Hello folks,
Been lurking a while and figured I'd share my tale. Even though I've been known for wearing odd hats since my youth (even fir), I had no intention of wearing a fedora. Recently, I was helping my 93 year old aunt go through some things as she has finally decided to move out of her home and in with relatives. She wanted me to pull some old hat boxes out of a closet.
Hmmm, suddenly I started thinking about my grandfather's old fedoras and I hoped for the best. After finding 3 boxes of hats that were my grandmother's (my sister loves them), there it was...a Stetson box!
Although there was no Stetson inside, there was the attached Morrison Hats-Famous Fifteen fedora, in 'very' good condition...and it fits! It was sitting on that shelf for about 50 years, just waiting for me.
About the bash as I found it...I'd describe it as more of a smash! LOL! I took some steam to it and did a nice center dent and two tight pinches. I love this shape the most, but there wasn't enough clearance for me, so I compromised and did this somewhat loose teardrop. I say loose in that the creases are not pinched/folded really tightly, which I don't like that much.
I was a little concerned about wearing it and needing to replace the sweatband at some point and thought about hanging it up and getting a new one like it to wear, but the more I considered the situation, the more I realized I needed to go vintage, even if it ends up needing work. How wonderful to be able to wear my grandfather's hat.
Andy
Been lurking a while and figured I'd share my tale. Even though I've been known for wearing odd hats since my youth (even fir), I had no intention of wearing a fedora. Recently, I was helping my 93 year old aunt go through some things as she has finally decided to move out of her home and in with relatives. She wanted me to pull some old hat boxes out of a closet.
Hmmm, suddenly I started thinking about my grandfather's old fedoras and I hoped for the best. After finding 3 boxes of hats that were my grandmother's (my sister loves them), there it was...a Stetson box!
Although there was no Stetson inside, there was the attached Morrison Hats-Famous Fifteen fedora, in 'very' good condition...and it fits! It was sitting on that shelf for about 50 years, just waiting for me.
About the bash as I found it...I'd describe it as more of a smash! LOL! I took some steam to it and did a nice center dent and two tight pinches. I love this shape the most, but there wasn't enough clearance for me, so I compromised and did this somewhat loose teardrop. I say loose in that the creases are not pinched/folded really tightly, which I don't like that much.
I was a little concerned about wearing it and needing to replace the sweatband at some point and thought about hanging it up and getting a new one like it to wear, but the more I considered the situation, the more I realized I needed to go vintage, even if it ends up needing work. How wonderful to be able to wear my grandfather's hat.
Andy
I had one years ago, but it fell apart.
