(June 26, 2018 at 1:02 pm)KittyAnn Wrote:

(June 25, 2018 at 4:08 pm)A Theist Wrote: Thank you, Joods! I can definitely set you up. I just have to locate a size 7 block.

..and I love Indiana Jones model hehe but hmmm.. I have no idea how big my skull size is.. LOL ... how should I measure my head, huh?  

Take a coin and ink one spot on the edge, roll it all the way around your head then count the spots.

(June 26, 2018 at 3:27 pm)mh.brewer Wrote:

(June 26, 2018 at 1:02 pm)KittyAnn Wrote: ..and I love Indiana Jones model hehe but hmmm.. I have no idea how big my skull size is.. LOL ... how should I measure my head, huh?  

Take a coin and ink one spot on the edge, roll it all the way around your head then count the spots.

With that method a person would have no choice but to get a hat to hide the ink spots. If I start a haberdashery I'll suggest that method.

(June 26, 2018 at 8:17 pm)A Theist Wrote:

(June 26, 2018 at 3:27 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Take a coin and ink one spot on the edge, roll it all the way around your head then count the spots.

With that method a person would have no choice but to get a hat to hide the ink spots. If I start a haberdashery I'll suggest that method.

Open a really bad barber shop next door.

(June 26, 2018 at 8:20 pm)mh.brewer Wrote:

(June 26, 2018 at 8:17 pm)A Theist Wrote: With that method a person would have no choice but to get a hat to hide the ink spots. If I start a haberdashery I'll suggest that method.

Open a really bad barber shop next door.

Lol. Wait, what?





Ponders the thought for a minute....










Thinks on that.......








Now it hits her.

HEY!

(June 25, 2018 at 10:24 am)A Theist Wrote:

(June 24, 2018 at 3:37 pm)Joods Wrote: If you're serious, I'd totally be willing to pay you. The closest I ever came to owning a Stetson was a cheap felt hat that had a wire in the brim so I could shape it. 

My favorite style of hat would be something like this: 



My preference would be to keep it at the same on the sides, just not as high and the front brim turned down slightly. I love the color and the distressed look of the suede leather as well. The top stitching of the hat should be exactly like this, narrow in front with a wider edge in the back.

Can you do something similar? I believe my hat size is a 7.

I see what you got there. That's more along the lines of leather working. The hats I do are fur felts that are stretched over vintage hat blocks with the brims reflanged over a vintage wooden brim flange, although some I rework back into Westerns of different styles. With you being a size 7, though, you can find western hats like that really cheap on ebay. Not only hats like that, but some very nice vintage fur felt hats at a cheap price too. With your hat size there's a lot of really nice stuff. I'm a 7 1/4 - 7 3/8. Finding those sizes and upward can get pricey, and it's hard to find vintage fur felts in good condition in those sizes too. You're one of the lucky ones who can get some great bargains on really nice vintage hats.

Check these out....

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R4...7&_sacat=0

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mens-Black-Stet...Sw6D1bIkYE

This !

(June 27, 2018 at 1:58 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote:

(June 25, 2018 at 10:24 am)A Theist Wrote: I see what you got there. That's more along the lines of leather working. The hats I do are fur felts that are stretched over vintage hat blocks with the brims reflanged over a vintage wooden brim flange, although some I rework back into Westerns of different styles. With you being a size 7, though, you can find western hats like that really cheap on ebay. Not only hats like that, but some very nice vintage fur felt hats at a cheap price too. With your hat size there's a lot of really nice stuff. I'm a 7 1/4 - 7 3/8. Finding those sizes and upward can get pricey, and it's hard to find vintage fur felts in good condition in those sizes too. You're one of the lucky ones who can get some great bargains on really nice vintage hats.

Check these out....

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R4...7&_sacat=0

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mens-Black-Stet...Sw6D1bIkYE

This !

That would be okay if it was the bin price rather than the starting bid. That one is actually a more recent vintage, probably somewhere from the '80s or '90s era. It would make a decent first western hat for someone who is a size 7, though.  But I wouldn't give over the $40 starting bid price for it.

Another of my hat creations. The style is also known as 'The Open Road', 'LBJ', 'Texas Ranger', among others. The photos are from last Summer....can't remember if I posted this one already, or not. Sorry for the repost if I did.



On the block


Creased and put back together with a new ribbon and goat skin leather sweat band









and a little Hank

(June 30, 2018 at 12:59 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote:

...and there you have it. Someone who knows what he's talking about. The meaning of life. The cure to all the world's ills.  PUT SOME DAMN HATS ON, PEOPLE!!!!!

No, I don't know how to smile.