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Lots of different tricks for that but most of us started in the kitchen. Find yourself a bowl or pot or flower pot, similar in shape to the hats crown and a bit smaller. Glass or steel, avoid plastic for the obvious reasons. Use what you find with your steam to work out the shape. If you iron it, be sure to place a cloth between felt and iron.
Gary, Find the YouTube video "Kevin steaming a hat". This will help give you some idea. As you'll see, the best way is to steam, stiffen, mold, try on, re-do.
Hope this helps. It helped me the first time I steamed an out of joint hat.
Thanks for the advice. I’ll be giving it a crack at some stage this week.