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Saying well done to you is getting tiresome. Do something wrong for God's sake man.

That's the only thing I'm envious of in the US,the space. Must be great. Thanks for the cool on the hat.

I applaud your skills Chuck but I do wish you guys would talk English. Wots a burb?

Welcome neighbour! Website looking good. Lots of friends here.

Thanks Bill. Appreciate it.

Thanks Mr Black. It's all veg tan, yes there's wire in the brim and it's not lined. Didn't make it for constant wearing. Of course a lining could be installed at any time.

Have been out and about today picking free grapes. Now have loads. On the journey for sure now.

Are you referring to my wizard hat Fred?

I've got one of those sharpened hole saws somewhere. Don't think I've ever used it. That mini rolling mill makes it so easy to do circles. I would have thought that even the soft part of the hole saw would do the job if the edge wasn't so fine to make it fold over i.e a blunter edge. Even mild steel is much harder than leather.

Fool that I am have decided to have a go this year. Know nothing about it except picking up bits through life. Only been here for 3 yrs and last year there was so few bunches that I didn't bother but this year there's about 5 times more. There's still not enough to make it worthwhile so I'll have to supplement with either more grapes from somewhere or some concentrate. A couple peeps on facebook don't want theirs so I'm going tomorrow to see what's left. A whole new learning curve coming up and equipment to buy but two of my daughters will no doubt push me to get it done.

Thanks Bob. Took a while though. Ordered the red and black cord cos wasn't sure which one would have the most impact but I think the black is right.

Finally got the cord to finish the Corset hat.

Well done mate they look good. Just measured a rivet and they want a surprising 4mm. Will order some now.

More like it mate. I'll do a search.

Just a simple rivet size tube needed Keith. Where my dies have a wood core it would be simple to just drill a hole and glue a tube in to save working out where to punch every time.