This Stetson Open Road 4X Beaver is considered modern by lounge standards but it has the original box and a 4/5/2000 date stamp. I did a Google image search on this box image and “thefedoralounge“ and it found another posting with the same box. In theory, someone in the future will be able to...
Highlights from 2024. Most of these are restorations/rescues and some have moved into my collection and others have been passed on. New for 2024 — I tried my hand at dyeing, hat band making, and replacing sweatbands. Still have a ways to go to build a hat from scratch but the tools and skills...
I picked up this size 7 5/8 pure beaver hat with a 2 1/2” brim and a 5” open crown.
How much could the brim and/or crown be increased if it was resized to a 7 3/8?
First snow of the season — heading out in my newly refurbished 3X Resistol.
More info here:
https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/what-hat-are-you-working-on-today.100508/post-3132074
Here is an old Tan Bark 3X Resistol in rough condition that I refurbished. I took 1/2” off of the brim and got rid of 95% of the moth damage. The felt had lots of blotches (chemical spill?) so I attempted to dye it into an Acorn color (actual Rit color used is called Marigold).
Here is...
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