What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

[Dlaniger]

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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[T Jones]

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.

 

[Dlaniger]

Off to another fundraiser. Could resist stepping out in this 30's Knox. A tribute to our old buddy Matt.

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[Frunobulax]

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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[Frunobulax]

Off to another fundraiser. Could resist stepping out in this 30's Knox. A tribute to our old buddy Matt.



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I miss ol' Matt.

Knice Knox.


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[T Jones]

Really interesting how switching to the mid ribbon makes the crown appear so much taller than it does with the wide ribbon.

The wider ribbon just ate up too much of the hat, I think. It was low to begin with and the mid ribbon gave the appearance of a taller crown.

 

[moehawk]

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

What? Old woolie?

 

[Dlaniger]

The wider ribbon just ate up too much of the hat, I think. It was low to begin with and the mid ribbon gave the appearance of a taller crown.

I like them both, but I think I like the wider ribbon for me. Either way the hat looks great!


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[Michael R.]

Off to another fundraiser. Could resist stepping out in this 30's Knox. A tribute to our old buddy Matt.

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REALLY Styling again D ! Looking Good !

 

[FedOregon]

Flea market and my modified Akubra Cattleman, never really liked with the original crease, so I changed it.

Now I love it.

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Super nice!!!

 

[FedOregon]

Now the transformation has finished.. a real Safari Hat with a BobCat handmade hatband !!

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Wow! Crazy wild! Who's that photo-bombing your hat pic, tu hijo? Jajaja at the funny face he's making.

 

[FedOregon]

Thanks, guys - yes way better than me [emoji1]

Warm today - Optimo of Chicago made for Newt at the Royal hat shop keeping me cool

Cheers!
David

Looking cool, and keeping cool! Nice straw!

 

[Chamuco]

Wow! Crazy wild! Who's that photo-bombing your hat pic, tu hijo? Jajaja at the funny face he's making.

That's Santiago my hippie musician son, way back with the red stripped soccer shirt is my mid son Rodrigo, aka "Sport Billy" and his friend Andres

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[T Jones]

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.

Flanged the brim and creased the crown

Finished off with a mid ribbon

 

[FedOregon]

You look real good in both of those tall boy conversions!

 

[FedOregon]

Off to another fundraiser. Could resist stepping out in this 30's Knox. A tribute to our old buddy Matt.

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Dang it, D, that's outstanding!

 

[T Jones]

You look real good in both of those tall boy conversions!

Thank you, buddy.

 

[Redfokker]

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

Mid ribbon I changed to...

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.

 

[Redfokker]

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.

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.

 

[Redfokker]

Dobbs camel today


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Such a nice Dobbs Amos. I would like to see a top down crown view. And a little more of that Mercedes behind you!