Is this still an accurate flow-chart of how it's made?
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Is this still an accurate flow-chart of how it's made?
Knowing absolutely NOTHING about how a fur-felt hat is made, I looked around online and found a few articles. One was accompanied by a photo that shows the various stages of a fur-felt hat.
Is this still an accurate idea of how it starts and finishes?
Is this still an accurate idea of how it starts and finishes?
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And here are two pics of Winchester felt beaver hoods along the same process that JW Hats had when I went down and spent the day with them to get some hatting tips. Tough to tell the difference between the rabbit and beaver felt until the felt gets shrunk down.
A young son of one of his customers unfortunately put some holes in it when left unattended but man was it soft as a cloud.
And the same size cone shrunk down with hot water and some rolling and compressing action at the factory...
A young son of one of his customers unfortunately put some holes in it when left unattended but man was it soft as a cloud.
And the same size cone shrunk down with hot water and some rolling and compressing action at the factory...
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