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Not Another Akubra Fed Thread!
Yeah, you're thinking, just what we need - like there aren't enough threads on this topic already. But I beg your indulgence. I have some stuff to show you that might be helpful. Main points: (1) For those who are tentative about shaping (bashing) open crowned hats of any sort, take heart. You...- Woodfluter
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Asymetrical edge binding
Question for you all - I have acquired a Royal Deluxe Stetson, found floating on the eBay, needing some repairs that I can handle. It has nicely-done edge binding which is narrow and folded under on the top of the brim, but wider on the bottom of the brim. The stitches holding the wider edge...- Woodfluter
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- Forum: Hats
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Summer Hat Questions
I apologize if this has been answered fully, but my searches so far haven't turned up answers. Maybe you all can help. [huh] Straw hats, including the varieties from genuine Toquilla fiber Panamas through raffia, buntal, abaca and even Shantung, are said to do poorly in the rain. Or so I've...- Woodfluter
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Posting our Fed IV's, yet!
Owing to the great website data crash of '08, I cannot post this where it belongs at present. But might as well put this out for the benefit of those ordering the Federation IV from Hats Direct. Bartenters, please feel free to move this if/when the "No one posted your Fed IV's yet?" thread is...- Woodfluter
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How do I wear an WW2-style tam o'shanter?
Hello Creeping Past - So, what do you have here? Is this an actual Tam O'Shanter, or Balmoral, or Glengarry bonnet? Could you post a picture, best if it includes you as well? So some of us versed in Scots gear might help you a bit? Really, I'd like to help but not sure what the problem...- Woodfluter
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Western Conversion, Illustrated
Since there were recent questions about converting a western hat to a fedora shape, and as I was doing that anyway, I figured I'd post a step by step illustrated description of how I did it. First we have the victim...Resistol "4X Beaver". Fairly tall, semi-straight crown, and I'd trimmed the...- Woodfluter
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- Forum: Hats
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Kudos to Wested!
My public thanks to Mr Botwright and all the other good people at Wested Leather for a fine product and excellent service. On April 10, at around 1930 English time (past closing), I e-mailed my order for a goatskin Indy jacket, standard not custom. To my astonishment, it arrived on the...- Woodfluter
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Stretch or (egad!) shrink?
Hello folks, new in town, breaking out of lurker mode, looks like my kind of place. But getting to the point... Q: Should I stretch or shrink? I've been a longtime hat wearer, since the late 1960's, and unfortunately an in-between size. Twixt 7-3/8 and 7-1/2, or roughly 59 and 60...- Woodfluter
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