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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
I'll keep my fingers crossed that the second measurement is more accurate than the first. -
Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
Stetson Flagship Just landed a Stetson Flagship in what should be a wearable almost-7 1/8 size if the seller's measurements are accurate. Looks to be in good condition, too. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350269077212 Nobody tell my wife, please! -
Would you like the fedora and related hats to become main stream fashion
Absolutely! While most of the hats produced would be poor quality, that's always the case with the supply of anything (look at the old ads for low-cost wool fedoras). Increased demand would also drive increased production of better quality hats, lowering (eventually) prices and increasing... -
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Shave of the Day
Oh yes. I became a straight razor convert about five years ago. I'm using an old Heljestrand I picked up in a junk shop for twenty bucks. It takes a wicked edge and keeps going after ... I don't know how many years. It has a celluloid handle, which suggests it's pre-war. I'm a Bay Rum guy for...- Tooch
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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
Many thanks! This really was an impulse buy, but I'm very happy with the hat. That's especially true since I had to put in some effort to get the final result. -
The Dobbs Diner...
Mario has the lowdown on naptha. I used Coleman fuel, since we have a lot of it lying around (we did a lot of camping and backpacking before my son was born, and hopefully will again, when he's older). I used rubber gloves, outside, and agitated the hat in the pot with a paint stirrer. You... -
Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
Dobbs VVL More on this in the Dobbs Diner, but here are before and after shots of a Dobbs VVL (Very Very Light) I picked up through pure luck, since the listing gave almost no information to go on. Before de-scuzzification and re-dyeing of the ribbon. And after a little work. -
The Dobbs Diner...
Dobbs VVL So, a couple of weeks ago, I engaged in the dangerous game of bidding while under the influence, and won an old Dobbs with a sketchy description and a single photo that showed a battered hat with a faded band, but healthy-looking felt. I took a chance, won the auction, and took... -
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That's a DIY project? Wow. I am such an underachiever. Beautiful work! -
Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
Dobbs Twenty? There wasn't a lot of information to go on, and the photos aren't the best, so I admit I took a risk on this auction. Still, it looks like I might have won a Dobbs Twenty that needs a little reshaping but is otherwise in decent condition. (I should add that I have limited... -
Stingy brim hats
I've tried stingier brims, but two inches is the limit for me. Here's me in my Resistol Outlook, in "spruce" color. It's the same hat as in my avatar. -
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Post New Hats Here!
Oxidation? That makes sense -- a lot more sense than dabbing green goop on a hat. -
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Post New Hats Here!
That's odd. I wonder if there was some sort of common hat repair product sold that produced those blotches. If so, I would guess it turned green with time, since I can't imagine the stuff being successful if it went on looking that way. On closer examination, the green seems to be the same... -
Post New Hats Here!
The "country" hat arrives I recently showed off the Resistol fedora I acquired as part of my "town and country" duo. Well, after threats of legal action against the vendor and the intervention of Etsy admin, the Champ Open Road-ish hat finally arrived. I think it was worth the wait. This... -
Post New Hats Here!
Val, There is a bit of green in the gray. The color listed on the tag is "spruce," so the color blend makes sense. I took to it immediately, since it's a bit warmer than a standard gray. -
Job Interview
I just got back from an out-of-town job interview, and I decided against wearing a hat after going back and forth a few times. The big deciders for me were the fact that it's August and I don't really have an appropriate hot-weather hat to go with my suit, and concern about "standing out"... -
Post New Hats Here!
Many thanks! I got my hat-bashing tips right here, on the lounge. Many thanks to all the kind folks who have shared their knowledge with us newbies, and helped us through our first efforts to do justice to a well-made lid.
