Ianthepilot
New in Town
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- North-Central Massachusetts
Hello everyone, Ian here.
I've always been a big fan of the fedora, but living in the middle of nowhere and not trusting internet stores has made it impossible to get one anywhere, so the funny notion of making one myself got wedged into my head. I actually started working when I found the basis for my project at the local Salvation army store.
..I think that at one time, it may have been a hat. Maybe.
As it was, it looked like it had been stuffed into a small soup can and left in a pool for a few weeks, but I knew better than to complain.
I used a large pot of boiling water with a strainer perched on top to bring the hat to the sort of shape a blank would have, and from then I've been using a relative's old steam iron, an ironing board, and a large pill bottle to flatten and shape the brim and the crown. I haven't put a hatband on it yet because I'm still looking for some proper grosgrain ribbon to do the job with. I'm leaning towards a 1" black band on the black wool felt. It has a 3" brim, with a 4 1/2" unbashed crown, 4" bashed as it is.
I don't really know what kind of hat it used to be. I just knew I wanted a fedora.
I wanted to put these pictures up (now in a non-hyperlink form!) and get some feedback from you, the experts. I've been doing research on both hats and a few other interests of mine, and I keep finding links to the Lounge where ever I go, so I feel like the people here are the ones who could tell me like it is as far as my little project is concerned.
I've always been a big fan of the fedora, but living in the middle of nowhere and not trusting internet stores has made it impossible to get one anywhere, so the funny notion of making one myself got wedged into my head. I actually started working when I found the basis for my project at the local Salvation army store.
..I think that at one time, it may have been a hat. Maybe.
As it was, it looked like it had been stuffed into a small soup can and left in a pool for a few weeks, but I knew better than to complain.
I used a large pot of boiling water with a strainer perched on top to bring the hat to the sort of shape a blank would have, and from then I've been using a relative's old steam iron, an ironing board, and a large pill bottle to flatten and shape the brim and the crown. I haven't put a hatband on it yet because I'm still looking for some proper grosgrain ribbon to do the job with. I'm leaning towards a 1" black band on the black wool felt. It has a 3" brim, with a 4 1/2" unbashed crown, 4" bashed as it is.
I don't really know what kind of hat it used to be. I just knew I wanted a fedora.
I wanted to put these pictures up (now in a non-hyperlink form!) and get some feedback from you, the experts. I've been doing research on both hats and a few other interests of mine, and I keep finding links to the Lounge where ever I go, so I feel like the people here are the ones who could tell me like it is as far as my little project is concerned.
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