Benjamin Button Fedora

[Art Fawcett]

lol lol lol Well, that's ONE way Kabuto. There are many ways I'm told, but for me that's a pretty tough thing to do. I just can't seem to put 8 hours work into a hat only to destroy it. It's OK for someone else to do, just not me. I would liken it to self dentistry...maybe it could work but sure would be painful

 

[Neil]

Eight hours?

Eight hours is what it takes to make one hat?
Wow. I did not know that.
I've said it before: You should charge more.

 

[Viper Man]

Eight hours is what it takes to make one hat?
Wow. I did not know that.
I've said it before: You should charge more.

I own a VS and it's worth every penny (and then some). I intend to buy another as soon as I can afford to but for god's sake, keep that sentiment to yourself! I am sure Art will raise his prices if and when he sees fit.

I bet you're the kind of guy that pays full price for used cars, too. [huh]

 

[Neil]

Full price . . . .

Nope. I can be pretty stingy. But I am willing to pay fair value, or at least what I think is fair value.

 

[handlebar bart]

We went to see the movie today and it was really great. It seemed that Pitt wore atleast 4 different fedoras during the course of the movie. They were similar colors but the ribbon treatments were different.

The first had a wide ribbon that crossed over itself with two buttons were the bow would normally be. Similar hats have been posted by members here.

The second had a slightly narrower ribbon with a conventional bow

The third had a significantly narrower ribbon with a conventional bow

The fourth had a wider ribbon with a conventional bow, but the ribbon seemed darker than the ribbons on the other hats. The bound edge was also significantly wider than the other three, though a similar color. I would guess that this one was Arts hat with the whippet style bound edge, but they all looked great.
The first couple hats had the brim either up or down in different shots.

 

[UWS Cowboy]

All the hats in this movie looked great. I especially loved the first cream colored fedora he wore. It was dirty and had a bit of taper and it looked great, just really well loved and worn. Great bash.

 

[dostacos]

Interesting stuff Sir. I found the film file and boy, I'm getting old!! I didn't supply any clothing at all on this film, just made one hat for the Pitt character and they wanted to know how to "age" it as it was too new looking. ( duh). My memory is going ,,that IS the second thing to go,,,right???

yeah the sense of smell is first....aren't you glad about THAT

 

[Jerekson]

The hat looks beautiful, but I must say I'm not a fan of that brim treatment.

 

[Mr. Lucky]

While I think of it, "Revolutionary Road", the new DiCaprio film about the isolation of marriage in the suburbs back in the fifties, is also a fantastic hat flick. Loads of crossover fedoras bridging the thirties to the coming space age. Honestly, the movie is very disappointing, leaving one to better appreciate "Mad Men".

Just a bit of trivia: I was visiting Gary White (the Master Hatter) in Buffalo the summer before last as he was making the very hat DiCaprio wears in that movie. It looked pretty sweet up close and personal!