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The Conversion Corral
Thank you fellows. I have shaped several brims by hand, but this is my first true brim flanging with a bag. Olė is right. You don't get these kind of results doing it by hand. Maybe with an iron and a flange. That's how I got the last little wrinkles out. Anyway, you really do want to get... -
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The Conversion Corral
Thanks, Mark. That's just how I hop! Happy Easter! Edit - It's pretty amazing how much can be done with a beat up old hat. As long as the felt is sound, all things are possible. -
The Conversion Corral
Thank you sir! I am pleased, so I'm pretty sure the customer will be also. Just need to put the liner & sweatband bow in. Then I'm going to finish Splintercellz' Knapp Felt & resize one for another fella. Looking forward to catching up... -
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The Conversion Corral
Now, after brim cutting, pouncing, and re flanging: The hat is still wet, so the tip is sticking up a bit too much on the hat stand, but that's since been re-shaped to a proper teardrop. I re-blocked on a vintage straight sided block, and notwithstanding that, it does seem to want to... -
The Conversion Corral
During, the ribbon was died to match the "apricot" hat color from a vintage yellow grosgrain... Incidentally, the sweatband bow will be sewn in before I'm done, if you noticed it's not there... -
The Conversion Corral
This will be a photo heavy post. I've been working on a fellow lounger's hat for a while, trying to fix it up and create a clone of my old Playboy. Before: -
Photos of hatters tools
I think I will improve the design by making the bag slightly bigger and sewing it together instead of just bunching it up. I think I'll also sew a collar on the inside of the bag that will fold down over the sand when full, and put grommets and a cord in as you have suggested, so I can tie it... -
Photos of hatters tools
I will look for one of these today. I know what you are talking about, my pool filter has one... Thanks for the suggestions gents! -
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Photos of hatters tools
My wife has some microwave sandbags she puts on her neck. I heated them up & put them on the flanging cloth, then laid the flanging bag on top. I don't know if it will help, but I don't think it will hurt. That has me thinking about making a canvas pillow or donut sandbag that can go in the micro. -
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The oil pan is 16" in diameter. Couldn't find 18" in my town. -
The Conversion Corral
I would cut it with a penknife or a paring knife as if you were skinning an animal - so as to minimize the damage to the felt. Better to cut the sweat than the felt. Then, lay on a sweat to fit, cut it across both sides of the sweat at the overlap in one cut so that they match, and sew it... -
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Home made flanging bag: Oil pan, steel handles, bolts, washers, lock washers, canvas, 50 lbs sand, and some wire. The wire is the weak point. I'm going to have to find a giant hose clamp sort of gadget, but this seems functional to finish the jobs I'm working on at present. -
parbuntal straw hats
Very nice parabuntals gents. It's inspiring me to block a couple of bodies I have been holding onto... -
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Western, anyone?
I like it! I have a similar Resistol 50, but w/o the wide brim binding. Very 1950's cowboy movie... -
The Conversion Corral
I had thought the shadows in the first photo were "pulls" of felt from the edge (I have seen this before), but was viewing on my phone. I looked at the first photo on the desktop and now understand. I agree, it is about as perfect a cut as could be accomplished, and as noted, it actually does... -
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The Conversion Corral
Those are indeed poorly executed and a very well executed raw edges, respectively. I will admit that the second edge does look very sharp & very "finished." That's what I get for having preconceptions. -
The Conversion Corral
This is a matter of personal preference, certainly. Personally, a sharp cut raw edge to me is like a room with no trim - it looks to me as if the hatter could not be bothered to finish the job. Brim binding, sanding, sewn binding, Cavanagh, etc. doesn't matter much to me. I just want a...
