The Conversion Corral

[Chepstow]

Thanks you very much Geldoc and Jeff.

Jeff, nicely done, can't better look. The Cattleman Crease comes good on you!

Phineas, nice work on your wool. The result looks very good!

 

[Phineas Lamour]

Thanks, Chepstow!

 

[Phineas Lamour]

I got my ribbon in the mail today! Thanks Bond. Now my 50 cent hat is finished.

Here it is on:

and at home with the family:

 

[ManofKent]

Looks good Phineas.

 

[Phineas Lamour]

Thanks!

 

[bowlerman]

A few pics from the process. You can see that even when I tried to sew in the new sweatband, I still couldn't execute quite the crown height I originally intended, from the faint red pencil line!

looked better the following day, but not perfect, and not quite as snug as I thought. Still a much better fit than before!

 

[Chepstow]

Nice equipment, Jeff. All what you need to reblock a hat.. I know it's not so easy to reblock it for more crown high. But it looks fuller, now!

 

[humanshoes]

Resistol Stockman Conversion

My first attempt at converting a beat up old Resistol Stockman into a somewhat servicable fedora. Removed 3/8" from brim, sanded edge, made a rather crude ribbon, steamed, brushed, and rebashed. Great fun.

 

[humanshoes]

10X Custom Made Beaver

I couldn't bring myself to put an exacto knife to this beautiful, custom made 10x beaver cowboy hat so I decided to try for an ugly duckling cowboy hat to beautiful swan fedora/homburg kind of thing. Two hours over a steaming tea kettle, lots of brushing, lots of rebashing, and worth every minute of it. Went with a fedora teardrop bash and dropped the brim to achieve a style I much prefer. The pencil rolled brim was too perfect to touch.

 

[bowlerman]

Nice work, human shoes! And I agree about that perfect curl. Both are nice conversions.

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[Chepstow]

Nice work, human shoes! And I agree about that perfect curl. Both are nice conversions.

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What Jeff says! Both are nice conversions! Great Job!

 

[bond]

Nice conversions guys. Just a thought about steaming a hat ,ditch the tea kettle method and find a "steamfast"steamer that sits on the table top . Cost about 20. Or so and their well worth it. Bought mine on amazon, guarantee you'll never go back to a tea kettle .

 

[DOGMAN]

bowlerman,liked what you did with your straw hat.humanshoes,nice job on both of your conversions.I agree it is fun.

 

[ManofKent]

Nice conversions on both

 

[humanshoes]

Thanks for the kind and encouraging words gentlemen. I've only just rekindled my love of good hats that started with an old Stetson Open Road that my grandfather gave me when I was eighteen. I gave it a diamond bash and wore it all through my "hippie" years, but alas, it was left behind somewhere along the way. I'll definitely check out the "steamfast" steamer, Bond. Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[Phineas Lamour]

Nice conversions, humanshoes. And welcome to the Lounge. Nice to see someone else from Tennessee taking an interest in hats. As long as you aren't out snatching up all the size 7s.

 

[humanshoes]

Thanks for the welcome, Phineas. No competition from me on the size sevens.

 

[DOGMAN]

Here is a Thoroughbred 10x I did at the start of 2013.Open crown 6 1/4 ",brim was 3 1/2".Now brim 2 1/2",crown front 4 3/4",back 4",sides 5 1/4".2"black ribbon.Color grey. G][/URL]

 

[DOGMAN]

Here is a couple head shots.

 

[Geldoc]

Very nice, Dogman.