Recent content by Jay_G

Recently, I bought a cheap wool fedora from Dorfman Pacific (IJ551-BRN Satipo). However, it is a lot stiffer, and more rigid than I remember (I used to have one before I got my Herbert Johnson Poet). Is there a way to make it softer without it shrinking?

It is either rabbit or beaver.

They feel like pits, but touching them they feel hard unlike the surrounding felt.

Hi, long time listener, first time caller. I have a fifteen year old fedora & I am currently in the process of cleaning/restoring it. It is nearly finished, but I have noticed these whitish looking bumps/blisters on the pinch. They kinda look similar to barnacles you see on ships (they're not...

Hi, I'm Jay, and I'm a Hataholic. I own a fedora, a pith helmet, an early sailor cap, a tricorn, a fisherman's cap, a skully, 2 coonskins, a Bycocket, a Stormtrooper helmet (Star Wars), and several baseball caps.