monbla256
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I really don't want to poke holes in my hat, but if I cut the stem down im afraid the back won't grab. I have put a different pin on for now, with a shorter stem. Are the pinch/clutch backs not the best types of pin back to use? What else is there available?
Cedric,
To get a pin to set flat against the ribbon and crown, the pin would have to go thru the felt but then you would have the clasp/button part of the pin sticking out into the sweat and possibly your head. Might be just a bit irritating for sure. Go to a store that sells western hats and see how the clasp part of one of the JBS branding iron pins that you can get on some Stetson westerns is configured and ask how they are attached. I'm not a hat pin user on my felts but do have several pearl stickpins on the silk puggs on my Montecristi Panamas but they go into the hat band only.