shortbow
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Hey all, here's a wee tip that will give the purists and sophisticates a bad case of the willies.
I recently bought a NOS Champ fedora sold as a 7, but which fit more like a 71/4. I tried various approaches to sizing it down, including shoving stuff inside the sweatband, but remained frustrated enough to try this:
I turned the sweatband down and saturated it with water from a spray bottle. I then force-dried it with a heat gun. This shrank the leather and pulled the hat with it. It now fits perfectly. If you want to try this, you must be sure to keep the heat gun or dryer moving so as not to burn or embrittle the leather.
No guts no glory!lol
I recently bought a NOS Champ fedora sold as a 7, but which fit more like a 71/4. I tried various approaches to sizing it down, including shoving stuff inside the sweatband, but remained frustrated enough to try this:
I turned the sweatband down and saturated it with water from a spray bottle. I then force-dried it with a heat gun. This shrank the leather and pulled the hat with it. It now fits perfectly. If you want to try this, you must be sure to keep the heat gun or dryer moving so as not to burn or embrittle the leather.
No guts no glory!lol