Bob Roberts
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Hahahaha! I'd wanna pinch and crease everything. Even YOU!pinch and crease a bowler ?
then what ... glue it back together ?
Hahahaha! I'd wanna pinch and crease everything. Even YOU!pinch and crease a bowler ?
then what ... glue it back together ?
Saw it. Nice but my next hommie will have a lot bigger brim.I don't know, but if that's your plan there is an almost identical homberg a little farther down the page that comes in a nice carbon color and mentions a soft crown.
stay away from my creases HemingwayHahahaha! I'd wanna pinch and crease everything. Even YOU!
BEAST! And folds too...?stay away from my creases Hemingway
creases become folds I believe ... but you would know better than IBEAST! And folds too...?
Hahahaha! I'd wanna pinch and crease everything. Even YOU!
I just used the last of my hat funds (sold one of my Big Canon Lenses) to buy a custom fedora from Vintage Silhouettes. The conformenator or whatever you call it is on its way. But here is the question or series of questions. I am struggling on hat style. And it occurred to me... What are the pros and Cons buying a hat with Open or Closed Crowns. It seems to me that I can get an open crown and then I can have any crown I care to shape. I have a steamer and hat block and have changed the shape of some of the hats that I have already. But is there any disadvantage to an an open crown. Also if I get an open Crown Do I have to specify height and shape of it. If there are a few different final shapes that I may like to try is there one open crown that can be used for all of them or are there limits to what you can make. I will have the same discussion with the VS people when I pick a shape but I would love to hear peoples thoughts from here. Thanks.
the open crown shape will come from the block you choose
I see zero disadvantages to open crown hats and would never consider buying anything but an open crown hat ... I personally hate blocked in creases on fur felt hats ...I think they look awful ... at the same time I hate hand creases that look blocked.
one of the advantages to a higher crown is that you can bring it down to wherever you want and have a nice deep crease or leave it high if you wish ... with a shallow blocked hat you only have so much to work with
then you get in to the taper of the block and that is a whole other can of worms
before spending VS type money on one of Arts amazing creations I highly recommend doing your homework and owning quite a few hats to see what you like and don't like before you order the hat and have your tastes change during the time when your hat is being made
if I remember correctly from reading some of your posts you are pretty new to hat wearing ... I don't think it is a very good idea having a custom hat be one of your first few hats ... new hat wearers tastes always change ... and change quite often before you find your niche
All my VS's have been open crown as well as any other custom that I buy. Most of the factory ones that I can't get open crown are quickly recreased, only have a few alpine/cattleman creased westerns that are in OEM state. Hand blocking looks so much better IMHO.Good advice thanks. I may pass on the wait-for-a-while philosophy. You are most likely correct but I find that now that I am in my later 60s, waiting makes less sense. And I can always sell the hat, at a loss, but I will get to enjoy the hat Now rather than later. You have convinced me that I want an open crown. I have gathered a bunch of photos of hat styles that I like and plan on showing them to the hatmaker to have him select the crown block that would come closest to allowing me to duplicate the different crown shapes and dents. Of course I will have to talk to them to see if that is a viable approach. Thanks again for the help.
All my VS's have been open crown as well as any other custom that I buy. Most of the factory ones that I can't get open crown are quickly recreased, only have a few alpine/cattleman creased westerns that are in OEM state. Hand blocking looks so much better IMHO.
Thx for the mention my Bro. It could b better but the salad bowl helped.I agree wholeheartedly that open crown looks better and more unique in the long run and is the way I would go for a custom, especially if your custom is fedora-style. The only time I think factory creases are better is with certain cattleman's creases (I'm not sure if G.Durand does his by hand or not but somehow he gets them absolutely perfect) and with outback and gambler style hats. Factory pork pie/telescope creases also tend to look better (Bob Roberts seems to have perfected one on his BGCD by hand though).
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Hat tube from Chrisy's that came with their roll up is 4" in diameter. HTHGoing a big trip later this year and planning on bringing a felt rollup and a panama rollup hat. I may want to pack one or both of them. They will be packed for 12hrs. I will have a travel steamer with me to work out kinks. The question is....
1. If I had to chose one to pack.... which one would fair the best?
2. Is the hat better in a travel tube or just in the bag rolled up ( I have a velcro belt I made to hold it together)?
3. I have some mailing tubes or I could get some. The come in 2", 3",4" and 5". The 2" would be too tight. I tried the 3" and it fits but I have to roll it a bit tighter than I would if I put it in my jacket. The 4" and 5" would be better for the hat but take up a lot more room in the suitcase.
Thought?
Good to know, thanksHat tube from Chrisy's that came with their roll up is 4" in diameter. HTH
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