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I want to say a heartfelt Thank You, to all of you that posted something to me about my loss. I thank each of you very much, it helped me a lot during this Major Moore

I have a very strong thinking, this is the guy I trained early this year , he name is Mark Havens, he is just starting to make a few hats and is selling them as he turns a few out, Major Moore

Hoping by end of next week, I will have all 335 hats that Sony asked me to make for them, on skids and on the truck line headed to them Made 100 fedora's and 235 silver belly with the custom silver hatband western hats. I hope that a movie trailer will hit the screen and TV soon for us to see...

I have those same machines for sale and attachments, I have machined made form original guides. I know old Jim ( JW ) very well Thanks Major Moore

Did the attachment come with it and whom did you get it from Major Moore

I spoke with him today, price he is wanting is over $20,000.00, he said several times will not sale a single piece or a few sets, its all or nothing. I am driving up Monday to look at what is there and if its worth the money Major Moore

I know first hand that FESPA , wants and has a min amount per a order and dollar wise it $2500.00 plus fees and shipping, plus the min is one color and one style crown that they offer, say if I wanted some black hats, some silver belly, and lets say a lite blue they offer, each color, each color...

To order hat bodies from FEPSA, the custom hatters must pre-pay for them up front, pay duty fees and all shipping cost and I am told wait about 2 months. The hat in the article has a larger brim than one from the factory , and then the hand tooled leather wide bound edge. The body cost more when...

There was a great movie that we all watch at Christmas, called "It's a Wonderful Life" when it came out it got bad reviews, but now its considered a classic What someone may like or not like about a movie, or car, or even a hat his that person's taste. We all have the right and freedom to say...

They came up with these years ago, so they could send to police depts. around the country and officers could come in and try on which one fitted the best and right that down, once all officers had done this then the form was sent back and Stratton, they knew how many of what hat sizes an also...

These are used to size a persons head size, they come from Stratton Hats, I have band blocks built to these, been using for 10 years and they are very helpful Major Moore

I do, have a few shots with the hat and the custom silver hatband we made, will try and post them later after I close down today or sometime on Sunday evening Major Moore

The boots were vintage and we added the dog ears with his name on the ones when on stage, I do not know if these in the photo were used in the movie, we tired to get some custom ones made but did not have the time to have made, most boot makers were a year out. Major Moore

He looks the part really good in this photo. Major Moore

Hat bands and hat ribbons are used to hide the stiches, unless you glue a sweatband in, the hat will have stitches showing I made a custom silver hatband like Hank had on his hat back in the day, why this hat did not have it on is any ones guess Major Moore