Our Limited Editions are just that. I am using pure beaver felts , new high grade leather sweats, VINTAGE ribbon. Not Vintage like, not Vintage Style, not "New Vintage," but honest to goodness Vintage ribbon collected over the last 15 years for this very purpose. The reason I stress this is that ribbon manufacturing has changed over the years reducing (in my eyes) the quality. Almost all hat ribbon is a mixture of cotton and rayon, making it pliable and workable. The cotton hasn't changed, but the rayon has. Forty years ago it was made from wood pulp but today it is made from synthetics, making it basically stiffer than in the past and less conforming to the curves of the hat.
Since my ribbon supply is limited to what I have been able to collect and to what I am able to find, so will each style of hat offered. The Limited Editions will have a
10 hat limit and the number of available hats to be made will be posted on the product page associated with the hat. Once that limit is reach they will NOT be produced again in that exact style and ribbon combination. I hope you now understand why.
-Art
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