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Langenberg / Beaver Brands

moehawk

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I bought a hat off Ebay a while back and it came with a hole punched in it from a price tag gun (in the brim). What moron did that I cannot imagine. But I did have success fixing it. I had some matching colour felt strips from brim trimmings. Taking my leather hole punch I matched the size to the hole and cut a slightly oversized hole in the trimming to give me a plug. A very very light touch of glue around the edges, pressing it into place did the trick. I then used some felt scrapings from the hat itself and again with a very light application of a light consistency glue tamped the scraped felt around the plug to hide the seams. Being on a dark coloured felt makes it easier.....light coloured felts are much harder to hide the fix.
Thanks for sharing that technique!
I successfully resisted buying this one, but that may come in handy in the future.
 

moehawk

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Hi John, I found this on the interwebs:

"Andrew Gross Custom Hatter was a downtown men's hat maker and repairer, in business for decades.

The business dated back to at least 1926, when it was Gross and Emanuel, run by Andrew Gross and Joseph Emanuel at 1225 Broadway. 1 By 1941, the shop had moved to 515 - 16th Street (in the Rotunda Building?), and Emanuel sold his share of the business to Gross. 2 In 1950, the shop moved around the corner to 1551 San Pablo Ave. 3

Andrew Gross continued in that location until the 1970s, when he sold the business."

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Cool!
Thanks for that bit of history!
 

johnnycanuck

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Might as well add mine in here.
I love crown shape, just need to do something with the brim. This was one of two I got. The other one had the sweat band disintegrate out of it after a year of hard use. Still need to get it replaced. Felt is still in great shape.
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Johnny
 

johnnycanuck

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I have only had this hat for 11 years and today decided to shape it so I can start wearing it. Brim used to be rediculously flat and stiff as all hell. So put It into a cold shower for about 5 minutes and gave it a nice front dip. Looks very Hondo to me know. I just need to figure out a hat band for it.
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Johnny
 

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