today telling me my long awaited work of Art is on the way!!! I can't wait to see what Art has created for me. I will def. post pics here as soon as it arrives! Now......what shall I pick for my next one?
Jay