scottyrocks
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I’ve been meaning to get to this for a while, and finished it last night. I’d put it the Conversion Corral, except that it’s not a non-fedora-to-fedora conversion. Actually, it’s a front-to-back (or back-to-front) conversion.
I had gotten this Fed III in well-used condition about a year and a half ago. It’s amazingly comfortable. It seemed to have been rebuilt when I got it because the liner has no markings of any kind (Akubra has their label in the top of the liner). The sweat band is also amazingly comfy. I don’t know if it’s because it’s the Deluxe sweat, or just a really good replacement.
The felt is worn pretty well in a few places on the hat, at the brim break, and at the top of the front pinch in particular. I don’t handle my hats by the pinch because I know what that can do to them.
A couple of months ago, the felt at the top of the front pinch was at that point where it was just a hair’s breath from forming a small hole. I put the hat away and made a point to do a reversal. I finally did it this weekend.
Normally, when I do a reblock, if the sweat is okay I just remove the liner, fold the sweat down, wet the felt, and slide it onto the block. Since I was reversing the direction of the hat, I removed the sweat, too.
Here’s the front. It’s wet here as I had just sprayed and put the final tweaks into the bash.
Here’s a side view.
On my head:
And before the reblock, old front in the front:
It still feels like it did before the reblock, but to me looks markedly different. I'm very happy with it.
I had gotten this Fed III in well-used condition about a year and a half ago. It’s amazingly comfortable. It seemed to have been rebuilt when I got it because the liner has no markings of any kind (Akubra has their label in the top of the liner). The sweat band is also amazingly comfy. I don’t know if it’s because it’s the Deluxe sweat, or just a really good replacement.
The felt is worn pretty well in a few places on the hat, at the brim break, and at the top of the front pinch in particular. I don’t handle my hats by the pinch because I know what that can do to them.
A couple of months ago, the felt at the top of the front pinch was at that point where it was just a hair’s breath from forming a small hole. I put the hat away and made a point to do a reversal. I finally did it this weekend.
Normally, when I do a reblock, if the sweat is okay I just remove the liner, fold the sweat down, wet the felt, and slide it onto the block. Since I was reversing the direction of the hat, I removed the sweat, too.
Here’s the front. It’s wet here as I had just sprayed and put the final tweaks into the bash.
Here’s a side view.
On my head:
And before the reblock, old front in the front:
It still feels like it did before the reblock, but to me looks markedly different. I'm very happy with it.
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