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[Frunobulax]

Great job Jim!

+1!

awesome job Jim

Love the ribbon contrast!

Thanks guyz. It's a satisfying result, even if my sewing skills are dicey. I still need to work on sewing a sweatband together at the back. It looks horrible (sorta like it was done by Michael J. Fox with an assist from Stevie Wonder). I have a stash of ribbon for projects, and this almost wound up on my latest Granite Gannon.

Now that I have a 52, I want to tackle a new Winchester body. But only after I get better at this sewing thing.

 

[Miklo]

What a beautiful hat, I am so jealous.

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[Bob Roberts]

Old hat. I finished rebuilding it yesterday. Was it a Stratoliner? I dunno, but it has those lines. I purchased this on eBay as a beater felt to play with - over a year ago. No sweatband, no markings, no interior paper tags - just a piece of old felt shaped like a hat. It sat, waiting for me to finally pick up a 7 1/4 52 block, which happened a few weeks ago. So I gave it a naphtha bath (many months ago), reblocked it (I think the body was a 7 1/8), re-flanged it, put in a sweatband generously supplied by Tim (CaneRodMaker, AlleyKat Hats) several months ago, and put on a new ribbon I acquired on eBay many months ago. I had been wanting to do this project for a long time. Despite the mothing on the brim, it's a fantastic piece of felt, and sat atop one of my hat boxes for several months with a beautiful dry bash I'd put into it (third pic). I haven't taken it out for a test drive yet, but I got the fit right and I like the color combo. The hat itself is a very, very dark blue/green, with a matching brim binding. The original ribbon also matched, but it fell apart when I took it off prior to cleaning. It currently remains unlined, and I think I'll keep it that way. It's very thin, lightweight, and as stated before, easy to crease and shape.

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Nice job Jim.

 

[Frunobulax]

Nice job Jim.

Thanks Bob!


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[Bertie.Wooster]

Old hat. I finished rebuilding it yesterday. Was it a Stratoliner? I dunno, but it has those lines. I purchased this on eBay as a beater felt to play with - over a year ago. No sweatband, no markings, no interior paper tags - just a piece of old felt shaped like a hat. It sat, waiting for me to finally pick up a 7 1/4 52 block, which happened a few weeks ago. So I gave it a naphtha bath (many months ago), reblocked it (I think the body was a 7 1/8), re-flanged it, put in a sweatband generously supplied by Tim (CaneRodMaker, AlleyKat Hats) several months ago, and put on a new ribbon I acquired on eBay many months ago. I had been wanting to do this project for a long time. Despite the mothing on the brim, it's a fantastic piece of felt, and sat atop one of my hat boxes for several months with a beautiful dry bash I'd put into it (third pic). I haven't taken it out for a test drive yet, but I got the fit right and I like the color combo. The hat itself is a very, very dark blue/green, with a matching brim binding. The original ribbon also matched, but it fell apart when I took it off prior to cleaning. It currently remains unlined, and I think I'll keep it that way. It's very thin, lightweight, and as stated before, easy to crease and shape.

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Nice job there! I am excited about my Crofut & Knapp Boater rebuild .

 

[Frunobulax]

Nice job there! I am excited about my Crofut & Knapp Boater rebuild .

Thanks Bertie. Looking forward to pics of your project.


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[moehawk]

Old hat. I finished rebuilding it yesterday. Was it a Stratoliner? I dunno, but it has those lines. I purchased this on eBay as a beater felt to play with - over a year ago. No sweatband, no markings, no interior paper tags - just a piece of old felt shaped like a hat. It sat, waiting for me to finally pick up a 7 1/4 52 block, which happened a few weeks ago. So I gave it a naphtha bath (many months ago), reblocked it (I think the body was a 7 1/8), re-flanged it, put in a sweatband generously supplied by Tim (CaneRodMaker, AlleyKat Hats) several months ago, and put on a new ribbon I acquired on eBay many months ago. I had been wanting to do this project for a long time. Despite the mothing on the brim, it's a fantastic piece of felt, and sat atop one of my hat boxes for several months with a beautiful dry bash I'd put into it (third pic). I haven't taken it out for a test drive yet, but I got the fit right and I like the color combo. The hat itself is a very, very dark blue/green, with a matching brim binding. The original ribbon also matched, but it fell apart when I took it off prior to cleaning. It currently remains unlined, and I think I'll keep it that way. It's very thin, lightweight, and as stated before, easy to crease and shape.

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Looks Fruntastic!
Now THAT'S why I nominated you!

 

[Redfokker]

Old hat. I finished rebuilding it yesterday. Was it a Stratoliner? I dunno, but it has those lines. I purchased this on eBay as a beater felt to play with - over a year ago. No sweatband, no markings, no interior paper tags - just a piece of old felt shaped like a hat. It sat, waiting for me to finally pick up a 7 1/4 52 block, which happened a few weeks ago. So I gave it a naphtha bath (many months ago), reblocked it (I think the body was a 7 1/8), re-flanged it, put in a sweatband generously supplied by Tim (CaneRodMaker, AlleyKat Hats) several months ago, and put on a new ribbon I acquired on eBay many months ago. I had been wanting to do this project for a long time. Despite the mothing on the brim, it's a fantastic piece of felt, and sat atop one of my hat boxes for several months with a beautiful dry bash I'd put into it (third pic). I haven't taken it out for a test drive yet, but I got the fit right and I like the color combo. The hat itself is a very, very dark blue/green, with a matching brim binding. The original ribbon also matched, but it fell apart when I took it off prior to cleaning. It currently remains unlined, and I think I'll keep it that way. It's very thin, lightweight, and as stated before, easy to crease and shape.

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Darn it Fruno, that is just fantastic. You are now a hatter in my eyes. Love the purple ribbon. Very impressive.

 

[RJR]

Darn it Fruno, that is just fantastic. You are now a hatter in my eyes. Love the purple ribbon. Very impressive.

+1,nice save/rehab.

 

[rclark]

Love to see some pics creased or uncreased.

Here you go Bob:

 

[Bob Roberts]

Here you go Bob:

Thanks Rick. There's something so ***y about an open crown hat. You know what I mean...

 

[rclark]

Thanks Rick. There's something so ***y about an open crown hat. You know what I mean...

Yep! Untouched and just begging for someone to bash it. If this fit, I'd love it!

 

[Bob Roberts]

"Bash me, Mr. Clark..."

 

[moontheloon]

"Bash me, Mr. Clark..."

family show Hemingway

 

[Bob Roberts]

"Steam me Ricky."

 

[rclark]

family show Hemingway

Yeah I had a hard time keeping it clean as well!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

"Steam me Ricky."

"And make it hot!"

 

[Bob Roberts]

family show Hemingway

...or should I say, " Hit me with yer rhythm stick..." ???

 

[rclark]

"And make it hot!"

Since it is an Akubra, it is likely saying "take me to the shower"

 

[Hurricane Jack]

"take me to the shower"

"...and let's conserve water together."