DOGMAN
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B.J.Hedberg,nice work on the Sunbody hat.Javadave,keep up the good work practice makes prefect.
but the challenge of this particular hat is the continuously wavy brim.
That's my DIY method since I don't have the blocks to reflange a hat properly.
What also could be the problem is the fact that your head shape is different that the oval of the hat, if so it can give a slight "wave" effect to your brim once you put it on.
... I sprayed it down with water and used my thumbs and fingers to curl up the sides a little and to put a fedora curl on it.
Here's a Resistol Stagecoach that John Galt originally converted for me, but I messed with it so much that I had to reblock it and rework the brim as well. I ironed out the brim, then I sprayed it down with water and used my thumbs and fingers to curl up the sides a little and to put a fedora curl on it. I've done a few of my hats like that and have had good results that way. But now I have a brim flange to work with.
Now there's a fact. More than any of my other hats, this particular one feels "rounder" than my long oval head.
Nice one, Terry. I do the same trick for brim curl. I do not have a brim flange.....yet.
Now there's a fact. More than any of my other hats, this particular one feels "rounder" than my long oval head.
You won't be sorry getting a brim flange. It does a nice crisp looking job.
Here's a vintage stetson 3x I've been playing around with and finally finished. Was white dyed it navy blue. Gave it new ribbons,wind cord and sweatband. Upsized it as well was a 7 1/4 now 7 1/2.