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What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

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Dlaniger

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San Francisco Hatter today for a trip out. I've been thinking this crease is in need of some revamping. Mike Miller set it after a refurb and new ribbon (which I love) when it was completed a few months ago. I may have to do some research on lower crowned hats of the 1930s. It has a low crown and the center dent accentuates it too much. Steamer coming out tonight...

View attachment 70059 View attachment 70060 View attachment 70061 View attachment 70062 I still think this hat has some age, the liner seems vintage (pre-plastic)

Nice, Red!


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Don't. If you're going to do any serious hat work at all, get thee a proper block.

Or at least a cabbage in your size.



That's not a nice thing to say about your own head.



That does look nice, Terry. Did you post your pouncing, etc. results somewhere? I may have missed them.
No, I didn't get around to doing that yet. I took a couple of pictures of the pouncing I did on it, though. I took off a good deal of material and it's really soft and smooth now. I had fur all over the place. It was a heck of a lot easier to crease afterward. I'll go through my phone and retrieve the pictures and post what I took.
 

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Off to another fundraiser. Could resist stepping out in this 30's Knox. A tribute to our old buddy Matt.
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No, I didn't get around to doing that yet. I took a couple of pictures of the pouncing I did on it, though. I took off a good deal of material and it's really soft and smooth now. I had fur all over the place. It was a heck of a lot easier to crease afterward. I'll go through my phone and retrieve the pictures and post what I took.

Cool. I'm looking forward to it.


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Cool. I'm looking forward to it.


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Here's what I have. I thought I took more pictures, but one during the pouncing is all I took. As you can see, there was a good deal of material coming off. I had to sand then brush away, repeating the process over several times until I felt it was thin enough. Then I used a few different grits of finer sand paper to get a smoother finish...

In the process of pouncing. I had this stuff going all over the place.
It was messy.
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Flanged the brim and creased the crown
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Finished off with a mid ribbon
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Nice color combo on that one, Red. If it's a fairly low crown as you say, you may also want to switch out the wider ribbon for a mid ribbon.

I had to do that with this modern Premier Whippet that Uhu gave me. The crown was just too low for a wider ribbon. The mid ribbon looks more proportionate to the crown height, I think...

Original ribbon
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Mid ribbon I changed to...
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The original plan was to go with a mid ribbon, however the felt had faded under the original (size that is on the hat now) so changing was not an option. There was a shade or two darker under the ribbon. So this is what I ended up with.
 
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Nice collection of lids, as usual. Everyone looks great!

Sorry. Had to wear this one again today. My Silverbelly Resistol Tallboy conversion. I'm kinda warming up to this hat. It's becoming one of my favorites, even if it is a boring Silverbelly color.
Not good lighting to show its true color, I'm afraid.
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Some Hank Williams!


Sr. and Jr. together


All three Hanks

I think it is beautiful, anything but boring. The tall crown is growing on me too.
 
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