RedPop4
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...the Mossant......to the other.
My buddy at work, brought this to me one day. It belonged to his uncle who left the area a couple months ago. He asked me if it was any good and did I want it. He gave me this a couple months ago, it's dirty as hell, especially right around the pinch. I got some hat sponges and worked on it with that for a couple hours yesterday, then worked with Scout light felt cleaner. It's showing minor, very minor improvement. But it's a fantastic Royal Stetson, that I don't want to just pitch.
It's chock full of holes, a few moth nibbles, but I might make it a daily beater, since it has a unique color, and a very unique, somewhat orange-y-brown grosgrain. The ribbon, though, is stained. I may dunk it in naphtha and see what happens. The sweat is in great shape, and it's got that same great bow treatment as the Mossant. I left it sitting on the counter open-crowned sine the day or two after I got it. I simply pushed the crown back in to get the shape you see.
I'm really torn over what to do with it. I don't know if it's worth the $60 or so that Jimmy Pierce would charge to really clean it and reblock it.Meyer the Hatter, on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans is where he purchased this. However their "guy" retired about three years before the storm, and there's no one else in the area. The western shop where I bought the sponges and Scout, won't fool with a fedora. The hat is still somewhat stiff, not at all like the Mossant, but it's got a bit of a chalky feel to it, partly due to the Scout, but partly due to neglect.
My buddy at work, brought this to me one day. It belonged to his uncle who left the area a couple months ago. He asked me if it was any good and did I want it. He gave me this a couple months ago, it's dirty as hell, especially right around the pinch. I got some hat sponges and worked on it with that for a couple hours yesterday, then worked with Scout light felt cleaner. It's showing minor, very minor improvement. But it's a fantastic Royal Stetson, that I don't want to just pitch.
It's chock full of holes, a few moth nibbles, but I might make it a daily beater, since it has a unique color, and a very unique, somewhat orange-y-brown grosgrain. The ribbon, though, is stained. I may dunk it in naphtha and see what happens. The sweat is in great shape, and it's got that same great bow treatment as the Mossant. I left it sitting on the counter open-crowned sine the day or two after I got it. I simply pushed the crown back in to get the shape you see.
I'm really torn over what to do with it. I don't know if it's worth the $60 or so that Jimmy Pierce would charge to really clean it and reblock it.Meyer the Hatter, on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans is where he purchased this. However their "guy" retired about three years before the storm, and there's no one else in the area. The western shop where I bought the sponges and Scout, won't fool with a fedora. The hat is still somewhat stiff, not at all like the Mossant, but it's got a bit of a chalky feel to it, partly due to the Scout, but partly due to neglect.
