Crease your hat with a rolling pin...

[DJH]

Here's how I crease my hats in a minute or less...

[video=youtube;v1R3qWa9zz8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1R3qWa9zz8[/video]

The finished jobbie:

What are your creasing secrets?

 

[alanfgag]

What a nice little movie... fun to hear your voice. No special secrets to add. I use my Jiffy steamer (most used electric appliance in the house after the coffee grinder) - two fingers fore and aft for a center dent, same two fingers port and starboard if I want to add a diamond shape. Pinches are a little more involved.

 

[Cicero]

Nice video and a helpful one for me.
Thumbs up.

 

[scottyrocks]

That looks pretty fool-proof. Nice job.

 

[HeyMoe]

Awesome!

What's on the hat you creased?

 

[Lefty]

What a nice little movie... fun to hear your voice.

+1. Nice tutorial.
The voice you hear is seldom the one you expect.

 

[randooch]

Fun video, David!

 

[RBH]

Nice job David.
Thanks!

 

[Ordinary Guy]

I had a hat creased with a rolling pine once...

I came home rather late and smelling of copious amounts of alcohol.... Mrs OG creased my hat into a center dent that night, yes she did......

Seriously though, great idea. I hadn't thought of that at all....

I will have to give it a try next time.....

Here is one from me.....

I have a cast aluminum patio table cast in a circle....

Now the nice thing about that is the edge is curved under just like a flange....

Of course in the warmer months I am wearing my Panama's and if needed I just spray a bit of distilled water on the brim, work it in with my fingers and wrap the brim around the edge of the table.. Like you I leave the hat to sit on the table to dry - usually quite quickly because it doesn't take much water at all to shape the brim once it has been worked in with your fingers..

 

[Kirk H.]

David, that is a great tutorial. I am going to give it a try on one of my center dents that needs reshaping.
Thanks again for sharing.

Kirk

 

[Aureliano]

What a nice little movie... fun to hear your voice. No special secrets to add. I use my Jiffy steamer (most used electric appliance in the house after the coffee grinder) - two fingers fore and aft for a center dent, same two fingers port and starboard if I want to add a diamond shape. Pinches are a little more involved.

+1 exactly the same way. Jiffy and fingers. + 1 also on the jiffy being the most used electric thing in the house!

+1. Nice tutorial.
The voice you hear is seldom the one you expect.

+1

 

[job]

Which Jiffy steamer would you recommend.

 

[DJH]

Thanks for the comments, guys.

I've also used steaming, but I've found that wetting the felt works better for me, especially if I want to bring an already creased hat back to open crown.

OG, I've had one or two of those spousily applied rolling pin creases in my time as well. I don't recall having a hat for protection at the time though

Moe - not sure I understand your question, mate.

Here's another quick tip

A hat block is a great way to be able to bring a creased hat back to open crown and you can usually find them pretty cheap on eBay. Make sure you get one a little smaller than your actual size - if you don't your hat won't fit unless you remove the sweatband. I wear 7 or 7 1/8 hats and my block is 6 7/8 which works nicely.

 

[tonyb]

Glad you mentioned that bit about blocking the hat first, David. It certainly makes getting evidence of the old crease out of the crown a heckuva lot easier.

As to those center dents inflicted by the lovely missus ...

Why Bill Bailey didn't come home ....

 

[tonyb]

BTW, congrats to all with better impulse control than mine for resisting the urge to make Herman Cain (or Bill Clinton or John Edwards or Arnold Schwarzenegger, etc.) jokes in this thread, which is, of course, about hats.

I noticed no lumps on the fella's head during that speech he delivered this afternoon. But, come to think of it, he was wearing sunglasses.

 

[monbla256]

Which Jiffy steamer would you recommend.

I have an older used J-1 which is still made. Here's their website and you can order direct from them :
http://www.jiffysteamer.com/

 

[alanfgag]

Ninety-nine dollars from SewingMachinesPlus with free shipping. Great product.

 

[Jedwbpm]

I would go for the J2 clothes steamer and then get the hat nozzle for $15.00. This makes it double use and you can pawn it off as a family tool and not a hat toy.

Jeff

 

[ThatHatGuy]

Very cool, I never thought of using a rolling pin, but being a single male, rolling pin is something I do not have. To get that prefect pinch, use the bottom parts of your palm, and push in. It makes it very nice ever time.

 

[srserl]

You could always use a bottle of scotch instead of a rolling pin.