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Hat blocking service in Seattle?
Now that the great Mad Hatter is no more, I have a vintage Stetson I need cleaned and blocked, and don’t know where to start. Who does this now? I live in greater Seattle area… Thanks!- DickWhitmanMM
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New Knox Jaguar fedora… year anyone?
Just picked up this gem at a sale. Anyone know what year it is based on the inside tag on the sweatband? It was originally purchased at Blocksteins, a very old and closed (1981) popular retail outlet in Houston, TX. Is “90070” a clue to the year it was made? Oh, and it needs a pro blocking...- DickWhitmanMM
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Vintage '50s BORSALINO ALESSANDRIA Fedora Hat size 4.5?!
Picked this up at an estate sale. It's a very cool fedora. A BORSALINO Allessandria - made of mohair (?) with a course linen ribbon. The weird things is the size: it's a "4 1/2" according to the inside tag, but it feels more like a 6 1/8-ish. . It was originally purchase at "SPALLOTTA Roma" and...- DickWhitmanMM
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Stetson fedora repair BEFORE and AFTER story
I was--as some of you know--looking for a '50s Stetson fedora size 71/2 to 7 5/8. Well, I found one, of all places, the Goodwill outlet in Sodo dist of Seattle. It was in pretty bad condition but, like Charlie Brown and the tree, I was determined to nurture it back to life. Fedora Lounge regular...- DickWhitmanMM
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How do you properly estimate/measure a HAT SIZE
I could google this but I thought it would be appropriate here instead-- Say you have a vintage hat and the tag size is gone, how would I go about measuring the accurate SIZE of the hat?? Is there a size chart of something of the sort I could go by? Thanks! eric- DickWhitmanMM
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Anyone recognize THIS style of '50s fedora?
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