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GClark said:Actually, I do I tend to like the tighter pinch on myself -
Like this?
Great lid! Nice ham job!
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GClark said:Actually, I do I tend to like the tighter pinch on myself -
Like this?
CRH said:Great lid! Nice ham job!
:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap
GClark said:Ham job?
RobFedoraField said:after a little brushing, steaming, and creasing. I tried to pay homage to Rochache's hat in the watchmen (and yes, I know, wrong color, wrong band)
the biggest problem is the brim, I can't seem to get it to lay out right, it was rippled as heck right out of the bag, it's better, but you can tell on the front shot that it's still "off" I'm also wondering if it would look better with a thinner ribbon, but I also like the idea of keeping it original
oh yeah, the head shot
billysmom said:Terrific find! There is a certain magic about vintage felt. I'd keep the ribbon as it is. It looks great on you. I would guess that given time the brim and you will come to terms.
Sue
.....and your daughter is a little Dollbaby.Colby Jack said:Happy Birthday!...What a great wife!...What a great present!:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap
I would just clean it up and try wearing it out a few times as a porkpie first. Who knows, you might just like it. Great ribbon and color at the very least.Abyss said:Wow, it's been quite a while since I've posted here. I'm sorry! I'll try to stick around more and not just lurk!
Anyways, I've moved recently, and I finally decided to visit the local thrift store. It wasn't very big... I moved from a rather large metropolitan area into a town of about 30,000, so that's to be expected, but I still managed to find something.
Sitting almost alone on a shelf and covered in lint was a brown fedora. Not a costume one of a cheap fabric one, it was a fur felt hat. I picked it up and turned it over. A Dobbs, in almost-my-size (I believe myself to be between a 7 and a 7 1/8 depending on the day, and this hat's a 7), but what was most striking was the price tag: $5. Even had it not been anywhere close to my size, I would have nabbed it.
It's not quite my style, but it was a good hat for $5! On to the pictures!
The first picture is of it all linted up... and that is actually after I had brushed some of the lint off. It seemed to consist of more lint than felt when I found it! The second picture is much better, but there's still some lint on it. I haven't had my hat brush sent to me yet, so full de-linting will have to wait. The third picture is of the inside, and the color in that picture is probably the one which is the most true-to-color.
Now I just need to figure out how to reshape it so it has a more stereotypical shape, I like my two dents on the front thank ya very much, and it seems to be a rather stubborn hat!
Abyss said:
Now I just need to figure out how to reshape it so it has a more stereotypical shape, I like my two dents on the front thank ya very much, and it seems to be a rather stubborn hat!
jwalls said:For your edification: http://www.xoopit.com/s/20um7cjq58ene24e1u4k Just finished a new Derby. This is my first effort with a derby flange. See Bowler thread for more photos.
Yes sir, I made it with a lot of help from my hatter Dave at D bar J. Thanks a Lot.Roninjedi said:You... you made that? And even if you didn't make it and just had it refurbished...
That.
Is.
AWESOME!:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap
Spats McGee said:I sent my Barton hat to Mike Moore for a new sweat, stretch and cleaning. It just arrived today. I think he did a great job (at a very reasonable price, I might add), but stretching it left the ribbon just almost too short. The brim is stingier than most of my hats, so can I get some honest opinions on how it looks on me?
!!jwalls said:For your edification: http://www.xoopit.com/s/20um7cjq58ene24e1u4k Just finished a new Derby. This is my first effort with a derby flange. See Bowler thread for more photos.