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  1. airforceindy

    Anchorage, AK hatter inquiry

    Anybody know of a hatter (a good one!) in or around the Anchorage area? Looking to do a refurb on my vintage Resistol... -AFI
  2. airforceindy

    Newly Acquired Resistol Fedora

    Here's more pics, including the ones in the "Post Your New Hats" thread...
  3. airforceindy

    New Dobbs Forty

    I picked up a Dobbs Forty in Texas this summer on a TDY to Sheppard AFB. It was shaped with a cattleman's bash, small for me, and kinda dirty. But, the antique shop was only asking $15 with the original box, so how could I resist? I gave the Coleman fuel treatment, after removing all the...
  4. airforceindy

    Finally... my 'homemade' hat

    It's been a while since I've posted in 'Hats', but I'm back, and I finally took some pictures of the first hat I renovated on my homemade hatblock. It's not quite Indy, more 'Indy-esque', and I'm pretty proud of it (being my first attempt!). The hat I picked up at an antiques mall here in...
  5. airforceindy

    Loungers in Alaska?

    I recently got orders to PCS to Elmendorf AFB in Anchorage, Alaska. I'll be moving the family up there towards the end of April, and wondered if there were any Loungers in that area, or if anybody knew what 'fedora resources' there might be in that area. Andy
  7. airforceindy

    Hat Stretching-To Extremes

    I picked up 7 1/4 Resistol, in good but well-used shape, for a song at the local antiques bizarre. I plan on giving it a naphtha/white gas bath at some point, and turning it into a close approximation of a OR or Strat. Has anybody had experience stretching a hat by a full 1/4? I'm a big 7...
  8. airforceindy

    Photos of hatters tools

    I did a search for 'tollicker', which didn't turn up much. The best thing I came up with was a pic on Jimmy Pierce's site of an old one he has for sale. Are there any other photos out there of vintage hatter's tools like this? If I can make them myself I will; but I need to know what I need...
  9. airforceindy

    Sourcing Hat Bodies Wool, Straw, Blends?

    Sources for unblocked felt I've tracked down a few online sources courtesy of Google, but none of them appear (at first glance) to carry that great of a product. Is there a place that makes higher quality hoods or capelines available to 'Joe Schmoe'? I'd like to get as close to Akubra as...
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  10. airforceindy

    Improvements to my AB

    As I've mentioned in the Indy thread, I recently received my first Adventurebilt. I wasn't really digging the center-dent look, and it lacked the stiffener to hold a good crease. So, much to my wife's horror ("What are you doing with your $300 hat!!!"), I put it in the kitchen sink, filled it...
  11. airforceindy

    Art Fawcett wait times

    What's the wait time on an Art Fawcett these days? Trying to get the wife to buy me one for my birthday (hard sell at "$300 for stupid hat!"), and I'd like to get a time frame. She's about had it waiting to see what I'll get for the $260 I spent in September on an AB that has yet to show up...
  13. airforceindy

    Latest on Fedora Store in Custer

    Anybody have the latest news on the store that's supposed to be opening in Custer, South Dakota? Regards, Andy
  14. airforceindy

    Improvements to my Dobbs

    Decided to dress up my Dobbs, pictured here: I removed the braid, and replaced it with the black ribbon from my seldom-worn Bailey. I took the bow completely apart and re-did it myself, trying to improve it a bit by off setting two layers of ribbon in the center part of the bow. A...
  15. airforceindy

    BCF conversion/block job

    Just ran across this over at COW; has anybody here experimented with homemade block shapes, or better yet does anybody have a tutorial on how to create one? Posted by Mac: Regards, Andy
  16. airforceindy

    Final bash on my new Fed Dlx

    I finally finished (after a few days of evolution) my very first 'home-made' bash job on the Federation Deluxe I've been bragging up all over the place! I wanted the Indy/Raiders crown and front pinch, but wanted to simultaneously keep the snap brim of a regular fedora (though I did lessen the...
  17. airforceindy

    Wanted: vintage 7 5/8 PLEASE!!!

    As many of you know, it's pretty slim pickins out there for us folks with somewhat larger-than-normal noggins! As a nooby getting into this hobby/lifestyle, I've had about as much luck finding something decent on OFAS as a blind man trying to discern between a Monet and a Jackson Pollock...

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