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We have Turkey Vultures around here with some pretty big wingspans. They sound like rotors on a helicopter when the pass over.
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Western, anyone?
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There's turkey vultures around here, too, but it seems like the black ones are more common. They don't usually get as big.
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Nice rehab!
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That's a beauty Dog!
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Thank you.All my wife can say is...That's a tall hat...
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Thank you.It's cool that you like it.
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The Davis Alamo arrived. Came in a fancy hat box and with a couple extra horse hair hat bands. Needs some cleaning...
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I finally see how a horse hair band is supposed to be attached! The hat is really cool, bet it turns out nice.
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The Davis Alamo arrived. Came in a fancy hat box and with a couple extra horse hair hat bands. Needs some cleaning...
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The Davis Alamo arrived. Came in a fancy hat box and with a couple extra horse hair hat bands. Needs some cleaning...
Stunning hat, the band attachment notwithstanding. I’m looking forward to seeing it after you clean and shape it.
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Bob, any indication what grade the felt is? Date code?The Davis Alamo arrived. Came in a fancy hat box and with a couple extra horse hair hat bands. Needs some cleaning...
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The old bread wrapper wire tie.
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Thanks everyone.
Jack -- I've only done a quick peek behind the sweat, but need to treat it before I dig deeper. So far nothing other than the sweat stamp and liner give any clue.
Got the Stetson 3X "American Royal" cleaned up and shaped. It was dirty and I went with a gas bath as sponging and steaming would not dissipate many of the stains, especially where the Sterling pins had tarnished against the felt. All the steaming and brushing has helped diminish the holes significantly. I think they will continue to improve over time. Seems every cowboy hat I have ends up in a version of this crease. I need to come up with something else.
The next three pics show the mitigation of the pin holes.
The six ply ribbon is actually two three ply's stacked
The next three pics show the mitigation of the pin holes.
The six ply ribbon is actually two three ply's stacked
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Nice one! The ribbon is very cool, and the bound edge tops it off.
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Appreciate it, Cuz.
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Looks great BB! The bath worked great to bring out the beauty of the felt. I wonder if that isn't natural beaver?
Thanks, HJ. I try to avoid the bath if I can but this one needed it. Good question about the felt. The only natural I have to compare it against is my Dorer and the color is close. Compared to my 40's-early 50's 3X silverbelly OR, the felt has a similar hand but the color is quite different.
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