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Show us your Stingy Brims

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How soon we forget this stingy thread...

Gots to love them Stingies, or as I call 'em, "SLIMBRIMS!"
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bolthead

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Newest Stingy in the stable (I seem to have quite a few...) Stetson Royal De Luxe back bow with a pork pie crown. The brim is right on the "stingy" edge at 2". This hat is very high quality for the era, which is probably late 1950s. Key hole size tag and maple leaf in Stetson crest. The felt is very supple with a factory pork pie/telescope crease. It also has one of the lower crowns in my collection at 4". Super nice hand and good quality sweat.

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quikrick

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I hardly ever leave things as they are for long. This vintage Cavanagh is shown earlier in this thread (and others). After looking at other hats similar to this one, I noticed that most have a taller crown. This hat is so easy to work with, it will do anything for me. The crown at the front is now 4 1/4" and 3 3/4" at the rear, I added a little rake. I also gave it a sort of squared at the corners tear drop bash with a little pinch. I tried to make it as flat as possible at top, with the rake though.
I actually tried to copy a hat that I saw on the Twilight Zone (Netflix) about a used car salesman who could not tell a lie (forced to tell the truth), pretty funny.
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...This vintage Cavanagh is shown earlier in this thread (and others). After looking at other hats similar to this one, I noticed that most have a taller crown...
This is one of the things that is keeping me from owning a true Pork Pie--crown height. Well, that and crown taper. The crown height you listed would be the absolute lowest I could go and still have the hat fit on my head properly, but the crown would also have to be completely straight-sided. Almost every Porker I've seen is pre-creased at 4" or lower and would sit on top of my head like a cheap party hat. Also, I'd need a brim about 2" wide. Other than that, your hat is exactly how I'd like mine to look...except maybe brown...and a ribbon slightly lighter in color than the felt...and...



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