indycop
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Ok, I decided to go ahead and trim the brim down on my Camptown. Hopefully I did not butcher my hat! First I outlined 1/8th in. all the way around.
Then I sanded the rough edge.
Then for some unknown reason I couldn't stop myself and removed the liner. I then soaked the hat completely and returned it to open crown to iron out the old creases.
Then that is where I found the crown to be tapered a bit, at least to me!
So its sitting the night out on the stretcher to get the long oval back in. Then I will crease it and shape the brim. I guess I cannot do anything more with the crown until I get a block. So anybody have advice, tips, etc.....?
![PA300014.jpg](http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc303/jhannafo/PA300014.jpg)
![PA300015.jpg](http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc303/jhannafo/PA300015.jpg)
Then I sanded the rough edge.
![PA300019.jpg](http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc303/jhannafo/PA300019.jpg)
Then for some unknown reason I couldn't stop myself and removed the liner. I then soaked the hat completely and returned it to open crown to iron out the old creases.
![PA300020.jpg](http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc303/jhannafo/PA300020.jpg)
Then that is where I found the crown to be tapered a bit, at least to me!
So its sitting the night out on the stretcher to get the long oval back in. Then I will crease it and shape the brim. I guess I cannot do anything more with the crown until I get a block. So anybody have advice, tips, etc.....?
![PA300021-1.jpg](http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc303/jhannafo/PA300021-1.jpg)
![PA300022-1.jpg](http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc303/jhannafo/PA300022-1.jpg)