Club Obi Wan

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That book is mostly millinery techniques, hatters use a little different process.

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That’s seven, and depending on price I’d buy one or two more to get a run done

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Put me down for a couple of you do more

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They wanted him to have a 1911 backup, but used a hi power because the 9mm blanks were more reliable and it looked close enough. So how about a double stack 1911?
Fir a revolver eithe an updated smith and Wesson or a Ruger GP100 or sp101

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Just need to make a sight for mine.
Unless someone is making them.

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Double post

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Is anyone making a screen accurate ramp sight out of steel at the moment?

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I’m surprised Spade and Archer and Penatent Man aren’t listed.

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Y’all are thinking too recent. After WWI it was common to take 1917/HE2’s and cut them down, through on a sight of some sort, and resell them. Thus the different sights, different people doing conversions. It was also not uncommon to fill the lanyard hole will lead and paint the frame. This was done...

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I only have one shirt from one maker. I have a couple questions about some specific details of the shirt, mostly pertaining to “is this how the ones used in the film were made?” And “is this how all replicas are currently made?” I ask about these things because men’s clothing in the first half of th...

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Ok, do y’all really want to know how to get a true Raiders look with out resorting to all this minutiae? Buy a hat. Wear the @#$% out of it. Wear it in the rain, Wear it wet, sweat in it. After a year or so, get it reblocked by someone that knows a couple of key factors. There you have it, the perfe...

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To those that were wronged by me, all I can say is I’m sorry. With out going into it too much I will say be careful who you let into your life, and especially who you marry, as it will effect everything else. After a divorce, some therapy, and just some time, I am back to making hats and doing it fu...

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A hood is the step before a capeline. when the body is still in a roughly conical shape. A capeline has been flared with a blocking machine and is therefore much easier to make a mens hat with. milliners use hoods for some hats like cloches, where there is no brim, or styles with small brims the hav...

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That is Dic.k Tracy Yellow, and hat can be shipped open crown, or be shaped by me.

Jimmy

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One from another famous fedora wearer.

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as for the historical

I have since made a similar hat (no gold) that had hook and eyes and no stiffener. The brim could be let down, and it could be folded flat.

Jimmy

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And one for those who want something that breaths better.

Milan straw crown on felt brim.

Jimmy

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Depends on the hat. A beaver hat? No. A rabbit hat? in theory yes. Depends on the hat. It takes a good deal of work, along with a new sweat, and most likely new liner. If it is something that has sentimental value it may be worth it. If not, have a hatmaker make a copy and sell the original. I do st...

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Trip was a bust. I only found four hats. They are going to the first people that spoke up for each size.

I will be back that way in a month or two and will look again.

Jimmy

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The ones I have worked on seem to be Tonak felt. Two of them had "Made In China" tags. I state that because I have seem claims of Custom made.

Jimmy

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please put up size and color preference(black, brown, grey), so I know whatt o look for.

Jimmy

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If they are the same price as before, then the completed price will be $150 plus shipping.

Jimmy

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Last time I was at the stetson/resistol factory store there were several Stetson Pinnacles (the beaver version of the temple). I will be back in Dallas toward the end of next week and was thinking about buying one and taking it apart to reblock, fix what ever may be wrong with it, and the put it bac...

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Actually, I figured out a new way to do ribbons, more like what was done in the 30's and 40's, but found a way to do it with current ribbon stock. I don't have that problem anymore. I will fix that one for free if you like, just cover the shipping.

Jimmy

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Actually, there are a few reasons and they have nothing to do with Lucas film. First, I live in the country, 6 miles to the nearest small town and a half hour drive to the nearest town with reliable Internet service. So rather than having people send me online orders that I never got, I would rather...

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here are some other colors in the same light.

black

dark moss

Don't have any pics of rabbit felts at the moment, will work on that.

Jimmy

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This is the only steel grey hat I have pictures of in the same lighting.

