Classic Style; I think I have read this first issue 3 times.
Fine Woodworking
Home Shop Machinist
Machinist’s Workshop
Just Labs
Retriever Journal
Cook’s Illustrated
Make Magazine
Popular Science
Popular Mechanics
Fine Homebuilding (OTR)
While wearing my Open Road with a fedora block on a trip to the East coast I over heard a young boy in the airport say "Mom, is that a Cowboy?". I just smiled...
By-the-way, Here in New Mexico we have lots of true Native Americans.
As a youngster I wore a cowboy hat. My mom tells the story of me running into the house on a windy day looking for my “Cowboy” to keep my hair from blowing around (I had a burr haircut at that time). Later on I wore my grandfather’s newsboy cap and in High school I wore a brown felt...
Bull Durham -
"Well, I believe in... opening your presents Christmas morning rather than the night before Christmas, and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days."
Naptha...
When you use naptha do you dunk the whole hat, sweatband, ribbon, liner and all in the stuff and let it soak? That is exactly what a local hat shop, the Man's Hat Shop here in Albuquerque, told me they do.
Fedoralover,
Thanks for sharing your find with us. I love how you resurrected that hat. This hat is now ready to honor its wearer for another 50 years.
As far as the $8.50 price... A hat that cost $8.50 in 1950 would cost $65.89 in 2005. This is based on the Consumer Price Index. A...
I just received my new Custom fedora from Art. I thought you all would like to see. (It is really a dark charcoal gray, sorry my photography makes it look brown)
There is also a picture of one of Art's new hat boxes at the bottom for your review.
Dennis
"Also, what do you mean by "assimilate"? ", Marc Chevalier
Alas, Teddy has long since passed on. I will give you my thoughts and I make no assumption that these ideas could stand the test of time as Teddy’s have. I believe that people in this country assimilate by bringing their ideas and...
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