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Crown Iron for Sale!
Hey All, We are upgrading some equipment at our shop and have a manual Crown Iron available for any hatters out there looking for one. This was built for us last year by an American maker and has been used in shop for about a year now. We replaced the heating element and other than that it has...- Coup de Tete
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Hat making?? Learning Millinery..
Correct, I havent been in touch with sunrise in a spell as we need a steady supply of rabbit to keep prices in reason for our wholesale clients. Nutria is always an option for hatters needing felts for customs as europe navigates the current state of affairs.- Coup de Tete
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- Forum: Hats
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Hat making?? Learning Millinery..
I spoke with Tonak last month and they were just implementing a price hike. They fortunately source the majority of their fur in country so they shouldn't be too effected. The big issue is how dependant all these companies are on each other. Fepsa has a sister company that processes all the raw...- Coup de Tete
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- Forum: Hats
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Hat making?? Learning Millinery..
Just to give a bit of context, MW gets their felts from Ukraine so its been tough sledding getting felts though I have spoken to the factory recently and they are about to ramp production up again in fall. The only problem with that is they get a lot of their fur from russia and this particular...- Coup de Tete
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- Forum: Hats
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Unprocessed to then be made into a capeline. There currently seems to be only one spot that does this (Fepsa’s second company) and I have recently made a connection that hasn’t cracked the code for bleaching and if I can sort it we may have a new pipeline for 100x and 50x felts in the mix. They...- Coup de Tete
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- Forum: Hats
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Does anyone out there know how Fepsa (well their sister company) bleaches Beaver Fur? I know that the bleached rabbit fur bales come from Ukraine and both Fepsa and Winchester orders this but the only place that successfully seems to bleach out beaver fur is in Portugal. Im interested if anyone...- Coup de Tete
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- Forum: Hats
