Scientific Hatmaking.......

Fedora · Post by **Fedora** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 2:54 pm

Sharpetoyes just gave me a link to buy this book. Written in 1919, it is very informative as well as charming. I already had a copy, made by someone I would sooner forget, but these here are bound editions and at 10 bucks, a huge bargain!!! This book is full of valuable info, if you wear hats, and tinker with them. I highly recommend it. Even if you are not into hatmaking, you will get a kick out of the arcane writing. Recommended reading. Fedorahttp://www.ivarose.com/inc/sdetail/4901

P.S. Mr. Penman, I hereby offer you my first copy of this book. I know you are interested in hatmaking. Let me know, and I will send it you ya.

Mola Ram · Post by **Mola Ram** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:03 pm

I got my book from the same run as Steve.

Good book. Its really interesting to see all the chemicals that were used, and how cheap things were back then.

A great deal for 10$. I paid quite a bit more for it.

BendingOak · Post by **BendingOak** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:22 pm

Mr. Delk, that would be a big yes.

Fedora · Post by **Fedora** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:24 pm

Good, then I shall ship sit tomorow. Regards, Fedora

Scandinavia Jones · Post by **Scandinavia Jones** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:09 pm

Thanks for the tip, Steve! I just placed my order for a copy...

BendingOak · Post by **BendingOak** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:49 pm

Steve , your a mench.

What size shoe are you?

rebelgtp · Post by **rebelgtp** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:45 pm

hmmmm #### i'm gonna have to order a copy or two of this lol

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 5:43 am

Jup, got a copy from the same source as you Steve, but a bound version is too good not to have. Mine shipped yesterday

It's the best book on vintage hat making I've read to date.

Regards,

Marc

s7eng · Post by **s7eng** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 8:56 am

Thanks for sharing Fedora! I just ordered a copy.

binkmeisterRick · Post by **binkmeisterRick** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:55 am

I HIGHLY recommend this book! I, too, have a copy of the "other run" and have found it quite the resource. And at 10 bucks for a fully bound copy?!

Don't pass this one up, folks!

Scandinavia Jones · Post by **Scandinavia Jones** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 4:58 pm

Mine shipped today... $\:D/$

Scandinavia Jones · Post by **Scandinavia Jones** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:36 am

... and arrived in Sweden today! Fast shipping!

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:39 am

Not bad!

You'll enjoy it for sure. Wonder if mine is at the p.o. by now...

Regards,

Marc

BendingOak · Post by **BendingOak** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 6:17 pm

Steve, thank you very much for the book. It just arrived in the mail today. You're a real mench.
You know what this is going to do now. It's going to give me so many more question to ask you and Marc.

Thanks again.

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 2:41 am

That book is a real treasure for sure. And it's a great excuse for spending COUNTLESS hours on the phone, chatting about it... Right Steve?

Fletch · Post by **Fletch** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 11:49 am

Looks like the demand you guys have created caused them to raise the price to 19.95. I should have acted sooner.

Ahh well it is still worth buying

binkmeisterRick · Post by **binkmeisterRick** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 12:33 pm

It really is a great book and a great reference. I'm still happy with my spiral bound edition, though.

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 1:01 pm

What looks like a bound version, is also a spiral bound edition, Bink. Only the pages are larger and snow white.

Regards,

Marc

binkmeisterRick · Post by **binkmeisterRick** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 4:26 pm

Yeah, I know.

The "edition" I have comes from an infamous source, but the pages are all the same. I'm sure the current edition is a much nicer and better presented edition than what I have, but I guess I'm hapy enough with what's already on my bookshelf.

Arctic Highlander · Post by **Arctic Highlander** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 2:11 pm

Hi Folks. I just recently learned about and joined this forum and just spotted this thread.

I was Sharptoys source for the link to this book. I had read about this book while doing archive searches in the Fedora Lounge and was motivated to track down a copy. There had been a lot of interest in this book on the FL but it was noted to be very hard to find and expensive.

I posted in the Fedora Lounge that I had found a source for a new bound enhanced copy of the original book and as luck would have it it was on sale for 1/2 price ($10) through all of November. I posted a link to it and bought a copy also - great book. And it arrived in less than a week.

Unfortunately for those who didn't get a copy in November the price went back up to $20 in December. Still worth it in my opinion!

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