resizing a hat?

[budward]

If this is a dumb question, please forgive my newbie inquiry: Is it possible to resize a felt hat, to wit, a Christy's Epsom, from, say a 7 3/8 to 7 1/2?

 

[jamespowers]

That will be an easy one. You can do that without much trouble at all. Any decent hat shop should be able to do it---if you do not want to.

Regards to all,

J

 

[ITG]

budarc...there's a hat shop in Fort Worth called Peters Bros...they could probably resize it for you...817-335-1715

 

[IndianaGuybrush]

How about something a little more drastic, like a 7 1/8 to a 7 3/8? In this case my greatest concern would be the hat retaining the shape and size after it has been stretched.

 

[jamespowers]

That should be easy enough as well. You are talking about stretching a hat like that less than an inch in circumference.
I am sure a decent hat shop would be able to do it for you without much trouble at all. If Art can make a 7 1/4 fit my 7 5/8 head then your stretch should be much easier. You might even be able to save the original sweatband.

Regards to all,

J

 

[Biltmore Bob]

If Y'all walk into Peters Bros. It'll be a miracle if y'all don't walk out with a new hat. Forget resizing.

 

[budward]

Thanks, all, for the info. Looks like I'll be headin' to Foat Wuth to see the Peters boys.

 

[SHARPETOYS]

Do it yourself

You can buy a hat stretcher for under 20 bucks on ebay and just do it yourself.

I have one like this

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=14065&item=8177899013&rd=1