g.durand
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I had forgotten about how flat the brims are on the Fed IV. I've been tinkering with my first one for five years, and I've only recently gotten the brim into a shape I can live with (and, to be honest, I think the brim had more to do with that than I did by shaping itself). My new one has only the slightest amount of curl to it, and every time I try to change the shape it simply goes back to it's original shape (or lack of). I think I need to do a search on "how to shape a hat brim".
I could never get mine right, either. I finally had some luck soaking the brim with some Bickmore hat stiffener, letting it dry, and then ironing it over a wooden brim flange. It's now just about right.