Jimmy

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I have been making several grey hats lately and thought I would post a couple of pics. This is a beaver in granite grey with a last crusade crease.

Enjoy

Jimmy

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It's possible, just not something I would recomend to the inexperienced hatter

Jimmy

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The straw was treated, more for shape holding than wetting but ith the same treatment. It is a natural straw, so water doesn't bother it as long as you don't mess with it too much while it is wet.

Jimmy

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One of the best hat stiffners is widely availablein small amount and is fairly cheap. The problem is the use of it. It takes practice. I worked with it on old-beatup hats before using it. I would have probably ruined about 8 hats if I had tried to just use it on a new hat. I takes knnowledge only ga...

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They are $185 with a rabbit felt brim.
$350 with a beaver brim.

I have too work the felt, and the work the straw, and then put the two together.

Jimmy

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For those wo are also memebers of the fedora lounge, I have a hat naming contest listed there. It is not an indy hat, so I just put it there.

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I made this hat at the request of a member here. I was going to wait until he posted pics, but I was down loading pics from my camera and found these. He can speak up about the hat. It is a beaver felt brim, with a milan straw crown. http://www.jimmypiercedesigns.com/images/a004.jpg http://www.jimmy...

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The cury only comes in brown.

Jimmy

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Week,that being the case, I may be able to put my wife on a plane. With traveling cost as they are it may still be a $ 2000 delivery fee.

Jimmy

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That will be a $2000 delivery fee. (I have to get something for risking going to jail)

Jimmy

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The south american felt comes from Cury, a supposed supplier to herbert Johnson in the early 80s. The U.S. felt comes from winchester, where at least 90% of custom hatters in the U.S. get their felt. THe Winchester felt is a standard dress weight body, approx. 4.5 oz. The Cury felt is heavier, becau...

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South american felt is still $125.

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I am five miles south of Glen Rose. I did have a store in Granbury but closed it in December. I also need to say that my hats are now available in Austin at Rewards, and will soon be available in Fort Worth at Dean-Kingston. In September you will be able to buy them at Lansky Bros. in Memphis. The m...

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updates will bee up this week. I have a few new hats to take pictures of.

Jimmy

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I did an interview in march and they finally ran the story. I have to say somthing about one of the quotes which was taken out of context. About being the person to come to when other hatters can't or won't make something, I don't say that because I feel I am better than others. I say it because Oth...

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it is a pure beaver hat sold by dorfman, with a bit of a different shape. It is actually made by the milano hat company somewhere around Dallas.

Jimmy

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It was Resistol that made the Touch of Mink, they did another run last year, it comes up every few years. When the do the Double eagle, that hat is actually pure beaver but made for the finest peices of the hide, center belly, neck, feet. When stetson does a mink blend it is called a 500X. They also...

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Herbert Johnson has not made it's ow fedoras for decades, they take pre-made hats and modify them, just like many "custom hatters" do today. They should be called hat finishers, as is the case with Camptown, somebody else makes the basic hat, and he does a superb job of finishing it out. W...

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Yes, jones sr's hat could be either an irish or english walker. a trilby is a type of fedora. originally worn by the englich to the country races. usually brown, 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 inch brim, raw edge, approx 1 inch ribbon, and generally worn about a half to one size small, so it sits higher on the head...

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switched colors when I went to reorder and they were out of green and would not have any for up to a month.

Jimmy

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Hey Guys, I have a couple of meetings in Austin on Monday. If anyone would like to get measured up while I am down that way let me know, I will bring my stuff.

Jimmy

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On this one I have to say that, in three years of running my own hat business, this is only the second hat to have a size problem.

I most have been having a bad day or something because they were both fairly recent.

I soil always fix size problems.

Jimmy

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First let me say that if you have a hat on order, or being worked on, with me it will be completed with in the next week. That being said, this means I will be all caught up and will have a short wait time. So, I have brown rabbit felt in stock (and a few bodies in other colors) and will be able to ...

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