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Hey Red: total love this one. Especially the gills. Speaking of..how’d you get the bird feeder thingy in the gills?
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Russian History??? Brainiac!!!
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AbbaDatDeHat
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This one to go to the Pharmacy and refill my Anti-arrhythmia script before i go on in this thread. Then more punishment!
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Dunlap hem and haw for that not quite spring not quite summer sort of spring thaw felt straw day.
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So I have posted approximately 5,880 photos to the Fedora Lounge over the past decade and all of the links still work. Just sayin'... 8^)
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Nice Job, Jim! And a personal day put to good use!Feeling a bit under the weather yesterday, I decided to take a personal day. As we all know, idle hands are the Devil's workshop, so after laying around a bit I finally motivated myself to finishing this refurb. About a month ago, I found a Dobbs Hanover Square at an estate sale for the astronomical price of $2.50. A little beat, and a bit dirty, with a few nibbles, but all in all still in acceptable shape. In preparation for a bath, I had my first bad Lexol experience. After treating the sweat, I went back and looked several hours later and the leather had separated from the reed assembly in such a way it was not repairable. So a call to Bond set me up with a new sweatband. I gave it a naphtha bath, a good steam bath, ironed out the crown, and re-flanged it. I took the opportunity of being at home yesterday to cut and install the new sweat (in addition to putting a new sweat in a hat for my wife).
So today, a Dobbs Hanover Square. Hat by Dobbs, unfinished sweat by Bond, refurb by Fruno.
Some of the original sweat. There were no store debossments.
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The resurrection worked out well. Beautiful hat. Great color on both the felt and ribbon.Howdy! Long time no post cuz I haven't had anything new to share.
Wearing a '50's Knox Twenty today. I wouldn't call this one a refurb -- more like a resurrection...
She photographs well so it was impossible to tell from the listing photos that the body was COVERED in deep moth bites. So much so that I couldn't pounce them out entirely without damaging the structural integrity of the felt. The worst area was the break -- full 360 of moth gnashes. I couldn't smooth that out so I covered it up by stretching the crown height by 1/8". And to boot, the sweat was dry and cracked...
I'm really curious about how this was stored because despite the aforementioned issues, the liner is pristine. Anyway -- she does photograph well and I love the fit so all-in-all, not disappointed.
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Two great and very different summer hats, Stefan!
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Dobbs Cool man today. Temperature is supposed to be 90° by Friday. No sign of felt days ahead.
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Back from the Pharmacy, waitin for the full effects to kick in then it’s this one while i cut the grass or maybe more like bale the hay. Eeek!! Where’s a kid when you need em?
Retired Maine Game Warden Stetson.
Be well. Bowen
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That's a great hat, Jeff that looks great on you. Had one just like and wasn't comfortable wearing it and moved it on. Those Supernaturals are so well made and rare as well.
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Bill Hughes
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Howdy! Long time no post cuz I haven't had anything new to share.
Wearing a '50's Knox Twenty today. I wouldn't call this one a refurb -- more like a resurrection...
She photographs well so it was impossible to tell from the listing photos that the body was COVERED in deep moth bites. So much so that I couldn't pounce them out entirely without damaging the structural integrity of the felt. The worst area was the break -- full 360 of moth gnashes. I couldn't smooth that out so I covered it up by stretching the crown height by 1/8". And to boot, the sweat was dry and cracked...
I'm really curious about how this was stored because despite the aforementioned issues, the liner is pristine. Anyway -- she does photograph well and I love the fit so all-in-all, not disappointed.
Great save.
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That’s wonderful Alan. Any idea on the age?Dunlap hem and haw for that not quite spring not quite summer sort of spring thaw felt straw day.
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Asking for us all, Alan... So, you’ve never used a 3rd party photo host?
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Thanks... 1940s somewhere.
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I've always used a folder on my website for hat photos. I expect sometime I'll make a mess of it, but until then, you've got my mug to look at relentlessly.
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Can't go wrong with that Peter Bros....awesome!
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