What Hat Are You Working On Today?

[HatsBySam]

This hat belonged to a friend’s grandfather. Grandad was evidently a street performer and used to wear this while performing and pass it around for cash at the end, lol. I’m gonna try to get it fixed up for my friend.

Luckily the brim binding is in good shape, and I’m gonna try hard to keep it that way. Should be able to put in a new sweatband and re-use the original bow.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

 

[moontheloon]

Question for the vintage hat altering mind hive.
I want to add a pencil curl to the brim of this 50s hat... to give it a more Josey Wales inspired feel.
The brim actually feels like it's begging for it to me.

I'd love to hear from those who have done this before... that's what matters most to me... if you've done it or do it regularly.

...anyway... I see the tool available.
Do you recommend the heated iron version?
The non heated version using just steam?
Any educated info would be greatly appreciated.
I've been working on hats for many years just never applied a pencil curl.
Looking forward to hearing from you

 

[Hurricane Jack]

I'd love to hear from those who have done this before... that's what matters most to me... if you've done it or do it regularly.

DD used to do some nice ones using the edge of a cook pot, moving it around to adjust for the radius. I could never master that method. I tried a short piece of surgical tubing but you can’t iron against surgical tubing so I could never smooth out the waves & ripple in the curl.

 

[shopkin]

You could iron against a metal spring like the old tme screen door spring. They come in 0.5 and 0.35-inch diameter