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WTB: Vintage Grosgrain Ribbon
Hi all, I have four hats that require ribbons. If anyone has vintage grosgrain, I'd love to purchase enough for these, and maybe a couple of others. Black is always good, but I'm open to colors. Open to any width, really. And if you have old ribbons pre-sewn with a bow—which I could just...- Visigoth
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WTB: vintage hat ribbons, w. bow already made, 7 1/4
I need a couple of vintage grosgrain ribbons for a pair of fedoras. One is a light sage Borsalino Alessandria from the fifties, which requires the traditional thin ribbon. The other is a fifties (?) Stetson, tall, mid-brown, which needs some sort of wider ribbon. I'm open to any interesting...- Visigoth
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FOR TRADE: Borsalino Thin Open-Road style ribbon, for fatter vintage ribbon
I have a skinny grosgrain ribbon that I just removed from an older Borsalino Alessandria -- too thin for my taste. It's a light sage-green, and has a matching stretchy wind trolley (cord), with button. The ribbon is pristine, and the bow is intact -- you just have to tack it. I'm looking for...- Visigoth
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TRADE: Art Fawcett Hoosier & 40's Dobbs, 7 1/4
I'm trading both of these hats, because the colors are just wrong on me. Both are sized 7 1/4. The first is a 100% beaver Limited Edition Hoosier by master hatter Art Fawcett (Vintage Silhouettes): http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3370/3454064444_7b4f6a5459_b.jpg These photos are of the actual...- Visigoth
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Removing lines/marks from rebashed vintage hats?
Okay, I have a Dobbs from the forties or thirties that has been weirdly bashed for some decades: the crown is way too low. I've managed to reshape it nicely -- some soaking, some steam -- but there's still a lighter line around the back where it used to be creased. And on the front there's an... -
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Dobbs 15, size 7 1/4, wide bound brim, FOR TRADE
Dobbs 15 in size 7 1/4 for trade: http://www.dysmedia.com/Dobbs15/ The color shifts depending upon the light, from taupe to very light blue/gray; these photos are reasonably accurate for indoor light, but in full daylight the hat is definitely bluer. This is a gorgeous hat, recently...- Visigoth
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Hair Spray to Stiffen Felt?
Okay, I don't live in a country where it's easy to get hat stiffener. I've heard mixed reviews for hair spray, but I need *something*, as this hat I'm bashing -- a lovely Dobbs 15 -- has felt approximately the thickness and consistency of paper. I've removed the liner -- I always do -- and I'm... -
Can't Upload Photos
Does the upload photos feature simply not work? I realize I can upload to flickr, whatever, and link -- but every time I try to "manage attachments," and upload a photo to the Lounge itself, it gives me an "upload failed" message. I've tried this with a couple of different browsers, using... -
M.I.S.C.H.I.E.F. (Mainly In Stingily-Cut Hats Is Excellence Found)
The return of the MISCHIEF. (Not sure why we ever decided to call it that, but this works.) Time for stingy-brim partisans to resurrect their own secret fraternity. I mean, most of us are also card-carrying members of the OR Guild, or the Borso Brotherhood, or whatever -- but the MISCHIEF... -
How to trim the edge of a fedora brim?
I asked this question in an unrelated thread, but this would be useful to know, and might even merit a sticky (if I can get good advice). I want to add a professional-quality grosgrain trim to the brim of a felt fedora. Is this something your average non-sewing joe can do on his own? If... -
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Hatters in Mexico?
I'm wondering if anyone here is aware of a good hatter in Mexico. Not the guys who weave Panamas in the caves -- just someone who can block or restore a vintage lid, replace a sweat band or ribbon, etc. Speaking of which: can ribbon replacement be entrusted to any good seamstress? And... -
More Hats to Trade! Borsalino Peluche, Sinatra-style Panama and Milan, etc.
Okay, I put up a quick picture gallery while haggling with Douglas over his fine hats, and realized that I have these other vintage lids to trade: http://dysmedia.com/DouglasHats/ 1) Custom Open Road clone from a shop in Arizona. 100% beaver. Converted from LBJ bash, into a Johnny Depp...- Visigoth
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2 Vintage Borsalinos For Trade (from the 30's?)
Okay, sometimes you just have to come to grips with the fact that your favorite hats don't quite fit. These are both Borsalinos from the famed Bulgarian: I bought them as New Old Stock, but have worn them. The felt is in great shape; the sweat bands are not pristine, but soft. The grey one...- Visigoth
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2 Vintage Borsalinos For Trade (from the 30's?)
Okay, sometimes you just have to come to grips with the fact that your favorite hats don't quite fit. These are both Borsalinos from the famed Bulgarian: I bought them as New Old Stock, but have worn them. The felt is in great shape; the sweat bands are not pristine, but soft. The grey one... -
Silk Sweat Bands?
I have an extremely old Knox -- quite high-end, it seems -- that has a silk rather than leather sweat band. (It seems in fact to be precisely the same grosgrain as the ribbon.) It is, to be honest, much more comfortable than even my best leather sweat bands. I'm wondering why this never... -
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For Trade: 7 1/4 Borsalino Grand Luxe XXXXX (!)
Despite being by far the highest quality lid I own, this hat has never looked right on me, so I'd like to trade it. (My head is odd, and requires odd hats.) It is a top-of-the-line Borsalino -- I assume that XXXXX means 100% beaver, or pretty close. It has a suede finished felt: the guy...- Visigoth
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Getting a hat blocked in New York?
I'm on my way to New York this Friday, and was wondering if there were any affordable places to get a nice old Borsalino properly blocked. It's one of those XXXXX numbers, and it came rolled up in the wedge-shaped box. (I have no idea what year this is from -- I seem to remember that the... -
Wool Felt vs. Fur: How Can you Tell?
I'm not sure I've ever experienced a wool felt hat -- what does it feel like? I'm asking, because I bought a sixties/seventies hat -- "Lynn Hatters" -- which is *much* softer than I'm used to, meaning it's either very good fur felt, I take it, or perhaps wool? (I suspect it's fur, but I'd like... -
My First Open Road!!!
Um, I think. It is an OR type, isn't it? Here it is: http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-KINGSBURY-100-Clear-Beaver-Fur-Cowboy-Hat-NR_W0QQitemZ180025984856 Now, is this likely to be stiff as a board? And if so, how easy is it to take the stiffener out? I figured the price was too good on a 100... -
Dobbs Panamas...
Okay, here's the one I managed to win: And here's the one that got away: Both said to be Dobbs, probably from the sixties. What do y'all think? I'm a bit sad about losing that second one -- hope it went to a Lounger. A bit more Sinatra than the first. But I can always fool...
