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    hat in Exorcist

    Lee Cob wears a beautiful brown fedora in this movie (I just re-watched it): does anyone know who made it?
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    Grosgrain wrinkles

    I wrinkled the ribbons on a few of my hats by stacking them. How do I remove the wrinkles?
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    More Questions than Answers

    Okay, I have six hats, 2 from Art, 2 from Gus, and 2 from Optimo. Art once said he dreads being a person's first hatter and I see why, I needed several hats to figure out what I wanted and what I felt looked good on me, basically a 1950's model with center dent and not too high a crown. Art...
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    Changes to Custom Hat

    I have 6 hats now, 2 from Art Fawcett, 2 from Gus Miller, and 2 from Optimo. I have developed an understanding of what I like and what looks good on me. For example, I sent one of the Optimo hats back to have its brim cut down, and Graham idd it and it looks perfect on me now. Art, poor Art...
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    Beautiful Women

    This post is experimental for me: first of all, I am so vice-ridden I feel as if this forum should be my own. And to mention one of my vices is to do disservice to my myriad others. That said, one of my vices is beautiful women. Here are women so beautiful I never tire of seeing pictures of...
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    Top Quality Biltmore

    Where can I buy a best-quality Biltmore and how do I identify them on the web? Furthermore, where can I get Cervo or Guerra? I know many have recommended Borsalino and Akubra but these are too quotidian for me, I want something more unusual. Plus the few Borsalinos I saw were junk.
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    brown felt hat

    I would like to buy a production felt hat, one that I can order and have in a few days. There have been back-and-forths about the availability of Cervo, Guerra, Lagomarsino, all the non-Borsalino hats of high quality. Can anyone comment on their current availability? Lagomarsino appears no...
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    AF/VS vs Batsakes

    I have purchased two heavy felt hats from Art Fawcett and one from Batsakes/Gus Miler. Gus Miller is very nice, but not only did he fail to even tell me whether he would make me a hat, the hat he sent me was not the color scheme I requested nor was its ribbon as I specified. He made light of the...
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    A Tale of Two Hats

    Okay, an interesting story. I joined this lounge only a few months ago. My most recent hats are very illustrative of what is possible with custom hat makers. I loved the hat in an old advertisement posted on this web site for a "Dobbs Black Forest." I had purchased a hat from Art Fawcett and one...
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    Modern Production Hats

    I ask the Lounge, are there specific contemporary production models that you would hold comparable to Optimo and Art Fawcett's hats? Many brands have several qualities (vis Borsalino), so I ask for specificity. A related question is, can rabbit fur felt ever be as good as beaver fur felt (since...
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    felt in summer

    A hatmaker writes me that felt is cooler than Milan straw in summer. Of course, he only makes felt hats, so he has a bias. What sayeth the forum?
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    Guerra vs Melegari vs Puerto Fino vs Lagomarsino

    Anyone? Bueller?
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    Help me pick a Guerra hat

    Some may recall that I have posted recently about acquiring hats for the first time. I received a very nice dark blue hat from Art Fawcett; a Milan straw is in the mail to me from Optimo. I almost did not know what to make of the Art Fawcett hat because I am so unknowledgeable about what makes a...
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    Stingy Experts?

    I am interested in getting a 2" brimmed hat similar to the Stetson Saxon. Is there an expert on this board on stingies (like Matt Deckard is on fedoras) who can direct me to pictures of various styles. Note that I am neither a hipster nor vintage lover. The hat will be for stylish warmth in fall...
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    Some 1st Hat Questions

    Okay, I got my Art Fawcett hat. He is a very nice person and delivers the hat much more quickly than he threatened when I first ordered. First, I do not appreciate any obvious difference between its felt and the felt in hats in a local hat shop. Is the difference between great vintage quality...
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    Straw Hat Qualities

    1) Can anyone compare the quality of a Montecristi hat from Optimo/Graham Thompson, Panamabob/Art Fawcett, and Brent Black, at the $300-$400 price point? Please, please, do not get into ad hominem issues: it is hurtful to the artisans and after perusing the fora, that these three merchants are...
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    A Few Questions from Newbie

    I have a few questions about hats, their on-line appreciation, and Classic Style. First, you have to appreciate I have never owned any hat but a fur winter one that I am not going to wear in favor of a sheepskin ambassador I just bought. I also have a custom hat in the works with Art Fawcett...
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    Summer Hat Advice

    I am interested in a Panama style hat for the really hot days this summer (I live in Philadelphia). I know next to nothing about hats. I have gathered that Panama Bob and Brent Black make good Panama hats. I assume (and feel free to set me straight) that the quality of these specialists is going...
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    Hat Comparison for Newbie

    Does anyone care to compare Guerra hats (from Miller hats), Melegari, Art Fawcett and Optimo? We are talking fur felts with fuzzy finish if possible. I select these makers because they have been the best reviewed in the Forum.
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    Guerra and Melegari melusine

    I am attracted to the melusine hats in pictures at least. Two brands appeal to me, Guerra 1855 (http://www.guerra1855.com/uk/cappelli.asp) and Melegari (http://www.cappelleriamelegari.com/it/catalogo/uomo/autunno-inverno/classici.html). Can anyone suggest sources for Guerras besides...

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