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Today I'll be repairing a hat that is approximately 70-plus years old while maintaining its character. First, I'm going to deconstruct the hat. We use a seam ripper, and then we use snippers.

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“But then, in a typical self-deprecating way,” he added, “Bill would say, ‘Who would be interested in a bunch of old hats?’” Scolded for a Sip of Water: Online grandstanding ...