Hat and Rehat
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Rick's look very nice. I talked to him about making me one quite some time back. He was pretty busy and turn around was 5 weeks +. I didn't pull the trigger.Have you seen the beauties that our own Rick AKA @humanshoes makes? I’ve had mine almost two years and I love it!
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As a carpenter, with lot of money wrapped up in tools, I feel rather guilty about buying things I can make myself.
Another thing is that, ever since I realized how expensive hat making tools are, making them myself for market has been in the back of my mind. I take a libertarian view of, so called, intellectual property, but feel like reverse engineering a fellow Lounger's equipment to duplicate and sell would be pretty rude.
I don't have the same qualms about a vintage tool from an inventor who's now 6 feet under, and any possible patent is long expired. Humanshoes' jack looks great, and at a very reasonable price compared to others I've looked at, on Etsy. I will gladly steer people to him until, or unless, I start competing with him.
That will be a little awkward, but at least I won't be selling his design at cut rates. If I offer something perhaps marginally less sophisticated, but at a lower price point, I will still be able to look him in the eye and shake hands.
Maybe we can have a brim cutting competition.
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