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Milliners make hats for women. Hatters make hats for men. Women get to wear men's hats, but men don't usually get to wear women's hats.

You're not alone. Trying to monetize a hobby will often kill it.

Very nice. Is the strap buckle functional? It gives it a Greek fisherman's cap vibe.

You know, vintage clothes can be roughly dated by the Harris Tweed label. It changed every decade or so. Their history and bureaucracy is interesting too. https://vintagefashionguild.org/resources/item/label/harris-tweed/

Artificially distressed.

slubs used to be considered defects, but they're stylish now.

As do I.... although mine are not really nice hats.. But, then there's this: https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/courage-to-wear-a-fedora.78845/

It's difficult enough wearing a nice hat out on the street these days.

I'd worry about both acrylic paint and shellac They both dry very brittle and may crack when the straw flexes. Personally, I'd use thinned artist oils but it will be more difficult to get clear definition. Depends on the effect you want. For preservtion you can wipe on some boiled linseed...

may be Penofin

Well, he's obliged to print whatever I want.... considering the circumstances, But something like a hat block or flange would take a full roll of filament even if they were hollow. If hollow, the requred thickness would have to be sorted out. I'd be inclined to shape laminated chunks of wood...

Having paid the bill for several of our son's 3D printers I can say that this better work because the investment in machine and filament will be significant. A CNC machine and wood would make more sense for this application.

Buick perhaps.

Sanding is one-half of the equation. The other half is the shellac to give you something to sand against. Without a stiffener you are just brushig the fibers back and forth with the sandpaper. That can pull on and increase the pile instead of removing it.

Beavers and nutria are both rodents. Mink, otters and other weasel-shaped animals are not rodents.