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Is this still an accurate flow-chart of how it's made?
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:43 pm
by TonyRush
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?
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:46 pm
by binkmeisterRick
Yep!
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:45 pm
by mufflowne
That's very interesting.
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:13 pm
by jbbowers
Here's a little bit larger photo of three of the steps. These are all undyed rabbit:
Brad
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:18 pm
by Fletch
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...
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:36 pm
by binkmeisterRick
Now you know why a hat wants to taper. That cone is its natural shape!
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:01 pm
by mountainman
Bink is right, a felt hat starts as a cone and heads back that way as soon as it starts being worn. How soon? Well that depends...
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:07 pm
by Kokopelli
jbbowers wrote: These are all undyed rabbit:
Brad
Undyed Rabbits?! Zombies?! Oh...wait...un
dyed -ok, nevermind.
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:23 pm
by alanseijas
WHAT????
WAIT!!!!!
The rabbit is actually not ... alive ... and on MY head?????????
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:38 pm
by Indiana Max
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:53 pm
by Fink
"
Uh... what's up, Doc Jones?"
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 6:29 am
by darthbish
HEY!!....That shrunk cone looks like what I get when I clean the air filter on my clothes dryer
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:16 am
by binkmeisterRick
Well, what are you waiting for? Make a hat out of it! I wonder is static cling would be a problem with that hat...
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 2:41 pm
by WhipDude
That's neat. Thanks for sharing. I was curious about this stuff but never thought of asking
Fink, that was to good!
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 2:57 pm
by Indiana G
binkmeisterRick wrote:Now you know why a hat wants to taper. That cone is its natural shape!
and in the case of HJ.....its finished shape as well......SLAMMO!
couldn't resist.....S-A-B....i hate these guys!!!!
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:03 pm
by binkmeisterRick
WhipDude wrote: Fink, that was to good!
WHo are you calling a fink?
bink
