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Ole you might be right with the fire hose nozzle idea. I never knew their partnership in the whiskey business came about as a result of a barn fire. I certainly see the resemblance to a nozzle.
 
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Ole you might be right with the fire hose nozzle idea. I never knew their partnership in the whiskey business came about as a result of a barn fire. I certainly see the resemblance to a nozzle.

Well, Jack, not that I ever needed an excuse to buy whiskey. I'm gonna check on availability in AL. Just for the nozzle, of course.
 
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Be VERY careful when steaming that it doesn't wrinkle the sweatband, if it does, it's done for and has to be replaced, I've even seen this happen in a hat shop when someone wasn't attentive enough, I prefer warm water myself.

Do you mean the hat band on the outside?
 
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no the leather sweat band on the inside. The cheaper ones if hit with a direct shot of steam will curl up like a slug that has just been hit with a shot of table salt.


It’s also a great way to see if your sweatband has dry rot. If it shrivels up like bacon and delaminates you know it’s rotten. Steam and sweatbands are a bad combination.
 

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