Bebop
Practically Family
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- Location
- Sausalito, California
I "won" a Sovereign twenty that was soft, pliable and a pleasure to touch from ebay and sent it to my local hatter to get it reblocked and cleaned. Yesterday my wife picked it up and when I opened the box I was insulted by a hat that was as stiff as any new Stetson cowboy hat :cry: . I did not want to have stiffener applied to the hat. I did not even think I would have to tell this guy that but I guess I should have. I am not that experienced with hatters. Is this a normal thing to do when reblocking a hat? Why do they stiffen a hat when not requested to do so?