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Photos of hatters tools

Panadora

Practically Family
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526
Location
Copenhagen, Denmark
Thanks!

Hope this tool will open a hole new world of cheap and plentiful 6.7/8s (I'm a small 7 LO) ;)
I would have preferred to do the restoration myself though ($$$), but is probably a good investment anyway?!
 

John Galt

Vendor
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2,080
Location
Chico
Yes, I think so. With care, you should be able to stretch most 6 7/8 hats at least one size without damaging the sweat. Good luck, and easy as you go!
 

Hatter4

One of the Regulars
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226
Location
East Petersburg, PA
John: Sorry for the delay - here's the photos of the brim plane and some info - hope this helps. _DSC8422.jpg _DSC8423.jpg BrimPlane1.jpg
 

glazierman

New in Town
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25
Location
suburbs of Portland,OR
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 the guy at the shop mistaken? I have lots of hats but am new to the tools of the trade.Any info would be appreciated. Thanks
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11,130
Location
Alabama
RJR, you have one that is more of what I was looking for, but at that price I couldn't pass it up. It's built like a tank and the shipping was almost equal to what I paid for it.
 
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11,130
Location
Alabama
Man, RJR I really like the wood ones. It's what I really wanted but most I've found were just out of my range or I got to the party late.
 
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I'm embarrassed because I've never restored mine or even cleaned it up much, but here it is. Instead of the old switch I wonder if it didn't have a rheostat originally? The casting was made for either a rheostat or a switch to be mounted there. It has a bad cord I've never replaced but I don't want to use the heater anyway.

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