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I've posted a pic before of my grandfather wearing a hat that has the hat rotated clockwise up to where the ribbon is near his left eye. Serious turn, serious tilt, serious attitude.Two (and a half) unrelated questions for the hive mind:
1) Do we have any idea how widespread mercury use for felting was? I.E. Was this something that most manufacturers did? Or was it reserved for certain quality designations?
2) having a discussion on COW of "the turn." For the uninitiated, the Raiders of the Lost Ark hat is rotated about 1/3" - 1/2" on Ford's head and then creased off center (the bow placement is the giveaway). This gives the brim a unique swoop.
There's a poster over there saying that this technique predates the movie and he swears he's seen it on vintage hats.
Has anyone here seen or heard reference to this outside of Indiana Jones?
2.5) Ditto on dimensional brims. Are there vintage examples of this? Given the construction of vintage rounding jacks I tend to think not.
The crease is not changed, however. You can see a slight pinch over Grandpa's right eye. But it does change the swoop of the brim and the entire character of the hat.
Click on the photo and it will enlarge so you can see better what I'm talking about.
Revised estimate on date of picture is based on birth year of my aunt Ella of 1920. She's the one in front, on the right. I'd put the picture somewhere between 1925 - 1927. Skinny aunt Zora in the middle, back, was born in 1916, and uncle George was born 1918.
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