Recent content by glazierman

I was recently on vacation in New Zealand. I was in an antique shop looking for hats as usual and came across this item. It looks to be Victorian era and I think the ball on the end is ivory. It was $20 NZ so only $13 US . Has anybody seen one of these before? Is it really a hatters tool? Or was...

Hats in seattle I'm visiting Seattle this weekend and am in the mood to shop for a vintage hat. Does anybody have a good recommendation as to where I can check out? I need to head back home tomorrow evening. Thanks

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I have a vintage stetson straw fedora. The sweat band is broken and damaged to the point of needing to being replaced. Are there any good shops in the Portland OR area that could do the repairs? Or am I better off to send it somewhere? Also how much should I expect to have to spend for the...

When I put an addition on my house recently I made some adjustments so I could display all my vintage hats. I'm going to have to add another couple of spots as I can't seem to quit buying more hats. The hangers are vintage brass or bronze door knobs from the late 1890's...

The whole family went to see Marley & Me yesterday afternoon. Not quite as good as the book, but still not a dry eye in the house. Also took the kids to see Bedtime Stories. Pretty entertaining.

these are a few of our pets.we also have a cat, goat, and 20 chickens.

I have 3 vintage cavenaghs and 2 have the cav edge. the grey one is a new old stock that i found at the local hat shop in Portland.I bought it for myself for my 50th birthday. here is a closeup of the edge on the black one

I wear almost any of my vintage hats on construction sites as well as everywhere else. I'm a jeans or carhart kind of guy so wearing a nice hat just makes sense to me. Most of my hats are'nt that expensive, but I don't wear my really nice ones except for more dressed up days.

A wonderful assortment of two wheelers. Here is mine. It's a 05 Vespa 200 Granturismo.

my dad played in a cowboy band when he was in the service.He bought the l4c new, and I keep it in the original hard case that it came with. I just wish I had some of his natural talent for playing. It's a struggle for me to make any progress in my playing.[huh]

Sorry I wont be able to make it. I am still a newbe here so I don't think I could show up in one of my less than purfect hats. Besides my wife is working and my kids are still too young to leave home alone.Last time I drank with an Irishmen I did'nt remember having done it.Ha Ha

this is my small assembly of guitars. I've been trying to learn to play for a long time ,but keep getting guitars instead of better at playing them. my taylor 110 49 ES125 Gibson 51 L4C Gibson (my dad bought this new)

thanks for the clarification. i didn't think that the girl in the listings head was that tiny