Ok, I'm selling this unblocked Montecristi Panama Hat body, it has a small body, you can see in the pics the proportions, for a smaller head ( not mine [huh] ), perfect as a stingy brim... Aprox 840 wpi.
$ 200 shipped in USA, paypal OK. other countries I Have to find out.
my email is...
There was, and actually are a lot of talk about what kind of hat goes with your shape of face blah. blah. In the other side there are blessing people that can wear anything in their head an look good.
Ladies and Gentlemen
Peter O'toole
Hello everybody I just wanted to share this video of me making my hat block... as you can see I did not use any special tools to make it... enjoy!
Video
I did get a cheap panama for women, that I trasformed into a plantation cause the brim was really wide... after seeing the final result I realized that never I will wear that hat so, I decide to re-transform again into a more weareable fedora, but I had to cut the brim [huh] and did the Binding...
After the experieces that I had with my others trasformation I decided to explore working with straw hats. Basically the steps are the same here is the result. ( next time I will try with a better quality panama )
enjoy your hats
Some pics of this Hollywood icon wearing hats...
A Lion is in the Streets
Angels With Dirty Faces
Captains of the Clouds
Each Dawn I Die
G Men
Jimmy the Gent
The Mayor of Hell
More transformation: Helen Kamisky hat for women velour furfelt and a Homburg 7 1/8 to a Bowler 7 3/8 ( my version of bowler)
This is the Kamiski from Australia
Homburg to Bowler
Enjoy your hats
Yesterday I visited a vintage store and I found this hat the material is fur felt genuine velour. it was size 7.
The condition was really ugly
So I reblocoked to my size 7 3/8 and I did the makeover.
I decided to make the same bow but smaller no too wide.
Some dry...
I decided to do some changed to my Jaxon Bogart, it was ok but the lower c crown and the taper typical of modern hats bothered me.
I reblock in a more straight and taller block.
Side by side before after.
My version of the bash a la Bogart.:D
Enjoy your hats
Yesterday I received a vintage unblocked parabuntal hat body, I surprised by the lightweight and how tight the waves are, so I did the blocking, here are some pics.
The classic parabuntal wave...
It came in a bambu tube rolled like a panama...
Detail of the...
Hello everyboby,
I just wanted to share with you this, I bought a vintage Panama Hat from the bay unblocked, I contacted Mr. Art to do the blocking but he was busy at that moment and refer me to Graham at Optimo in Chicago.
These pics will tell you the rest of the story, Graham did a...
Hello, everybody
Do you know if this Outlet Store in CT is still open I called them but the # was wrong, I'm travelling to Nantucket, MA. and I was thinking to going over there...:)
Thanks
Al
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