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  1. warmentrout

    Homburg Help

    Can anyone make a recommendation for a reasonably priced homburg with a full crown. I need one for my daughter's wedding in Oct. I don't want to buy a wool one and I don't like a tapered crown, I much prefer a "stovepipe straight" crown or even one with a little reverse taper. I could have...
  2. warmentrout

    DIY question

    I have the following Banderas 15 hat The brim is wider than I like and the crown is shorter than I like and the sweat needs replaced. Can I "reblock" it and pull about a half inch of the brim back into the crown ? If so, how would I do that ?
  3. warmentrout

    Straw Boater Question

    I bought a straw boater at the local Antique Mall. It is in pretty good shape, no dings or imperfections in the straw. The straw is darker on the top than the underside so I'm assuming it is pretty dirty. It is a Portis and the sweat has to be replaced. I am an extra long oval and the hat...
  4. warmentrout

    Rodeo King

    Does anyone have any experience with or knowledge of Rodeo King hats ? Are they a good quality hat ? If it says its beaver quality can I assume it is at least fur and not wool ? How do they compare to say..... a Resistol ? I have a Resistol 4x and 6x.
  5. warmentrout

    moonstone vs blue smoke

    Sorry guys if this question has been addressed elsewhere but I did a search and only got part way through the @500 hits before I gave up. Can anyone compare, or better yet, post pics of an Akubra moonstone and an Art Fawcett blue smoke ? Thanks
  7. warmentrout

    Another new guy question

    I've seen a few hats on ebay described as "dynafelt". What is dynafelt ?
  8. warmentrout

    Another DIY

    This is a Cavanauhg I won on ebay. It had a permanent crease, almost a tear, from the bash. The only way I could hide it was to make it a porkpie and hide it in the valley of the porkpie bash. I re-dyed it a dark auburn color with hair coloring as per J.T. Marcus suggestions. The darker...
  9. warmentrout

    DIY Project; NEED HELP

    I won the following hat on ebay It is a Resistol 5X and has a 6 inch open crown and 5 inch brim, and it is even more massive in person than it looks in the pics. I bought it with intentions of cutting down the brim and making a nice fedora out of it. I am a long oval half way...
  10. warmentrout

    vintage stingy brim / wide brim ?

    I've been watching EBAY for Cavanaughs, Knox and Dobbs hats, There seems to be lots out there, especially Dobbs and less so Knox, Cavanaughs are more rare. Brim sizes. however, wider than 2 inches seem to be almost nonexistent. I assume these companies made wider brims, why don't we see more...
  11. warmentrout

    DIY projects

    Here are pics of my first DIY project, what I call the "practice hat" . It is a Hatco that came to me from OFAS in an 8x8x8 box. I rebashed it, replaced the sweatband and the ribbon and gave the lining a good washing. http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss327/warmentrout/0210092219.jpg...
  13. warmentrout

    New guy question

    I have a couple of new acquisitions and my first two DIY projects I would like to post for everyone's viewing and criticism, constructive I hope. But I seem to have difficulties figuring out how to work this site. How do I post pics ?
  14. warmentrout

    repair sequence question

    My skills with the search engine on this site are not too high, so if this question has been addressed somewhere else would someone please tell me where ? I bought an ebay hat, I'm pretty sure it's wool, it needs a new liner, sweatband and ribbon. I thought it would be a good hat to practice...

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