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Art Fawcett VS Hall of Fame

Art Fawcett

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"Art, thanks for all your hard work. I love the hat! "
Thank you Mike. Now you can see what I have been so excited over and how light these are. After cutting the brim on Charlies hat it weighed only 1.8 oz. , scary light.
 

Landman

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Thanks everybody. I appreciate your compliments.

Art, I can certainly understand your cause for excitement. I have an older Portis "Lite Wate" that I thought was light until I pick this up out of the box.

I don't have a scale to weigh mine but I might see about buying one. What do you guys use to weigh your hats? A postal scale?
 

barrowjh

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I like it too, Landman. I am in the que for one eventually, not in any hurry, and for that matter I am still vacillating about minor details of exactly what do I want. I see that 2 5/8 brim and I think it looks too short, but maybe that is simply a perspective problem (relative to height of the open crown). I'm considering adding the diamond ventilation pattern on the sides, no liner, and Art's OpenRoad ribbon treatment. Show us a pic of yours after you have creased it, please, that would help with the brim-width perspective.
 

ChiTownScion

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Wearing my new Art Fawcett "Howard Hughes" fedora and my A-2 jacket at my place up in the North Woods of Wisconsin.

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g.durand

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I got in line when Art announced he had acquired the Mallory bodies. Like hatsRme, I asked Art to make a hat from one the "Mahoot" bodies. This is the result. It has a 3" brim, the widest I've had him make for me. I've creased and re-creased this hat at least fifty times since I got it yesterday, just playing with the thing to see what it will do. It pops right back to an open crown when I do that, and then goes back to whatever crease I want. As Charlie's photos show, it is difficult to photograph accurately and looks different in different lighting conditions. Sometimes it looks a sort of dusty brown, sometimes an eggplant purple. Even the ribbon color changes with the light, with a silver-to-violet variation. Just amazing. These shots are the best color representation I could get. Very nicely done, Art.

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LuvMyMan

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Just picked it up this morning. Haven't had time to do anything with it but snap a few pictures. The vintage felt is incredibly lightweight. You don't even know you have a hat on your head! The color is Pearl, which when I compare it to Art's felt samples is similar to his Silvermist. It has a light blue tone to it that is hard to capture in a picture (at least for me!).

Here are a couple of pictures of it in different lighting. The first picture is probably the closest to the actual color but is still a little washed out by the lighting. It has a 2 5/8" underwelt brim with a mid width ribbon.

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Art, thanks for all your hard work. I love the hat!


Wow and wow again! I can imagine you will not see anyone else wearing any hat like that one! Super nice....if only my money tree was harvesting some of those fresh green bills.....lol! You really scored big time on that one.
 

LuvMyMan

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I got in line when Art announced he had acquired the Mallory bodies. Like hatsRme, I asked Art to make a hat from one the "Mahoot" bodies. This is the result. It has a 3" brim, the widest I've had him make for me. I've creased and re-creased this hat at least fifty times since I got it yesterday, just playing with the thing to see what it will do. It pops right back to an open crown when I do that, and then goes back to whatever crease I want. As Charlie's photos show, it is difficult to photograph accurately and looks different in different lighting conditions. Sometimes it looks a sort of dusty brown, sometimes an eggplant purple. Even the ribbon color changes with the light, with a silver-to-violet variation. Just amazing. These shots are the best color representation I could get. Very nicely done, Art.

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Another hit! Amazing color. The color contrast of the ribbon against the color of the hat body....priceless.
 

Art Fawcett

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+1... very handsome ribbon and bow.

Art, is the weight after addition of sweatband and liner? I have only handled two hats under 2 ounces - both have grosgrain sweatbands.


This was prior to sweatband and liner Alan, I was trying to explain difficulties to Charlie so weighed it on a postal scare while he was on the phone. Honestly, these bodies are something beyond my skill level so it's been a real education. Imagine trying to make viable hats from tissue paper. The experience is similar but dang, when they come out right it's pretty exciting. Yes, I've ruined a few bodies. uggg
 

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