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    Pictures of traditional hat making

    http://www.faz.net/aktuell/lebensstil/mode-design/im-atelier-der-mann-mit-den-hueten-12786299.html In german, but you will get the gist. A Hat maker from Nuremberg shows how its done. I especially like pic no. 3, a tool called "Konformatuer" measures the circumference and shape of the head...
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    Do heads really shrink?

    Last year my head measured 61.5cm. After some serious weight loss during last winter and beyond I am now down to 60.0cm. Even if I were to accept a tolerance of 0.5cm due to haircut or measuring errors, that a lot of a difference. My caps and berets still fit, the felt hats and Panama no more...
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    Storing a hat in a car

    This is what I came upon: A small bag, more wide than tall, filled with 1lb of dried peas and one side coated with the extremly tacky "Seam Grip" by McNett http://www.mcnett.com/Seam-Grip-Seam-Sealer-Outdoor-Repair-P133.aspx It sits on the dashboard and, thanks to the Seamgrip, wont slide...
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    Gaucho hats

    When looking through the web for berets from Tolosa Tupida, I found this online-shop, who also sells Gaucho hats. Selling for $52.00 each. Lots of styles, sizes and colours, they even make different brim-sizes on request. http://www.gauchoclothes.com/hats.html
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    Americans are better capitalists,...

    than Brits, Irish etc, to put it that way:rolleyes: Why? Because I spent hours on the web trying to find british (=EU) sources for tweed caps (with ear flaps). Only found Hanna and Baxter, what is recommended here on TFL anyway. A company like Jonathan Richards, for example, whose products were...
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    A quote on hats

    While finishing reading "Anansi Boys" from Neil Gaiman, I stumbled over this part here, where the dead fathers gives his son his own Fedora. I really liked "all you need to wear a hat is attitude":
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    They all think I am mad

    Family, colleagues etc Why? Because I started, somewhat out of nowhere, to wear hats! Four month shy of turning fifty I decided it was time to wear them: Because of my skin, because I always hated Baseball caps: you can forgive kids wearing them in the most ridicoulos ways, but older men...
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    Stretching an Akubra

    I must admit that I have been bitten by the bug: Got the first one, a Banjo Paterson Already ordered the second one, a Leisure Time. And in the long run I would like to have something crushable, like the Traveller. Having a head circumference of 61.5cm I would like to know if you would...
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    Lots of dents to remove

    My new Akubra BP came with lots of small dents all around the crown, which I want to remove. My idea was to apply steam and roll a smooth bottle inside the crown with the latter resting on a smooth surface. What do you think? I already removed the lining. Sort of accidentally, because when...
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    My first 100% homemade Hatband

    And never again! What a hell of work for someone who never had done any needlework at all. Before/after:
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    Size differences with cloth- or leather sweatband?

    When first browsing this forum, I read about it making a difference of half a size when using a cloth sweatband instead of the standard leather one. Someone had specially ordered a hat with the former to gain half a size. At least, thats what I remember. Is this correct? If yes, it could...
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    Replacing a headband

    I havent found info with the search button, maybe I used the wrong words. How does one replace a headband and make this nicely tied knot on the side?
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    Hello! And some advice for an Akubra, please!

    I am new and would like to introduce myself. My name is Alex and I live in Germany. 49 years old I am working in a store for outdoor/backpacking/mountaineering equipment. In the past I wore caps etc more for keeping warm in winter and have some shade in summer. But in the last weeks I...

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