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New artisan???
Hi, I belong to the Fedora Lounge for several years , in my 19s I start wearing hats but with time my passion for this special accesory grow in extremis, after my hatter death (at 86), I start restoring my hats by my self, and a crazy idea start to grow in my mind, the idea of be a professional...- Fortino37
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Making my own hats
As I said in previous threads, I start using hats 21 years a go, when I was 19, and like to do my own reparis; ribbon, bow, sweatband and liner replacement, felt cleaning, hat blocking, etc. I learn a lot of millinery secrets from my hatter, a 82 years old man who died last January, he begun in... -
" RESTORING A CLASSIC "---- Lock & Co. Bowler renovation by Fortino37
Few weeks a go I found a great bowler, it was a Lock & Co. extra hard felt hat, unfortunatly the brim and crown ribbon were ruined, the sweatband was missing, the liner was bad too, and some kind of glue was splited in all the interior. A real mess, but decide to give to this classic lid a... -
New "How to make a bow" TUTORIAL by FORTINO37
More than a year had pass since the last time a make a visit in the fedora lounge, a lot of water run under the bridge, but I am back, thanks to Ed Wiser that send me an email asking for a tutorial for "how to make a bow", I can't find the original photos and decide to make a new edition, so... -
Hat band replacement step by step
Few Thread a go I post how to replace the ribbon on a hat, but the photo links where missing so I decide to post it again. Hope this can be useful for some of the members. I start taking off the old one and locating the spot where the bow has to be placed. -
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Hat band replacement step by step
Few Threads a go I post how to replace the ribbon on a hat, but the photo links where missing so I decide to post it again. Hope this can be useful for some of the members. I start taking off the old one and locating the spot where the bow has to be placed. Fix the middle part of... -
The famous "X"
As I know the "X" on a hat was used to ensure the % of beaver fur that was included in a hat body (X=10% beaver fur) and was introduced in the early or mid 50's, before that, some makers used to state the quality on the price like "Mallory ten"=$10.00, "Dobbs Twenty"=$20.00, just want to be sure... -
New color on a Fedora
As few menbers asked on the Thread "Looking for a black Fedora" about how did I change the color of a Bradford Fedora, well here is the process I follow, this time I select a vintage hat, a light grey fedora (Mallory "The Dallas"), that has several stained and decolorated areas. First you... -
Looking for a black Fedora
I was looking for a black fedora for months, but had no luck so I decide to get one in my own way. I took my light grey Branford XXXBeaver fedora and decide to change it in a black lid, and this is the result. This is before the process. This is how looks now, it's black, but... -
Bowler renovation
How many of us are looking for a bowler and when finally found it, it is in almost perfect condition, except by the crown and brim ribbon that are ripped and deteriorated, and the sweatband separated from the hat? Frustrating don't you think? Well, I was looking for a bowler of a very... -
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Some ads from my Magazine collection
These are some of hat ads I found in my old Magazines collection, most of them are from Mexico, originally was owned by my grandfather he start collecting this from 1928 to the 70's. Hope you enjoy them, I'll post more as soon as possible. This is from a 1900 Sears catalog, you can see a...
