The Conversion Corral

[T Jones]

Really cool Terry. This one is a keeper!

Thank you buddy.

 

[scottyrocks]

Reworked, reblocked, and resized this Resistol 3X. I watched and recorded Open Range the other night and I liked Costner's hat so well in that movie that I used it as the inspiration to change the style of this hat. My Costner inspired Open Range hat. I got the crease set and the brim shaped. I'm letting it dry for a while. It must've come out pretty good because when I put it on and showed my wife she was speechless and kept staring at it with wide eyes. She never displayed a reaction like that to my other hats. She must've been really impressed. I'm going to wear it out next time we go to the store together....I'll have more pictures later when I'm finished with it.

That is superb.

I watched the movie the other day, and I, too, am always looking at Costner's hat, sometimes to the exclusion of everything else in the frame.

I ordered one of those blocks/shapers the other day, and I now know which hat I'm gonna try it on first.

 

[T Jones]

That is superb.

I watched the movie the other day, and I, too, am always looking at Costner's hat, sometimes to the exclusion of everything else in the frame.

I ordered one of those blocks/shapers the other day, and I now know which hat I'm gonna try it on first.

Thank you Scotty. I always liked Costner's hat in that movie. I studied that hat pretty much and used it for the inspiration of the one I just finished.

I did this hat on that same plastic block we were discussing.

 

[T Jones]

My Costner inspired Open Range hat conversion, on the head. Still have to figure out a hat band.

 

[scottyrocks]

Thank you Scotty. I always liked Costner's hat in that movie. I studied that hat pretty much and used it for the inspiration of the one I just finished.

I did this hat on that same plastic block we were discussing.

Yes, I saw it perched atop said block.

 

[Tukwila]

My Costner inspired Open Range hat conversion, on the head. Still have to figure out a hat band.

That's really quite amazing. It looks just like the Open Range Costner hat. What a talent you have.

 

[T Jones]

That's really quite amazing. It looks just like the Open Range Costner hat. What a talent you have.

Thank you buddy. I really appreciate that.

 

[hatophile]

My Costner inspired Open Range hat conversion, on the head. Still have to figure out a hat band.

Spittin image Terry.

 

[T Jones]

Spittin image Terry.

Ha! Thank you Perry!

 

[hatophile]

Ha! Thank you Perry!

Well of course I meant the hat, you're much better looking than Costner...

 

[T Jones]

Well of course I meant the hat, you're much better looking than Costner...

Oh yes. Definitely!

 

[Desert dog]

Reworked, reblocked, and resized this Resistol 3X. I watched and recorded Open Range the other night and I liked Costner's hat so well in that movie that I used it as the inspiration to change the style of this hat. My Costner inspired Open Range hat. I got the crease set and the brim shaped. I'm letting it dry for a while. It must've come out pretty good because when I put it on and showed my wife she was speechless and kept staring at it with wide eyes. She never displayed a reaction like that to my other hats. She must've been really impressed. I'm going to wear it out next time we go to the store together....I'll have more pictures later when I'm finished with it.

Man, you do some great movie westerns! You have a real eye for replicating. Beautiful work.

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[Cornshucker77]

Reworked, reblocked, and resized this Resistol 3X. I watched and recorded Open Range the other night and I liked Costner's hat so well in that movie that I used it as the inspiration to change the style of this hat. My Costner inspired Open Range hat. I got the crease set and the brim shaped. I'm letting it dry for a while. It must've come out pretty good because when I put it on and showed my wife she was speechless and kept staring at it with wide eyes. She never displayed a reaction like that to my other hats. She must've been really impressed. I'm going to wear it out next time we go to the store together....I'll have more pictures later when I'm finished with it.

Love it Terry. Great job. Making a wife speechless is an accomplishment too.

 

[Cornshucker77]

My Costner inspired Open Range hat conversion, on the head. Still have to figure out a hat band.

Outstanding.

 

[T Jones]

Man, you do some great movie westerns! You have a real eye for replicating. Beautiful work.

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Thank you buddy. I really appreciate that.

 

[T Jones]

Love it Terry. Great job. Making a wife speechless is an accomplishment too.

Ha! I'm inspired to make another one!

 

[T Jones]

Outstanding.

I have more pictures that I'll be posting soon.

 

[T Jones]

More pics of my Resistol 3X Costner inspired Open Range conversion. It started off as a size 7 1/4 but was still too tight for me. I took it apart and resized it on a 23 1/4 plastic straight sided dome Hat Shaper. The open crown was lowered to six inches from its original 6 1/2 inches. I did gain more brim but not uniformly. I got 4 1/4 inches on one side and 4 1/8 inches on the other side. Front and back of the brim remained at 4 inches. The brim width was an easy fix. I trimmed off the excess on each side and was able to maintain the hat's original 4 inches brim width all around and still had a relatively tall open crown. Two Western hats that I've always admired were Costner's Open Range hat and Selleck's Quigley Down Under hat. Although I was more strongly inspired by the Open Range hat I did bring an element of the Down Under hat to this conversion. I really liked the fuller brim of Quigley's hat over Costner's more squeezed in looking brim, if that's a good enough description. But definitely the crown crease and over all look of this conversion was inspired by Costner's Open Range hat.

On the block

Ironing the brim

Tacked new sweat in place with temporary stitches

New sweat sewn in with permanent stitches and the temporary stitches are cut and removed

Hat sprayed down with water, but not soaking, to shape the brim and crease the crown. Then let it dry...

Dry and ready to wear

Top angle showing the mule kick in the back and side dent

On the head. Different angles. This hat is really comfortable.

Open Range

Quigley Down Under

 

[steur]

More pics of my Resistol 3X Costner inspired Open Range conversion. It started off as a size 7 1/4 but was still too tight for me. I took it apart and resized it on a 23 1/4 plastic straight sided dome Hat Shaper. The open crown was lowered to six inches from its original 6 1/2 inches. I did gain more brim but not uniformly. I got 4 1/4 inches on one side and 4 1/8 inches on the other side. Front and back of the brim remained at 4 inches. The brim width was an easy fix. I trimmed off the excess on each side and was able to maintain the hat's original 4 inches brim width all around and still had a relatively tall open crown. Two Western hats that I've always admired were Costner's Open Range hat and Selleck's Quigley Down Under hat. Although I was more strongly inspired by the Open Range hat I did bring an element of the Down Under hat to this conversion. I really liked the fuller brim of Quigley's hat over Costner's more squeezed in looking brim, if that's a good enough description. But definitely the crown crease and over all look of this conversion was inspired by Costner's Open Range hat.

On the block

Ironing the brim

Tacked new sweat in place with temporary stitches

New sweat sewn in with permanent stitches and the temporary stitches are cut and removed

Hat sprayed down with water, but not soaking, to shape the brim and crease the crown. Then let it dry...

Dry and ready to wear

Top angle showing the mule kick in the back and side dent

On the head. Different angles. This hat is really comfortable.

Open Range

Quigley Down Under

Another successful project, Terry. Love these pictures; they show very well how you did it. Congrats.

 

[T Jones]

Another successful project, Terry. Love these pictures; they show very well how you did it. Congrats.

Thank you, steur!