What is your favorite hat crease?

[Neophyte]

Tom hasn't quite reached Jimmy's level of felt-whisperin', but he's getting eerily close...

 

[HatsEnough]

The crease that the hat I am currently creasing seems to want to be...Listen to the crown felt & it'll tell you how it wants to be shaped...see the felt, feel the felt, hear the felt, be one with it....

You probably can't hear it, baby, but right now I am snapping my fingers in approval.

 

[DJH]

My ideal is to start with a nice straight crown, then add a simple center crease with a well defined front pinch.

The hat in my avatar is an example of how I like my hats to look.

 

[gtdean48]

Tom hasn't quite reached Jimmy's level of felt-whisperin', but he's getting eerily close...

The Chief whispers to the felt. I listen to it = Yin & Yang...

 

[jwalls]

My favorite crease, but it requires a tall crown.

 

[hatophile]

Man, jwalls, I love that hat!

 

[jwalls]

That hat is one of those I made on a 1550 directional block. We found this set of blocks in New York a while back and I have made 6 hats on them so far, 2 for myself. I really like the way they come out.

 

[hatophile]

I love the color combo. Excellent job.

 

[Lastmohecken]

On an all weather hat, like a cowboy hat with a tall enough crown, I am ok with the cattleman's crease, as it sheds water in the rain, really well, where a Teardrop crown will hold water, but the style now for a lot of those hats is a low crown and a cattleman's crease. Those I have to change, as the cattleman's crease takes up more hight then a nice Teardrop, or sometimes I go with a Gus Crease on Western's.

My Fedora's are all Teardrop, so far, however I have a Black Cowboy Conversion, with a tall crown and went with a teardrop wth a lot rake, and found that it looked maybe too tall, for some reason, so I lowered it some and now it has very little rake, but I don't Know, I may try again on it. Maybe I will try the center bash with pinch points on it.

 

[jcmjrt]

I'm still experimenting with different styles and colors (and having fun too!) but I'm definitely loving my low crown stingy brim porkpie and diamond crease hats. I tend to like the center dent with front pinches with a 3 inch brim. The only bash that I typically don't like, I don't know the name of - it's the type that the new Stetson Open Roads have with a top center den tand a long parallel dent in each side (not just front pinches but length of the crown on each side). Is there a web page out there with pics showing each basic bash and its name?

 

[zetwal]

The only bash that I typically don't like, I don't know the name of - it's the type that the new Stetson Open Roads have with a top center den tand a long parallel dent in each side (not just front pinches but length of the crown on each side). Is there a web page out there with pics showing each basic bash and its name?

That's the cattleman. Others will post one or another chart for you.

 

[zetwal]

OK here's one.

 

[ryanbolson]

Fedora: Center Dent, ,medium pinch... because it just works for me.
Western: Center Dent, forward slope, aka 'Montana Slope' aka "Gus". Nothing extremely, just a easy downward slope from back to front. Why? Because it is different.

 

[jcmjrt]

Hey Zetwal! Thanks for the info and chart!

 

[zetwal]

My pleasure ...

 

[150719541]

I like teardrop with high front crown ¡¡¡

 

[El Sid]

That hat is one of those I made on a 1550 directional block. We found this set of blocks in New York a while back and I have made 6 hats on them so far, 2 for myself. I really like the way they come out.

Mr. Jwalls, that hat is unique! Would you mind describing a 1550 directional block? I guess I'm asking what it looks like. Thank you.

 

[jwalls]

El Sid,
The block is taller on the back than the front. When a diamond or 'C' crease is put in the hat it is very square. Looks very Early 30's style.

 

[The Good]

My favorite's the teardrop crease. Two of my felt hats (and one wool) have them, and it's the one that I think looks the best on me. I don't really go for the tall crowned look, at least not more than 4 1/2 inches. A teardrop comfortably resting on my head in terms of size, and being at 4 to 4 1/4 inches is my ideal. I think the cattleman's crease is cool though, there is something undeniably western about it that I enjoy, which may or may not be a reason some of you dislike it. My Open Road has it, but it's modern.

 

[El Sid]

Very interesting, Jwalls. Thank you for the info.