Since you had written this hat off I would use it as a test kitchen and try out all sorts of bashes and brims and methods of forming. Have fun and play.
Jeff
I have a Bluegrass Green Campdraft on order from Everything Australian that I should be getting at the end of January. I have a Hatter 5 miles from my house so part of the idea of getting a new Stetson is to give him business so that I can keep having a hatter 5 miles from my house. I think I...
Thanks for the comments. The dents are going away on there own. The brim tuned down is how I wanted it for this hat. I tend to wear my hats low that way and then push them back on my head if I want eye contact with people or am just sitting around.
Jeff
Ok all you Akubra experts, I bought a Federation Deluxe on ebay it was listed as a No. IV. However on the "I love the Fed IV!" thread it was mentioned that it might be a No. III, do to the ribbon. I love the hat and have redone the crown to get red of the turn, and to put a proper cent crease...
For those of you following my saga I bought a Fed IV Deluxe on ebay that had been bashed for the Indy turn effect. Well I have spent some time unturning it and this is the outcome. I wet is down with distilled water and used a sharpie with paper clamps to hold the front inplace while it...
Thank you Dan. I am in the process of redoing the crown and recentering it and putting a better center dent in it. The hat is sitting on my hutch right now drying.
Jeff
I have not cleaned it, it does not seem to need it. the band is loose on the hat and I have to figure out how to secure it again.
All the hat are Resistols. I was a big Risistol man back in the 70's and 80's. I don't know it they were owned by Stetson then or not. I wear my hats hard and they...
As some of you know I just got a federation IV deluxe off ebay. It was bashed for the "Turn" and I did not like it. My hatter is off until January for blocking and cleaning so I am using the time to mess with the hat on my own knowing that if I really mess it up I can bring it to Delmonico's...
Rob I wore the Black hat I knew it was the right choice. I was just looking for people to talk me into a new hat, but alas no one chimed in to talk me into it.
Jeff
I have not cleaned it, it does not seem to need it. the band is loose on the hat and I have to figure out how to secure it again.
All the hat are Resistols. I was a big Risistol man back in the 70's and 80's. I don't know it they were owned by Stetson then or not. I wear my hats hard and...
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