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    Beaver Brand Bolwer 6 1/2

    Some pictures Here are some photos: Head on (but not on somebody's head): http://img188.imageshack.us/i/dsc03165m.jpg/ Feather optional: http://img20.imageshack.us/i/dsc03162t.jpg/ What does this even mean: http://img20.imageshack.us/i/dsc03156e.jpg/ Well ain't that fancy...
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    Christy's Fur Felt Bowler: 7 3/8

    Now With Photos Behold! Photos of the lovely hat in question. It's still quite available! It's pretty dark: http://img42.imageshack.us/i/dsc03209d.jpg/ Until the light bursts forth! http://img34.imageshack.us/i/dsc03198c.jpg/ Immaculate interior: http://img188.imageshack.us/i/dsc03208g.jpg/...
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    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Frank & Schoble bowler today. Probably tomorrow, too. It's Winter and it feels like a bowler month.
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    Is millinery a dying artform?

    I hope you find what you need.
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    fur felt hat shrinkage, brim too?

    I agree with AlterEgo. I had that happen to an old pair of tennis shoes one time.
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    The Island of Misfit Stetsons - factory rejects

    I need a reject ...
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    How Stetsons and Akubras Are Made

    That's the most morbid thread-jack I've ever seen.
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    help again please

    Sometimes eBay is kind. Sometimes eBay is cruel. Put that hat in on one side, turn the crank, and see if money comes out.
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    Christmas hats

    I think next year, I'll just buy a Christmas tie, cut a strip of it off and tie it around as a temporary ribbon. Maybe something like this
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    Stitch Awl Tutorial - Sweatband Installation

    This is a great tutorial for the do-it-yourselfer. Couldn't we have a section in the forums for this kind of stuff and then sticky a few of these more useful threads in there?
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    Exotic Materials

    Do any of the hatters here work with exotic felts? I've seen rabbit, beaver and cashmere ... what about chinchilla, camel ... hamster?
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    Musicians?

    Banjo and Guitar I play banjo and guitar, but I like banjo better. This 1890s model is my baby:
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    How many hats do you have...?

    I've lost count. Somewhere around 20. My first and favorite was an all-beaver from an unknown maker. Plus: Top hat: Anonymous plush silk top hat (Looking to replace an old beaver top hat) Bowler: Frank and Schoble bowler Beaver Brand crushable bowler Christy's Bowler Boater...
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    Where or How Do You Store Your Hats?

    Right now, I have the top shelf of a double wide closet with hats all across. Only three two have boxes, so I stack those. With over a dozen hats, I'm all out of space, so I put one hat in the other. I'm thinking of maybe buying some of those cubby holes from Kmart? How are you guys storing your...
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    You Had It, But Sold It (and now You're Sorry)

    Top Hat I had a beautiful Dunlap beaver top hat. I rarely wore it, so when I came on hard times, I sold it. How I still regret it. On those times it was appropriate to wear, it was absolutely perfect.
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    Hat Horror Stories

    Hatastrophes I bought a vintage Stetson crushable fur-felt bowler that was so original, the original packing tissue had crystalized and shattered into a million pieces in the box. I was its first owner. What a dismal caretaker I was, too. It was a wonderful hat, but the brim was too flat. I...
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    How did you start wearing hats?

    How I Started I started wearing dress shirts in high school and though they'd look snazzy with coats. Then that coats would look snazzy with vests. Then that three-pieces would look snazzy with a fedora. It was all down hill from there. Now I have trouble storing them where I'll find them. I'm...
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    Christy's Fur Felt Bowler: 7 3/8

    I have a new looking Christy's fur felt bowler for sale. I didn't like the opening didn't fit my head as comfortably as my other bowler, so this one is the one to go. Come with a Christy's box, but there's no support for the hat inside. It's just the hat and and a cavernous Christy's box. Let...
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    Beaver Brand Bolwer 6 1/2

    I have a beaver brand 5x fur felt bowler for sale. Looks pretty new. If you're interested, lemme know.
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    1913 Dunlap Beaver Top Hat Size 7 3/8

    Top Hat Do you still have that top hat? I'm one of its former owners. I sold it last year after a layoff and I really really miss that hat. I'd like to buy it back if possible.

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