Saving a western is understandable. I'm really in a learning process here and trying to figure out options. After all, it's sat in a box for 35 years and there's no rush.
To that end, I've done a bunch of reading and have taken your input to heart. So far I've learned that this, it would seem...
There's no way that I'm going to attempt to do anything to it myself. That's a sure recipe for disaster!
My preference runs to a lower crown with a brim in the 2 1/2" range.
It is a size 7.
Tom
Why? Seems like a run-of-the-mill hat, and I don't care for a western. It seems a good candidate for a conversion to something I'd get some use out of.
Tom
Thanks for the welcome, and I certainly didn't mean to imply that we're not all wearers first and foremost. Rather, I went off on a Google to find some info on hat reshaping and found this place and was blind-sided. A whole new universe of knowledge and interest that I didn't know existed and...
Hi All -
I found this forum while looking for information on how to convert a hat from western to fedora, so I guess my first post might as well be along those lines.
Back in 1979 I bought myself a Resitol thinking I might like to wear a western. I tried wearing it for a couple of days...
Hi all -
I have to admit that I'm not a hat collector, just a hat wearer. The technical side of hats is currently beyond my knowledge; I just know how to put it on my head and when to take it off and that it's best for all concerned that I not sit on it.
I wear a ragged cloth fedora (I...
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