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I can only echo what's already been said. I have three Campdrafts, and they all have "floppy ribbon syndrome". As soon as you accept it as a fact of life, you'll sleep better at night.
Your CampDraft is telling you that you move in a forward direction and that its leading ribbon flies to the rear. All 4 of mine do the same. (Well, the last actually now has a medium ribbon over the old ribbon and the ends are sewn.) But the point is that your hat is completely normal.
Just be aware that the wind cord is really cosmetic. Mine failed miserably in a high wind. I had a string blowing from my lapel and a hat blowing down the tarmac at an airport. Not a good thing.
Nice hat.
Enjoy,
Fed
Take it back to an open crown. Then with plenty of steam & a rounded hard object like a ball held on the inside against the point of the crease, work to smooth it out. I usually use a pool or billiard ball to work out dents, dimples & creases. With a little TLC it works great unless the felt is worn slick or shiny.Is there anyway to get the crease out completely?
Take it back to an open crown. Then with plenty of steam & a rounded hard object like a ball held on the inside against the point of the crease, work to smooth it out. I usually use a pool or billiard ball to work out dents, dimples & creases. With a little TLC it works great unless the felt is worn slick or shiny.
I've did it the same way with a rubber hand ball.Also have steam ironed creases out on one of my metal hat strechers,with cloth between iron and felt.Take it back to an open crown. Then with plenty of steam & a rounded hard object like a ball held on the inside against the point of the crease, work to smooth it out. I usually use a pool or billiard ball to work out dents, dimples & creases. With a little TLC it works great unless the felt is worn slick or shiny.
My grandmother had a wooden egg for mending holes in the toe of socks. Your handball would probably be about the right size.I've did it the same way with a rubber hand ball.Also have steam ironed creases out on one of my metal hat strechers,with cloth between iron and felt.
Now I have to look for a wooden egg...Would probably work great.My grandmother had a wooden egg for mending holes in the toe of socks. Your handball would probably be about the right size.
I haven't been able to find one in an antique mall either. I have no idea whatever happened to the one she had.Now I have to look for a wooden egg...Would probably work great.
Now I have to look for a wooden egg...Would probably work great.
I've used a stainless steel mixing bowl as a "forming block" to smooth out previous creases on my hats. It's just large enough to fit loosely over my closed fist but not so large that it fills the crown, and the radius of the bowl's shape is a close enough match to my hats' domed open crown. I don't have an adequate way to apply steam, so I use distilled water in a spray bottle--spray the hat's dome, place the mixing bowl inside the crown, press any visible deformations flat against the bowl from the outside while positioning the bowl where needed, then let the hat dry. It isn't 100% perfect, but it allows me to minimize enough evidence of previous creases so they don't show (or barely show) when I re-crease the hats and, except for having to occasionally replenish my supply of distilled water, didn't require a large outlay of cash for hatter's tools that I'd barely use.Take it back to an open crown. Then with plenty of steam & a rounded hard object like a ball held on the inside against the point of the crease, work to smooth it out. I usually use a pool or billiard ball to work out dents, dimples & creases. With a little TLC it works great unless the felt is worn slick or shiny.
Yep, my mom had one too and she used it,...a lot.....kinda sad I don't have it any more....not that I would use it.My grandmother had a wooden egg for mending holes in the toe of socks. Your handball would probably be about the right size.