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T Jones

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New life for this rough and too small vintage Bradford Saddler, (early '60s?). A generous Lounger gifted this one to me. I was glad I could save this one and make it into something else. The old Bradfords are among my favorites. I was able to reuse everything original to the hat except for the sweat, which was rotted out.

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On the block and sized up to a 7 1/4 LO:
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New Life:
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On the head: slightly different angles
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Mighty44

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New life for this rough and too small vintage Bradford Saddler, (early '60s?). A generous Lounger gifted this one to me. I was glad I could save this one and make it into something else. The old Bradfords are among my favorites. I was able to reuse everything original to the hat except for the sweat, which was rotted out.

IMG-20230109-034020135.jpg


Bradford-Saddler-2-A.jpg


Bradford-Saddler-3-A.jpg


IMG-20230109-033616692.jpg


On the block and sized up to a 7 1/4 LO:
Bradford-Saddler-5-A.jpg


New Life:
Bradford-Saddler-Con-4-A.jpg


Bradford-Saddler-Con-5-A.jpg


Bradford-Saddler-Con-6-A.jpg


Bradford-Saddler-Con-7-A.jpg


On the head: slightly different angles
Bradford-Saddler-Con-1-A.jpg


Bradford-Saddler-Con-2-A.jpg


Bradford-Saddler-Con-3-A.jpg
That’s beautiful, Terry. Did the brim
Get shorter as you went up or did the felt stretch?
 

T Jones

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That’s beautiful, Terry. Did the brim
Get shorter as you went up or did the felt stretch?
Thank you David. The whole block shape was changed and I went up a size, and to a LO. The brim started out at 2 3/4 and I ended up at 2 5/8 with some very slight variances that would actually go totally unnoticed unless I pointed it out.
 

GHT

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New Forest
Thank you, Robert. I like to think of this Cervo as being more of a greyish colour, but it certainly does have green tones. The colour name is Cardiff. Here it is next to a Borsalino hat in the colour Lupo (wolf).

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Amazing, now I am not sure if it's the light to blame............................or the Jack Daniels!
 

Mighty44

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Thank you David. The whole block shape was changed and I went up a size, and to a LO. The brim started out at 2 3/4 and I ended up at 2 5/8 with some very slight variances that would actually go totally unnoticed unless I pointed it out.
Great work. 2 5/8 is my favorite brim size for a thin ribbon—that one looks like it will get a lot of head time.
 

MikeinRome

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Resistol Seventy Five Clear Beaver and vintage Avirex Tuskegee Airmen jacket.
 

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