Thank you. I believe I went too low for the crown but the proportions are there. Maybe a Woomera or a Sombrero can do one. More than 4" brim is needed for me.
Well it have arrived like this.
Doesn't feel like wool... probably a mix of wool and bunny fur. It's made on 2 parts, not a unique hat body, 3 3/4" brim, and what's left of the sweatband seems to be painted gold with the hatter mark/brand. Sweatband is shot and needs replacement.
It's...
I think it was Hurricane Jack that keeps talking about a planter hat... so after I got a 3rd Resistol Stagecoach Turkey Creek in black, I decided to give it a go.
After I open crown the hat and wet it I did this
That ended like this (it's up to you how low you want to go) and let it dry...
I traveled several times by airplane with a 4" brim hat. Always on my head. No problem at all. UK weather did it worst than the travel (train/bus/plane) itself.
Luck and skill? What luck and skill? I'm terrible at those. I only though of a way to do it easily.
Must find the Stagecoach I did the process I tried to describe.
I think you are trying to hard. I did a similar crease and didn't needed such "brute force".
I wet the crown, use my head to push it inverted (like trying to reverse the hat) and let it dry. Later pushed the top of the crown up. It's hard to explain...
Not that bad. One of my black Tom Mix is a 61 (7 5/8) and I wear a 58 LO or a 59... not the most comfortable hat to wear but still not my worst comfortable hat to wear.
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