nifty device

[smoothsailor]

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[suitedcboy]

Hat version of a push up bra?

 

[randooch]

I have one of these if anyone wants it. I removed it 'cause it felt weird, like a plastic shoe-horn.

 

[Rabbit]

I'm a little dense today. What's it for?

 

[Blackthorn]

I'm a little dense today. What's it for?

It appears to be a device that makes larger hats fit smaller heads.

 

[Mystic]

I have one of these if anyone wants it. I removed it 'cause it felt weird, like a plastic shoe-horn.

I'm not a cat so maybe my curiosity won't kill me.....

Is it flexable plastic material or a hard plastic material?

 

[St. Valentine]

It´s a plastic device to keep the front pinch / crease of the hat in shape. It was pretty common back in the "hat days" here in Germany.
You can still buy them from german hat shops though...

 

[smoothsailor]

[I'm not a cat so maybe my curiosity won't kill me.....

Is it flexable plastic material or a hard plastic material?

It's pretty flexible it says on the device " hut form" so I guess its to keep the shape of a hat, especially the pinch

 

[kaiser]

I have a Wegener that I bought new about 5 years ago that came with one of those things. Does the job of keeping the pinch in shape.

 

[besdor]

Its called a pinch protector. We used to give them out years ago. You could cut the piece to make it lower if needed. I think they are still made on Germany .

 

[mayserwegener]

I see them in German hats from the 1960s and later. I am not sure anyone is still making them but some hat shops in Germany still have inventory.

 

[DNO]

I have a similar item in a stingy brim Stetson Milan. It's clear plastic and even has the Stetson logo on it, if memory serves.