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I have a handful of these reconfigured westerns in my lineup as well DH and enjoy them for all the reasons you mentioned.
I really like the 6 ply ribbon on that. You don't find those anymore. Keep plugging away at it.Resistol 3X that I quickly modified to a wide brim “fedora.” No work of art, but for me it’s a much easier hat to wear than the western it started it’s life as.
It arrived poorly packaged:
And it was one dusty SOB:
My conversions aren’t really about converting a western into a fedora as much as it is about making them hybrids. A 3.25” brim, tall crown, and a fedora crease give me a rugged hat that isn’t “cowboy.” I like western hats, but I’m more comfortable in fedoras and these in between hats. As a bonus, they are stout all-weather hats that shrug off abuse. The larger brims also provide better sun protection than fedoras. Just another way of seeing things.
Brent
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I really like the 6 ply ribbon on that. You don't find those anymore. Keep plugging away at it.
Thanks buddy. I appreciate that. The thing with conversions, have in mind what you're wanting to accomplish. Be patient and take your time with it, especially with the details....and don't give up. Stay with it.Thanks Terry. The quality of your work makes me uncomfortable posting in this thread. You do some outstanding conversions.
I thought I would attempt to follow you, but I’m leaving the high-end stuff to others and my conversions are just repurposed westerns. I enjoy wearing them as outdoorsy hats. I’m much happier with my fedora/city hats coming from those who actually know what they’re doing.
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You're being pretty tough on this one,TJ.I think it looks good and the proportions seem right on.Great looking conversions humanshoes. I wish I could say the same for the one I just finished. This one started out as a 7 1/8 Stagecoach with a nice crown height and a wide 4 inch brim. The hat was way too small for me, though. I took it apart and sized it up to a 7 1/4. Even though the crown was lowered I still lost brim width which has me bummed out over this conversion. As far as the brim width to crown height proportion it's actually spot on. The brim shape and the crown crease are nice enough to suit me but it's just not a big enough Western hat to satisfy me. If I'm going to wear a Western I want a wider brim and a little taller crown. This one came up short in the size up. I'm thinking about redoing this hat and fedoratizing it. I don't think it looks right on me. I'm pretty bummed out over it. Gotta go bigger for a Western...
Thank you, Bob. You're probably right. It's just that when I get something in my mind the way I want it and if it doesn't turn out exactly the way I planned I get frustrated. I'm probably being too picky. It's all in the proper proportion as far as that goes. It's just that I lost some brim width when I sized it up and I wanted wider. I'll leave it as is for the next couple days and see if it grows on me. At least it fits now and it's comfortable to wear, and I got the crease and brim curl where I wanted.You're being pretty tough on this one,TJ.I think it looks good and the proportions seem right on.
@deadlyhandsome , just to add, don't feel uncomfortable posting your work in this thread. Nobody doing conversions started out creating the perfect hat. What I did when I first started was to keep one old hat aside that I wasn't too fond of to experiment on.
I completely agree with T Jones on this one DH. I enjoy looking at conversion pics and I think you should post yours with impunity. I think it's safe to say that no hatter knew what they were doing when they started doing it. Much of my self-education as a hatter came from the deconstruction and conversion of western hats. I am not ashamed of the fact that my early conversions were less than stellar and I still wear them like I stole them. View attachment 116505 View attachment 116506 View attachment 116507
My wife got tired of listening to me complaining about sewing in this sweat so she just took over.
That worked out quite nicely.
Good woman ya got there.
Great looking conversions humanshoes. I wish I could say the same for the one I just finished. This one started out as a 7 1/8 Stagecoach with a nice crown height and a wide 4 inch brim. The hat was way too small for me, though. I took it apart and sized it up to a 7 1/4. Even though the crown was lowered I still lost brim width which has me bummed out over this conversion. As far as the brim width to crown height proportion it's actually spot on. The brim shape and the crown crease are nice enough to suit me but it's just not a big enough Western hat to satisfy me. If I'm going to wear a Western I want a wider brim and a little taller crown. This one came up short in the size up. I'm thinking about redoing this hat and fedoratizing it. I don't think it looks right on me. I'm pretty bummed out over it. Gotta go bigger for a Western...
Ha! Thank you, Scotty!I think this one great on you. Of course, if it was a size bigger I'd say the opposite and offer to take it off your hands.
I like this... kinda has that "Charley Waite" look going on...
~shoes~
Thank you, Redshoes. I liked the Charlie Waite hat so much that it has become my favorite crease for a Western but with a fuller looking brim curl. I did a Silverbelly 3X Resistol with that same crease a few pages back.I like this... kinda has that "Charley Waite" look going on...
~shoes~
Was it a Silverbelly Resistol?Look up little earlier in this thread for another one like this.