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[Short Balding Guy]

I'm pretty sure the OR is the #52. Not sure if the strat is the same though.

Thanks Nathan. I will search again for answers in the morning.

 

[Rmccamey]

Does anyone have a hat made of a FEPSA Dusty Rose felt? I'd appreciate pictures. Thanks.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Does anyone have a hat made of a FEPSA Dusty Rose felt? I'd appreciate pictures. Thanks.

Max has one. FEPSA doesn’t call it dusty rose, it’s a name that Hufvud came up with.

Max and another guy shared theirs on this facebook group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1172035204176773/?ref=share_group_link&exp=9594&mibextid=cr9u03

 

[Rmccamey]

Thanks Brent.

 

[jchance]

Looking into purchasing a big brim Panama hat, are there places in/near LA that I can check it out and try it on?

 

[belfastboy]

Does anyone have a hat made of a FEPSA Dusty Rose felt? I'd appreciate pictures. Thanks.

I have a felt that Tim brought in from FEPSA as a sample. I picked one up. It is called "Old Rose" or":Faded Rose". It has more light brown tones to it and less pink. I have been keeping it to make up for myself but I keep putting it off so willing to make it up for someone else. It is an awesome colour and not sure why he didn't end up bringing any into his inventory.

 

[Rmccamey]

Yes, it is the pink that is deterring me. I was hoping to see a few ribbon colors on one to get a sense of what might be possible.

I have a felt that Tim brought in from FEPSA as a sample. I picked one up. It is called "Old Rose" or":Faded Rose". It has more light brown tones to it and less pink. I have been keeping it to make up for myself but I keep putting it off so willing to make it up for someone else. It is an awesome colour and not sure why he didn't end up bringing any into his inventory.

 

[belfastboy]

Yes, it is the pink that is deterring me. I was hoping to see a few ribbon colors on one to get a sense of what might be possible.

I picked up some ribbon close in colour to the felt to give a great tone on tone look. I can snap a few pictures over the weekend to give you some idea.

 

[tamz0r]

Hi guys, i’m curious to know your opinion on fepsa rabbit and fepsa beaver blend felt? (most my hats currently came from winchester pure beaver felts.) TIA!

 

[CRH]

Looking into purchasing a big brim Panama hat, are there places in/near LA that I can check it out and try it on?

Village Hat Shop would be a good place to start.

 

[CRH]

Do we have a standard ratio, length vs width for regular oval hat blocks?

 

[belfastboy]

Hi guys, i’m curious to know your opinion on fepsa rabbit and fepsa beaver blend felt? (most my hats currently came from winchester pure beaver felts.) TIA!

It depends on which FEPSA felts you are using. I love their 100% beaver 95 gram. It produces a hat as close to that vintage softness as I have come across. Their 120gr rabbit is similar but does not have the density or finesse of the beaver. Their beaver blends in western weight are cardboard stiff. I just placed a big order for Purebeaver's new shipment of 120gr rabbit....some exciting new colours added.

 

[The Lost Cowboy]

Thanks Nathan. I will search again for answers in the morning.

Did you find the answer you were looking for Eric? I would also like to be sure. I have heard from multiple sources that the OR block was the 52 but I see references to the block 102 as well. Unfortunately, not one of my three vintage ORs has a reorder tag.

 

[jlee562]

This is the only OR tag I have, not super helpful unfortunately.

 

[Rmccamey]

Here is my 3X OR. The block listed is not familiar to me but perhaps some of our experts can decode it or possibly equate it with one more common to us (52, 56).

 

[Rmccamey]

Here is a similar 3X with a block number of 723.

 

[CRH]

What if hat block numbers are in sync with parabolic formulas? We just need to decode the numbers.

 

[CRH]

What if hat block numbers are in sync with parabolic formulas? We just need to decode the numbers.

A little or a lot of this and that like moving the parabola around?

 

[DanO]

Can anyone tell me when this ha t was made based on the three pics?

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Can anyone tell me when this ha t was made based on the three pics? View attachment 608584 View attachment 608585 View attachment 608587 View attachment 608585 View attachment 608587

Very recent.