Thank you Bowen! Yup. I have a Singer 201 that I plan to use on future projects. Dealing with a lot of issues over the past few months I haven't had a chance to learn how to use it yet. It'll sure make my projects a lot easier to work on.
Thank you Michael! Yeah, I believe pain management will help take of it. It's just a temporary set back that I'm confident I'll get through.
Great work as usual, Terry. A vast improvement for that hat. Too bad your back prevent you from doing that kind of sewing work; you are really good at it, but it is indeed backbreaking.After some time I finally mustered up enough ambition and finished this Caxton that I started awhile back. The hat was originally a late '50s - early '60s black Western with a bound taco curved brim and with a low horseshoe creased crown. It also had a mid ribbon with a double tailed bow. It seemed liked it took me forever to get this finished. I started on this a good while back. It set aside for the longest time. It was a real pain work on with these back issues. It'll probably be a while before I sit down long enough to try and do this again, at least until I see how pain management works out for me.
Anyway, here's the specs on this Caxton Western.
1. It originally started out as a size 7. It's now been reblocked to a 7 1/4.
2. The open crown height is 5 3/4 inches tall and was blocked on my preferred straight sided dome.
3. It's been creased to my preferred Teardrop and is 4 3/4 at the pinch with the rake sloping to 4 inches in back.
4. It's a thin ribbon with a bound brim and also has a 3/8 ribbon with a Strat / OR style bow work.
5. The snap brim is 2 5/8 wide.
6. I was also able to reuse the original liner and sweatband bow, and I put the original manufacturers labels back into the hat...
Before:
Featuring my Rick Walker brim cutter and Rockwater band block
This was as far as I got until I later decided to get ambitious enough to finish it...
Hand sewing really sucks. Definitely a back breaker for me...
Finally finished...I'm done for awhile and I'm definitely going to be wearing this one a lot.
Thank you steur! Yeah, definitely! That ol' hat looks a lot different for sure! I used to hate black hats with a passion but Ive been warming up to them. It's hard to beat a thin ribbon for its clean casual looks and versatility.
After some time I finally mustered up enough ambition and finished this Caxton that I started awhile back. The hat was originally a late '50s - early '60s black Western with a bound taco curved brim and with a low horseshoe creased crown. It also had a mid ribbon with a double tailed bow. It seemed liked it took me forever to get this finished. I started on this a good while back. It set aside for the longest time. It was a real pain work on with these back issues. It'll probably be a while before I sit down long enough to try and do this again, at least until I see how pain management works out for me.
Anyway, here's the specs on this Caxton Western.
1. It originally started out as a size 7. It's now been reblocked to a 7 1/4.
2. The open crown height is 5 3/4 inches tall and was blocked on my preferred straight sided dome.
3. It's been creased to my preferred Teardrop and is 4 3/4 at the pinch with the rake sloping to 4 inches in back.
4. It's a thin ribbon with a bound brim and also has a 3/8 ribbon with a Strat / OR style bow work.
5. The snap brim is 2 5/8 wide.
6. I was also able to reuse the original liner and sweatband bow, and I put the original manufacturers labels back into the hat...
Before:
Featuring my Rick Walker brim cutter and Rockwater band block
This was as far as I got until I later decided to get ambitious enough to finish it...
Hand sewing really sucks. Definitely a back breaker for me...
Finally finished...I'm done for awhile and I'm definitely going to be wearing this one a lot.
Thank you buddy. I appreciate that. Oh, yeah. Hand sewing definitely sucks. I've seen a few Hatters who advertise that all their hats are "hand sewn". If that's what they like, more power to 'em! I hand sew too. But not for long! I'm going to learn how to use that sewing machine!
Thanks buddy. I'm definitely going to keep all that in mind. I believe you're right about the surgeries. My sister and brother-in-law, both, started off with initial surgeries and more surgeries followed within the space of 2-3 years, and they're still in bad shape...and their surgeons are recommending another surgery, each. They're both messed up pretty bad. I can only be glad that my condition isn't as bad as theirs.
Thanks buddy. I really appreciate everything.
The Pocket Square Bow - love it, Randall!
I like it and would wear it, Randall. We all need to push our boundaries one way or another [emoji145]
Yeah, these back issues have definitely been a constant irritation. I'm pretty confident, though, that I'll get through it all after a bit of pain management. I'm just not looking forward to getting those pain shots in my back.
