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  1. scottyrocks

    I love the Fed IV!!

    I pushed a diamond into this tawny fawn Fed yesterday. The center dent wasn't working for me anymore. Today I'm gonna work on softening up the brim break. I'll post if there's a difference I like.
  2. scottyrocks

    I love the Fed IV!!

    You dig an excellent job creasing it.
  3. scottyrocks

    HUFVUD HATMAKER | Lund, Sweden

    The green hat in your last FB post was outstanding. Would you show it here?
  4. scottyrocks

    Chores That You Really Hate(d)

    By the time you finish, do you have to start all over again?
  5. scottyrocks

    I love the Fed IV!!

    Welcome and congrats. Be sure to either steam or spray it before messing with the felt. You'll do less long-term damage that way.
  7. scottyrocks

    HUFVUD HATMAKER | Lund, Sweden

    Beautiful lines on that crown.^
  8. scottyrocks

    What is going on with this site???

    I haven't been here in over a month due to the continual inability for the site to get me anywhere. Logging in just now, however, was painless. Hopefully it stays that way.
  9. scottyrocks

    What is going on with this site???

    Like many others, I thought it was just me. Took forever to load pages. Then it was better. Then it was slow. Then it was okay. And so on. For weeks.
  10. scottyrocks

    I love the Fed IV!!

    Oh, I'll certainly agree with you regarding the feel of vintage felt vs Akubra felt. But I do get a similar degree of satisfaction using water. The felt is so easy to manipulate when it's wet. And unlike steaming, I have all kinds of time to get it right. I usually do this at night so that...
  11. scottyrocks

    I love the Fed IV!!

    I generally use a spray bottle when shaping/tweaking hats. I have 4 Feds with no spidering.
  13. scottyrocks

    I love the Fed IV!!

    An important part of not damaging felt is to not mess with it dry.
  14. scottyrocks

    I love the Fed IV!!

    I don't know what the general consensus is, but I suspect that a flipped down rear is more Western, and a flipped up rear is more fedora.
  15. scottyrocks

    I love the Fed IV!!

    Well, that looks pretty darn good. Just poke a diamond into the top of that and, voila, taper will be gone.
  16. scottyrocks

    I love the Fed IV!!

    The problem with a cook pot is that it's round, not oval. I don't know how that'll work once its off the pot, creased, and back on your head.
  17. scottyrocks

    I love the Fed IV!!

    Thank you kindly, LC. There's not much that I know of that looks or works like a hat block. One of mine is plastic thing I got online. It works well and wasn't expensive. Here's where I got it: http://www.hatshapers.com/ I got the classic dome. When I got mine, all these sizes weren't...
  19. scottyrocks

    I love the Fed IV!!

  20. scottyrocks

    I love the Fed IV!!

    I'll try to find a before photo so I can position the after photo the same way.
  21. scottyrocks

    I love the Fed IV!!

    I did another refurb on my brown Fed IV, mainly because it has begun too feel just a bit too tight on my head. Pulled out and hand washed the liner, wet the hat and pulled it over one of my blocks. When that had sat a coupla days, I glued the liner back in with the hat still open crown and let...
  22. scottyrocks

    I love the Fed IV!!

    The perceived degree of taper depends very much on the way the hat is creased. A diamond usually results in the least amount of taper.
  23. scottyrocks

    Removing the Reed?

    I have decided not to remove the reed. I pulled it out about a inch and felt the the bottom edge of the small piece of leather that was now reedless. It was no softer or more forgiving than before. I cut off the inch or exposed wire and will let it all be.

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