Recent content by Barry

When I was growing up one of my neighbors had three dogs. He adopted each one from the pound. Sometimes I would play fetch with the dogs. One day I was watching two of the dogs play in his fenced-in backyard. The larger dog started nipping at the other dog's neck while they were running...

Lay-Rite - it arrived today. It smells good - I'll have to see how it works over the next few days. Has anyone tried the water soluble "purple" version of Sweet Georgia Brown? Barry

Arsen Roulette - Shake It Around

Andy - Yes, he did resize it that much. I was surprised as well. I actually brought the hat in thinking I would just be able to get it cleaned up with a new ribbon. Graham asked if I wanted everything original and then he refurbished it. One thing to keep in mind is that this hat had a...

Thanks for the comments everyone. barrowjh: I think I remember the Nickel Grey but I'm not 100% sure. I don't remember the Willow Green though. I'm pretty sure I saw a hat in Silvertone - the lighter of they greyish hats. It's somewhat similar to an old Stetson that I own. The blue...

Edit: Sorry, the title should read "grey" not "gray." I was in Chicago with my family last month and stopped by Graham's shop. I settled in on the Canadian Grey felt color. I typically do better with a brim no longer than 2 1/2 and a not-so-high crown. This fedora has a bit of a snap brim...

The Jonathan Richards caps are nice. I bought a JR flat cap at Besdor's shop earlier this year.

Welcome to the Fedora Lounge. Nice avatar, btw. :D Barry

Unfortunately, no. However, you want to check out some of the stores, there is a list on this thread: http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=17581&highlight=washington Hats in the Belfry closed the Georgetown store. Barry

Happy birthday Daisy!! Barry

Captain Hammond - Half Man Half Organ

Ska'd for Life: A personal journey with the Specials by Horace Panter (aka Sir Horace Gentleman) the bassist for The Specials. Barry

What is the device that hatters use to measure the inside circumference of a hat? I saw something like this at a custom hat shop recently and I thought it was pretty neat. Basically, the hatter rests the hat on the device and he can measure the size. It seemed to be spring loaded and had a...

from OFAS... I won this overcoat some time ago. It has a half belt. It also has a pocket with a small Talon zipper on the inside. There are no labels though. It's not super heavy but feels as though it will be very warm. Barry

There is an old barbering manual available at www.archive.org "Practice and science of standard barbering....(c1951)" by Sidney Coyne Thorpe http://www.archive.org/details/practiceandscien00thorrich It includes a lot of pictures...