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As I understand it, that was started by John Stetson to pay homage to earlier hatters who suffered from mercury poisoning.
I have performed a couple of searches and come up empty. My query is: what is the little bow usually seen at the rear of the sweatband for?
I could understand if there was a cord that wound around the inside of the sweatband that would be used to tighten a sweatband, but that's not the case. I can't see the usefulness, other than perhaps looks.
Cliff
As I understand it, that was started by John Stetson to pay homage to earlier hatters who suffered from mercury poisoning.
Ahhhhhhhhh! Now I get it, so my second assumption was correct. Interesting that one would need to reblock a hat to correct this problem. My campdraft suffers from the same syndrome (or worse) as your last picture. My OR is much more sleek looking, front to back, whereas my campdraft has a much blockier almost stovepipe appearance. I have tried redoing the top crease and the side dents, but they don't want to hold beyond a certain point. Thanks for the response, I appreciate the input.
I'm sure this is the effect you're talking about, Bernie.
The Winner's a fairly stiff, heavy Milan braid and there's a good amount of curl to the brim, so when you turn the brim down, the curl reflects itself in what you refer to as a "bubble" (I call it the "beak" because it looks like a bird's beak when viewed from the side). I've come to expect this of hats of this type, and it doesn't bother me. Lighter, softer weaves are of course less likely to have the "bubble." You could always try to flatten it out by applying water or steam. I'm anxious to see pics of what the hat looks like now. I'll probably think it looks fine the way it is.
Okay, the last question worked well, so I'll pose another. At only a dozen or so hats, my wife is tired of hatboxes taking up space. How do you gents store your hats, in order to keep them clean and orderly?
Can someone please explain what you do to convert jpeg photos so I can post photos on this site. I am clueless.
The one I use is a free service.Thanks for the reply. I don"t think (through my wife) I am a member of any photo hosting site. I will have to look into it.