I picked up this size 7 5/8 pure beaver hat with a 2 1/2” brim and a 5” open crown.
How much could the brim and/or crown be increased if it was resized to a 7 3/8?
First snow of the season — heading out in my newly refurbished 3X Resistol.
More info here:
https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/what-hat-are-you-working-on-today.100508/post-3132074
Here is an old Tan Bark 3X Resistol in rough condition that I refurbished. I took 1/2” off of the brim and got rid of 95% of the moth damage. The felt had lots of blotches (chemical spill?) so I attempted to dye it into an Acorn color (actual Rit color used is called Marigold).
Here is...
Here is a Royal Deluxe Viscount that I recently picked up. It has an interesting style with a back bow and 1/2” above and 1/4” below brim binding.
The Viscount appears to be a fairly rare model — Eric @Short Balding Guy has a beautiful one that he features occasionally on WHAYWT.
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