Pouncing??? - The Fedora Lounge To further smooth the hat finish, the surface can be sanded with pumice or emery paper, in a process called pouncing or smoothing John Thompson describes pouncing as "a term for rubbing down the outside of a hat with a piece of pumice stone, sand paper, or emery paper, whereby the hat is made entirely bare, smooth, and fine, resembling a piece
Pouncing - The Fedora Lounge "Now comes the most time consuming part of hatmaking and at the same time, the one that gains the most visible results: the pouncing (sanding) Each hat is pounced for hours and hours Even though our rawbodies are pre-pounced from our felt manufactuer with a 320 grit sandpaper – which is where most hatters stop pouncing
What is pouncing powder or finishing powder? - The Fedora Lounge Gary White gave me some powder to put onto my bone (off white) hat to fix problem blemishes Aureliano, I asked him what is was He said it is a trade secret One that he mixes himself He keeps secrets but also teaches hats at some school around there Go Figure I suspect that it is
Pouncing | Page 2 | The Fedora Lounge Many hatters tout pouncing "by hand", but a pouncing machine (basically a pottery wheel for hats) will produce not only faster results but better results Of course, your "hand" still does 1 2 the work One risk though during pouncing is that you loosen the fur significantly if you use a 400 or less grit sandpaper
Pouncing | Page 3 - The Fedora Lounge To me the pouncing of a felt is the alchemy of hat making It is the fun process but also the one that produces the most anxiety I never know what will be uncovered In a Winchester beaver I uncovered a divot that appeared to be a moth nibble but was just a void in the felt exposed when the top veneer was removed
Sanding felts - The Fedora Lounge As to "singing" ( the correct term for "firing" ) use only an atomizing spray bottle for this Too large a drop will burn the felt longer that you want The only purpose for singing is to remove the finest of hairs left after pouncing and normally only on darker colored hats
Sale of old Doran Danbury machines | The Fedora Lounge Hello everyone, I have a set of used machines, almost most of them are 80 - 85% complete and have the original parts Most are American Doran Danbury machines The machines are hat crown pouncing machines, hat brim pouncing machines, hat brim ironing machines In total there are 10 machines If
What Hat Are You Working On Today? | Page 18 | The Fedora Lounge Sweatband shows a fair amount of time on a head (some gold embossing is worn off) but is in really good condition Felt looks to be in decent shape ( no tears, holes or moth nibbles) and seems to be responding well to steam Crown has a couple fuzzy spots but a little light pouncing should fix that
HNC Hatworks (formerly known as Agnoulita Hats) The pouncing and the detail work is an order of magnitude behind the better custom hatters If you demand perfection this is not your hatter I’ve asked for my current order to be pounced to a finer finish, and I offered to pay a premium for it, so we’ll see how they turn out
Rands Custom Hats - The Fedora Lounge It’s not particularly dense and the whole feel of the hat is a resounding average I changed the brim and after taking it to open crown I re-creased it The felt reminds me of 1970s 5X hats from Stetson and Resistol The build quality is fine, the pouncing is even, and the leather sweatband is supple