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Here’s a different opinion ;) If you have an average sized head, the best buy in felts right now isn’t Akubra, it’s vintage Resistol through the 1970’s and even later. There are a lot of them, and while they have the same quality felt as vintage Stetson grade for grade, they go for a pittance...- Bob Smalser
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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
Aha! But sure doesn't look like it from here. But could be, if it was done a long time ago. The liner and sweat appear original to the age of the hat. And it has a size tag on the sweat, which isn't usually done with replacements. Thanks.- Bob Smalser
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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
The tags are posted above with the Knox box. And this looks like date of manufacture:- Bob Smalser
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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
The Stetson Mode Edge from above:- Bob Smalser
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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
One advantage to geezerhood is the sheer distance between me and the turnip truck. I rarely get an Indiana Jones comment, but when I do I inform my interlocutor that I was wearing fedoras when Steven Spielberg was kicking crap out of his cradle. ;)- Bob Smalser
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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=290305161490 Listed only under hat boxes, the wife wanted this Knox box, not necessarily the mystery hat contained within. But she figured for another 10 bucks, it'd be a pinata. It arrived today and the hat turns...- Bob Smalser
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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
Then buy a Resistol like the 4X I'm wearing in my avatar. They go for a pittance of what Stetson's do. Same felt quality as Stetson, although even the older Resistol Beaver 100's (below) lack some Stetson detail like adjustable sweatbands and wind cords. Although Resistol made named models...- Bob Smalser
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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
Are you looking for one to wear or collect? I come across at least 5 OR's or clones a week there.- Bob Smalser
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Rounding Jack
I don't disagree. Testing demand is what trial runs are for. But I suspect there is a much larger demand for these full-crown stretchers: http://www.hatsupply.com/hat_stretchers.htm With an outboard face plate for the lathe if your doesn't have sufficient swing, and a turned handle...- Bob Smalser
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Rounding Jack
Don't underprice yourself. I do some shop work for resale during bad weather, and among other things occasionally make a run of these coping saws that turn corners better than storebought. I imagine they take a similar number of shop hours as the rounding jacks you are proposing...I get...- Bob Smalser
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Wind Trolleys: A North American phenomenon?
Fair enough. I don't know much about hat collecting, but I do about woodworking tools, and my take is that wind cords are more about the dynamics of North American capitalism than weather or fit. Between 1860 and 1930 there were around 200 makers if chisels here (and in England) competing hard...- Bob Smalser
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Wind Trolleys: A North American phenomenon?
It's millinery ribbon from Judith M. The hat is 20 years old, has lived a hard life and was getting ratty and floppy. So I had it cleaned, replaced the hat ribbon, added a ribbon edge to the brim to tighten the brim back into a snap brim, and installed the wind cord. I used to consider this...- Bob Smalser
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Wind Trolleys: A North American phenomenon?
I just added one to the Worth and Worth house brand roll-up fedora shown in that pic, BTW. My favorite work hat.- Bob Smalser
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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
You won't regret it. We have a Resistol Beaver 100 in Betty's size that's like a Cocker Spaniel.....I can't pass by the hall tree without stopping to pet it.- Bob Smalser
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Wind Trolleys: A North American phenomenon?
Perhaps when you live in a spot that gets 60 inches of rain from November to May, and work outdoors in areas that get up to 150 inches in the same months, good hats become more than just fashion statements. ;)- Bob Smalser
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Wind Trolleys: A North American phenomenon?
Then I suggest you forego the coffee shop and remain in your car riding our ferries in winter. This one was only Beaufort Force 8. ;)- Bob Smalser
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What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?
A custom Stockman's of Hollywood Open Road clone in Carhartt Brown.- Bob Smalser
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Stampede Strings, Wind Trolleys and Super Glue: How do you keep your hat on?
The Lounge's tutorial for making and installing wind cords (or wind trolleys) was written by Stoney, is listed on the Important Hat Forum Thread Sticky and is located here: http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=29164 And thanks again to Stoney for showing me how to do these. The...- Bob Smalser
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Installing Wind Cords
Just to add a bit to Stoney's fine tutorial, Dritz and others make kits for producing fabric-covered buttons where no sewing, knots or glue are required, and the metal button loop can be neatly removed before assembly using needle-nose pliers: Finding grosgrain ribbon in matching colors can...- Bob Smalser
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The Other Open Roads.....
The color is that perfect shade of brown I've been looking for, the beaver content is high and the hat is one of a kind, so I couldn't pass it up. Akubra makes similar colors, but I'm an outdoor worker in a rainy climate and have had a couple of bad experiences with even expensive rabbit fur...- Bob Smalser
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