I missed this so a bit late to the dance......it depends on what you are trying to do. If you want to put a snap back in the brim then you need a LO. If you are just looking to refresh the brim cupping and it is not too deep a cupping then you can likely get away with it. Soft hand and a...
I would look at picking up a cloth sweat on Etsy. It is fairly easy to tack stitch them in. Then at least you have an actual sweat band. Where did you buy the hat?
25 years ago when my wife and I worked in community theatre the Value Village shops were a great source for cheap wardrobe. Although after a day of rummaging through racks of clothing I needed a deep steam cleanse to rid the grime. But usually it was worth the effort.
Love the soft lines and the swoop to the brim and crown. I have spoken to a fellow hatter that is buying ribbon out of Japan. It is 100% rayon, no cotton content as in vintage, but she says it is very workable. Sells in full spools only, not by the yard, but it is much cheaper than the...
I have found the best glue is a spray craft glue from Michaels. I spray it on a piece of cardboard and put in very very small amount into the divot with a pointed toothpick. Then tamp in some felt fluff scraped from the inside of the hat. Tamp it in with the blunt end of the toothpick, a...
The lighter colour the felt the more difficult it is. I have never been able to completely hide moth nibbles. Dark felts it can be done but on mid to light then less satisfactory results. If the nibble is all the way through I plug it. If it is a divot I fill and that is usually less...
Further thought: most custom hatters these days do a significant portion of their business online/at a distance. About 50% of my clients are local the other half online. If you want to be a hatter selling online you better have an effective way of determining head size and equally important...
Shop around as price is not necessarily the greatest gauge of quality. Northwest Hats, Gannon, Wolfbrae (me), all west coast hatters, all good and the prices are reasonable. The price of postage is not great ($25).
Akubra Campdraft with a 5 3/4" open crown is about the tallest crown available open. Now the western market could have other options but don't wear westerns. Custom is always your best bet.
I watched the series. I think if you look at the Akubra Stylemaster it comes very close to this. Stetson has a number of models, narrow(ish) brim, low tapered crown, tone on tone ribbon. If you want to go upscale in price look at the Borsalino line. Or go all out and commission a...
All hat makers are getting squeezed by price increases and product shortages. I think we will continue to see prices rise as our existing inventory of felts runs out and we have to replentish stock at today's inflated prices.
Hire a wedding/events company to put it together for you then you get the details handled and you just get to enjoy the day. If you buy chairs you will likely have to sell them for 50cents on the dollar. Run the numbers and see if they work for you...cost of rental versus cost/resale of the...
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