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I received this late-model Borsalino as a gift something like five or six years ago. It has resided in its box ever since. It is (was) too short and tapered of crown to suit my tastes, and too wide of brim.
So I took it apart and put the body on a block to make the crown taller and more vertical of profile. This involved turning some of that brim into crown (of course). I also trimmed off a bit of it with a rounding jack. This is the result ...
I replaced the ribbon with this kinda peach-colored stuff, which I came up with by bleaching some bright orange ribbon (don't ask) that came my way.
And I replaced the sweatband, on account of the original one being of the unreeded variety, which I am unable to reinstall even if I had wished to, which I didn't, seeing how it's nowhere near the quality of its replacement.
So I took it apart and put the body on a block to make the crown taller and more vertical of profile. This involved turning some of that brim into crown (of course). I also trimmed off a bit of it with a rounding jack. This is the result ...
I replaced the ribbon with this kinda peach-colored stuff, which I came up with by bleaching some bright orange ribbon (don't ask) that came my way.
And I replaced the sweatband, on account of the original one being of the unreeded variety, which I am unable to reinstall even if I had wished to, which I didn't, seeing how it's nowhere near the quality of its replacement.