[Tfug] Way, way ot: "Millenery"

[Bexley Hall]

--- Terence Rudkin <trudkin at pobox.com> wrote:

> Well to make hats you need leather, felt and
> mercury.   I doubt you
> will find many hat makers in the US outside of NY

Perhaps not any *professional/commercial* ones.
But, I'm sure there are "individuals" who do this;
just as there are individuals who make their own
woodworking tools, hot air balloons, etc.  *That*
is what I am looking to find.

> City.  do you have a vision for a hat?

I have some ideas.  A lot depends on the effort
required to achieve a good result.

> The first step is to make a
> template out of  paper
> or other temporary material.
> 
> TR
> 
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 7:54 PM, Bexley Hall
> <bexley401 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > --- Angus Scott-Fleming <angussf at geoapps.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >  > On 25 Mar 2008 at 15:05, Bexley Hall  wrote:
> >  >
> >  > > Or, whatever the *male* version thereof would
> be??
> >  > >
> >  > > Anyone have any experience with this sort of
> >  > thing?
> >  >
> >  > Well, a "milliner" makes and sells hats (gender
> not
> >
> >  Actually, I was under the impression that
> millenery
> >  pertained to the making of *women's* hats
> >  (specifically).  Hence, my qualification re:
> >  "the *male* version thereof".
> >
> >
> >  > specified).  A vendor of
> >  > clothing for men is called a haberdasher, so
> perhaps
> >  > you're looking for a
> >  > haberdashery?
> >
> >  No, I am not looking for a *vendor* but, rather,
> >  "a *maker* of hats for men".  More specifically,
> >  someone who has the skillset that they would be
> >  willing to share.
> >
> >  In the plainest of terms, I want to make a hat! 
> :>
> >  And, aside from the newspaper hats that Curious
> >  George taught me to make -- or those that
> printers
> >  often make/wear -- I am clueless as to where to
> >  begin!  (hence the appeal)
> >
> >
> >
> >  > And to answer the second question, no, I don't
> sell
> >  > clothes or hats ...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >      
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