Recent content by scottyrocks

That's a great story. You did a very nice thing.

Popcorn covered with melted dark chocolate and mini M&Ms.

So, my softening of the brim break was successful, afaic. Pictures of it don't show anything so there are none here. For those of you who may not know what this means, the brim break is the angle where the brim begins in relation to the crown. Think of it as a 90* angle, although it isn't...

I pushed a diamond into this tawny fawn Fed yesterday. The center dent wasn't working for me anymore. Today I'm gonna work on softening up the brim break. I'll post if there's a difference I like.

You dig an excellent job creasing it.

The green hat in your last FB post was outstanding. Would you show it here?

By the time you finish, do you have to start all over again?

Welcome and congrats. Be sure to either steam or spray it before messing with the felt. You'll do less long-term damage that way.

Beautiful lines on that crown.^

I haven't been here in over a month due to the continual inability for the site to get me anywhere. Logging in just now, however, was painless. Hopefully it stays that way.

Like many others, I thought it was just me. Took forever to load pages. Then it was better. Then it was slow. Then it was okay. And so on. For weeks.

Oh, I'll certainly agree with you regarding the feel of vintage felt vs Akubra felt. But I do get a similar degree of satisfaction using water. The felt is so easy to manipulate when it's wet. And unlike steaming, I have all kinds of time to get it right. I usually do this at night so that...

I generally use a spray bottle when shaping/tweaking hats. I have 4 Feds with no spidering.

An important part of not damaging felt is to not mess with it dry.

I don't know what the general consensus is, but I suspect that a flipped down rear is more Western, and a flipped up rear is more fedora.