My self made fedoras and my akubra, any comment?

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My self made fedoras and my akubra, any comment?

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Hello Folks,

What do you think of these?
Here are my fedoras, I have made the all of them exept the last one.

As you can see, this is my Indy Fed (with a todd's ribbon).
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My moonstone hat
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The red/brown hat
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I have to fishish this carbon grey fed.
(brush the felt, finish the bow and bashing)
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To finish, my akubra Federation III
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Regards,

Nicolas
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good job Nicolas! it's fun making hats isn't it.

Where do you get your hat bodies?
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Yep! Hat making is REALY funny! Yeah funny and easy (and CHEAP), I should say.

I buy my capelines at a hatter's which is located 5 minutes from my place "L'atelier des chapeaux" ! I am a luck guy!
And buy the ribbon in Paris in a shop named "Ultramod" they have a lot of various colours and size.

Regards,

Nico
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Well, I thought that some of you could have been interested by hat making.
No comment about the colours? Shape? Price? time to do the whole thing?
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I especially LOVE both the Indy Fed and the Moonstone, Nico...
Beautiful hats!
(And those "tear-drop" tops give then a really nice, really unique look.)
Also, I've got to say that the Moonstone with the ribbon that matches so well gives THAT hat in particular a very "classy" look.
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I'm glad you're enjoying making these hat's... you certainly seem very good at it!
I must remember to ask you your hat size sometime... if it turns out we're the same size and you get in the mood to share one of your hats, I could offer to wear one of your handsome lids for a while... if it will help you out!
;)
Again, REALLY GOOD work!
All the Best,
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Nice hats! Yeah man, making hats is awesome. It's hard work, but it's really enjoyable.

You might consider getting some really fine sandpaper and pouncing the hats a tad more. They're pretty fuzzy. Everything else looks great.
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It's hard to comment on thase hats because of the top bash. Can you put a Raiders crease in the top of one and post front and side pics? They look well made... Do you care to talk about the block shape?
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sweet lids
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