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  1. Bertie.Wooster

    Boater Hat Linings

    Dear Loungers, I believe there is a relatively smaller straw boater community here compared to the felt hat community but just putting it out there. I am sure that some of the loungers would have picked up a boater or boaters in good shape but with a trashed inner lining. That is certainly the...
  2. Bertie.Wooster

    Ventilated Sweatbands?

    What happened to these older type sweatband with the mesh-looking stitch? Apparently it was for ventilation? I have a couple of boaters with these sweats; I find them superior to the modern sweats.... Can be seen Fig. 2 on the patent sheet for the Bon Ton Ivy sweats...
  3. Bertie.Wooster

    High Quality Sweatbands?

    I plan to start making straw boaters in the traditional way. Olney, the leading British manufacturer uses simulated leather (fake leather) and I don't like that. It is uncomfortable, not-fitted properly (ripples) and looks cheap. I want to use quality sweatbands that offer comfort and with a...
  4. Bertie.Wooster

    Looking for sweatband machines

    I am starting a boater hat making hobby business. I am looking for any Bulasky set up machines or sweatband machines.
  5. Bertie.Wooster

    Traditional Peaked Caps

    I hope to create this thread for a 'new' side of collecting hats. Traditional peaked caps are my new interest of hat collecting. It is quite cheaper than other hats and rises many nostalgic and truly fond memories of the 'schooldays' of many British and common-wealth country citizens. Mostly...
  7. Bertie.Wooster

    How to post pictures!

    Hello FedoraLounge Community! It seems like a quite a few members here are struggling or have even given up posting pictures on the Fedoralounge. Some even pay to post pictures. I was a VBulletin Forum member since 2012 on another forum faraway that you cannot imagine, so I would like to share...
  8. Bertie.Wooster

    Vintage shops in London

    Anyone here know a few shops (antique,thrift, clothing and etc) in London that could sell vintage hats like bowlers, toppers and boaters?
  9. Bertie.Wooster

    Review: Olney Boater

    For Christmas, I bought my mother a boater. Here in NZ, Christmas is in the summer time. (I miss the snow in Korea......) So, I went and bought it from 'The Hat Place' via Ebay in Chester, England. They had the cheapest price and the shipping was very reasonable. As a frequent buyer/user of...
  10. Bertie.Wooster

    Bringing back the boater+Introduction

    Hello, I don't think I did a formal introduction when I joined so here is a short background about myself. I am a 13 year old Korean studying in New Zealand (marking my 5th year this year), at St Andrew's College. I really respect the past and I am a fan of morse code, music and hats. It...
  11. Bertie.Wooster

    Hat manufacturing equipment sales

    I am interested in making small batches of boaters myself with my own design as it breaks my heart as some manufacturers don't get the dimensions of a boater correctly. I have watched plenty of manufacturing videos by Olney and Crofut-Knapp. I get an idea now. Where could I buy the straw...
  13. Bertie.Wooster

    Is it worth it?

    So I was searching for boaters in the NZ classifieds and I came across a 'not-common' sight. It was a genuine boater. I really don't expect real boaters on the classifieds in NZ but hey, it was a G.A.Dunn & Co London Boater, perhaps it was worn by a immigrant or a London-exported Boater to NZ...
  14. Bertie.Wooster

    Boaters these days

    Hello fedoralounge, I am a boater/skimmer enthusiast and a basic historian on them. These are the things I have noticed. All British-company boaters are actually identical? I've seen Olney, Gamble & Gunn, even Lock & Co's black band boaters look virtually the same. Are they re-named or...
  15. Bertie.Wooster

    Stetson Amsterdam Wheat Boater

    I just purchased a Stetson Medalist and found this. I am wondering anyone here tried or seen it? Is it a boater? http://stetson.eu/en/amsterdam-wheat-hat-white-38959-1 Thanks! Bertie Wooster,

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