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I have about 500 hat flanges for sale or for my upcoming bon fire. Many sizes, styles, and widths. Message me with your email and I will send you a list chart. Thank You Sincerely Rodney

Try 8 1/2!!! Gentlemen, Not so fast!! I have actually made a couple hats size 8 1/2! Yes, BUCKET HEAD is the thought I had as I was shaping them and trying to look at them in the mirror to check correctness. They darn near went over my shoulders when I put them on. No, I am not calling...

Gentlemen and Lovely Women, This is a copy of a post I did a while back on another site. Just thought I would throw this out there for fun. NOT TO STIR ANY TROUBLE!!! NOTE: I do not use X's in my hats any more. I call them what they are. 50% Beaver, 100% Beaver, 100% Beaver Belly, and...

/// Bret, I have discovered that it is a super place to be. Welcome! Rodney

Reply to Art You say it right Art. My thoughts are that when you buy a hat new, you should buy what you want from the start. Soft, stiff or whatever. To take a new hat and go through all that it takes to make it what you want it to be can sometimes cost more than it would have been to just...

??? HAHAHA!! I've seen em, but doubt they would do a bald guy like me much good! LOL!

Touchy Stuff?? Rick, Stiffeners can be very tricky! I make felt hat stiffener for retailers in 55 gallon batches. To break it down, you almost have to know the chemical makeup of the agents used to make it. Basicly, some are water based, some varnish type based and some alcohol based...

?? Hey! I was just having lunch in town yesterday at a diner that has an old 30s -40s atmosphere. On the tables under the glass were ads from different publications. I was taken by the fact that every man in the pictures had a hat on. Some appeared as young as late teens. But all of the...

?? Dr T, I can't get Private massages yet. I need to be a member longer or??? I don't really know how this site works that well. I make hats for a majician here that works 2 different cruise ships. They are the classic gambler style telescope crown with short pencil rolled derby style brim.

web site Fletch, I am not allowed to post my web site here according to the rules. All I can tel you is that my company is North Valley Hat Co.

??? Dr Trinidad, I think you are talking about the short crown tapered hat??? It is a reproduction of a movie. Had Joh Wayne and Dean Martin in it. I can't remember the young kid, but he always said it was his dads' hat and he couldn't shoot a gun very well, so they always gave him a shotgun...

great advice

Here She Burns!! Snrb... Here are some of my own horror story pictures I spoke of! [huh] :mad: :rage: :eek: lol

Hello Gentlemen, --And Women! :) I have been making hats now for about 24 years and see that fedoras and more city style hats are becoming very popular once again. That is wonderful to see, as I get very tired making the same styles all the time. Rodney Allison / North Valley Hat Co.

??? Hello, Yep, as Art said, "lesson learned". As the years tick by, one learns (mostly by feel) haw hot is just hot enough or too hot. How long on the stretcher is just right or too long, etc. It's all basicly trial and error at times. Best to take little bites. Thankfully, the only...