Show off your Porkpies

[Memo]

Mr E Train's Nostalgia Porkpie is a sight to behold - Brave and Bold and looks bad ass! Great Job

 

[150719541]

Hi Ernest ¡¡¡¡ geatings from S. L.P., México, I am always fixing my hats, because the cost with Haters is so expensive, there are many way to fix the crown-hats, in this hat, I got two fedoras to porky pie, firsth wet and give form like you want, put it dry at sunshine or into a car, when becomes dry, put by back side crown hair spray and the hat will be in this way for a lot time.
Cheers ¡¡¡¡

 

[Mr E Train]

I got two fedoras to porky pie, firsth wet and give form like you want, put it dry at sunshine or into a car, when becomes dry, put by back side crown hair spray and the hat will be in this way for a lot time.

I don't know if I'd recommend that. Wetting the hat, sure, but letting it dry in the sun or a hot car, that's fine if you're trying to shrink the hat. I just set the hat on a hat jack so the sweatband is resting on it and the brim is not resting on any surface, and let the hat air dry at room temperature.

Hair spray? Never used it on a hat, but I guess it's just shellac and won't hurt anything. I sure don't like the smell of it, though.

 

[Mr E Train]

Mr E Train's Nostalgia Porkpie is a sight to behold - Brave and Bold and looks bad ass! Great Job

Thank you, sir! I am very fond of it, myself.

 

[scottyrocks]

Hi Ernest ¡¡¡¡ geatings from S. L.P., México, I am always fixing my hats, because the cost with Haters is so expensive, there are many way to fix the crown-hats, in this hat, I got two fedoras to porky pie, firsth wet and give form like you want, put it dry at sunshine or into a car, when becomes dry, put by back side crown hair spray and the hat will be in this way for a lot time.
Cheers ¡¡¡¡

Drying a hat in an environment as hot as the inside of a car, presumably in summer-like weather, is not something I would recommend. The sweatband can become old before its time, and the felt will almost certainly shrink, leading to perhaps more taper than you were planning on.

Treat your hat like you would treat fine washables - let it sit out to dry in a comfortably cool-to-warm environment. I place my hats right-side-up on the top of a smooth-topped motorcycle helmet. No part of the hat touches anything it wouldnt touch if it was on my head. Works every time.

 

[Sam Craig]

I've been wet forming hats for years, starting with cowboy hats years ago and I've always found that if you let the hat dry on your head, worn naturally, it will form to your head and you'll have a custom fit.

But I agree completely with Scotty, never leave a decent hat in the heat ... especially when it's wet.

Your hat's your best friend ... act like it

Sam

 

[CopperNY]

rather than start a new thread:

i'm looking at a straw porkpie for next summer. best i've come up with is the Dobb's Ripper. any opinions/alternatives?

http://www.hats.com/p/256683/Dobbs-Ripper-Hat.aspx

 

[Mr E Train]

rather than start a new thread:

i'm looking at a straw porkpie for next summer. best i've come up with is the Dobb's Ripper. any opinions/alternatives?

http://www.hats.com/p/256683/Dobbs-Ripper-Hat.aspx

Considering that I have a Dobbs Soul that appears to be constructed of the same kind of weave, and it's one the most comfortable hats I've ever worn, I'd say go for it. I'd probably have a Ripper if I could ever find one in XXL.

 

[Midwest Boater]

Okay, here's that Dobbs. It is actually gray, not tan. I think it came out pretty funky. Actually got a compliment on it at work, first day out. A guy said, 'A porkpie. Awright (in the 'thats cool' tone)!

edit: I just half-sized them and theyre just as big. Oh well.

very nice i prefer the lower crown on a porkie my self . dose it rub the top of your head ? mine dose and i like it that way.

 

[150719541]

very nice i prefer the lower crown on a porkie my self . dose it rub the top of your head ? mine dose and i like it that way.

Original hat, looks fine on you¡¡¡¡

 

[scottyrocks]

Thanks, 150.

MB, when I creased it, I did it both on and off my head. The crown just about touches my head. What I found to be a problem, so to say (because it really isnt a problem), is that the liner, shaped for a higher fedora, doesnt lay flat and smooth in this lower crown and bunches up a bit. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it), the liner has lost just about all of its stiffness and didnt stay put when the hat was a fedora, either. So its not uncomfortable, it just look weird (not smooth and in place) before I put the hat on.

 

[Jauntyone]

Here's a hat that's a double first for me--my first porkpie, and the first time I've ever had, or seen, a vintage hat with this bound and welted brim treatment:

 

[150719541]

Here's a hat that's a double first for me--my first porkpie, and the first time I've ever had, or seen, a vintage hat with this bound and welted brim treatment:

Hi Sir, well suited and good style, you look fine, great hat ¡¡¡¡¡¡

 

[Jauntyone]

Hi Sir, well suited and good style, you look fine, great hat ¡¡¡¡¡¡

Thanks! I must say, the porkpie crown will take a bit of getting used to, but I really like this hat.

 

[Midwest Boater]

scottyrocks well i like the hat on you and it doesn't matter much what it looks like when your not wearing it dose it?

 

[Midwest Boater]

hey Jauntyone that's one sweet looking lid and very jaunty with the brim snapped down like that . mostly i like porkies with the brim snapped up but then folks couldn't see that supper sweet welted trim ive never seen one like that, if you cant get used to it give me a pm just kidding sort of.

 

[DRB]

Here's a hat that's a double first for me--my first porkpie, and the first time I've ever had, or seen, a vintage hat with this bound and welted brim treatment:

I must say that that vintage hat with this bound and welted brim treatment is one of the most unique hats I have seen. I have never seen a brim treatment like that. I absolutely love it ! :eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap

 

[Tom-n-Perris]

Here are a couple of old cowboy hats that I just finished turning into Pork Pies. Gentleman let me know if I was on target with these two hats.

 

[scottyrocks]

Tom, theyre beautiful. I like the darker one, especially. The color of the felt, the ribbon, the way you did the bow, and even the liner. I love the crown height. Wow! The white one is a beauty, too.

 

[Lloyd]

Great job Tom :eusa_clap