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The Conversion Corral

Chepstow

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Germany/ Remscheid
Al, scotty and Jeff, thank you very much. I really love this hat. The stiff Beaver brim and the soft cuenca is a great combination.
The beaver brim holds the shape better as a Panama brim!

scotty, you are right! The second! I removed the straw sweatband along the seam.
The original seam is still present. Then I cut the felt along the leather sweatband, so I have a felt stripe where I can sew the straw body over the felt flange.
Thats all!
 

scottyrocks

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9,178
Location
Isle of Langerhan, NY
Al, scotty and Jeff, thank you very much. I really love this hat. The stiff Beaver brim and the soft cuenca is a great combination.
The beaver brim holds the shape better as a Panama brim!

scotty, you are right! The second! I removed the straw sweatband along the seam.
The original seam is still present. Then I cut the felt along the leather sweatband, so I have a felt stripe where I can sew the straw body over the felt flange.
Thats all!

Chep, thanks for the confirmation. All I need to do now is decide whether I will be able to cut up two hats to make one.
 

Chepstow

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Tom, bond, Dog, my sincere thanks for the nice comments, too kind!

Here some better photos!


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DOGMAN

One Too Many
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1,625
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Northeast Ohio
Dog, great job done! The proportions, ribbon etc. looks terrific.
Please, can you post some photos of your brim cutter, It looks handmade and I am very interested to see how it works!
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Here are some pics of my brim trimmer.You'll notice I cut off what I'll call the arms after the first conversion.They were just in the way.
 

bond

My Mail is Forwarded Here
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3,535
Location
Third coast
Bailey lite felt straw that I reshaped only. Just didn't care for the previous center crown look. The new mass produced hats seem to have too much taper and not enough crown ht. so I exaggerated both in his one to give it more of a vintage look. Also put a sharp crease in pinch and curled the 2 1/2 brim
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Chepstow

I'll Lock Up
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5,406
Location
Germany/ Remscheid
My new Conversion Project!
Old Thomas Beck Milan short brimmed Pork Pie and Old Resistol Majestic. I dislike that Millan with his short brim and I decided to create a Hat with wider brim.
The Resistol was from the 60s and has many little stains at the crown, perfect for this conversion.
Looks better in my eyes!

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