Hi Folks,
Well I thought I would seek the sage advice of the fellow denizens of this board and see what opinions people have - I am looking for an individual/vendor who would be able to cinch/re-stich my ribbon and give my trusty old HJ a ROTLA reblock. Any thoughts?
Help for HJ Repair
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- CarolinaQuirk
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Where did you get the HJ? and can you post some pics?
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Sure, the HJ is from Todd's - right now the ribbon has been removed from the brim save for the tack stiches at the bow (I was going to re-stich it myself, but the more I thought about it the more I considered giving her a total refit) - I'd post some recent pics, but I manged to leave her at my parents house over Thanksgiving - I'll have it back in a week or so, but below are some pics I took a few months ago:
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q233 ... G_1067.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q233 ... G_1066.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q233 ... G_1032.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q233 ... G_1067.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q233 ... G_1066.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q233 ... G_1032.jpg
I understand from what Steve has said that it's not safe to reblock a standard HJ Raiders style because of the way the sweat band is machined into the hat. The number of stitches causes the brim to split from the hat when you try and stretch it. That's why the Magnoli HJ's are put together from the component parts by Steve. Hope that helps
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djd wrote:I understand from what Steve has said that it's not safe to reblock a standard HJ Raiders style because of the way the sweat band is machined into the hat. The number of stitches causes the brim to split from the hat when you try and stretch it. That's why the Magnoli HJ's are put together from the component parts by Steve. Hope that helps
What he said. Thats why I asked where did you get it.
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