The Conversion Corral

[splintercellsz]

Great work fellas!

 

[T Jones]

I changed out the bow on my Stagecoach for this one I just finished. I've seen this style bow on US military Campaign hats from the 1890s...

 

[RJR]

I really like the ribbon work.

 

[TheDane]

Great, Terry! I've seen it called a "Gambler's Bow" or "Pointy OR-Bow". You need a camera with fast shutter speed to capture all the different bows, you're producing. Keep up the good work

 

[John Galt]

Excellent bow TJ

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Excellent bow TJ

+1!

 

[bond]

Stetson hburg conversion. Love this Blue /Grey felt with the ribbon combo.
New sweat as it was a 1/8 now fits 23 1/4.

 

[splintercellsz]

Sweet work, Bond!

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Looks a really nice work. Can't see any flaws on it.
For you it's easy to resize since you don't mind of loose some brim.

 

[T Jones]

RJR, Ole, John Galt, Joao, Thanks guys. I appreciate the comments.

Ole, I never knew what the bow was called. I remember seeing that design on 1890s era US military Campaign Hats. I do like that "Gambler's Bow" pretty well. I'm probably going to use it again on my next hat project. Speaking of which, here's my other Stagecoach that I'm working on. I already changed out the crease to a Center Dent and I removed the original hat band to be replaced. I need to find a "Silverbelly / Natural" colored mid-ribbon, same color as the hat, somewhere. I'm going to use the same bow design that I used on the brown Stagecoach....

 

[bond]

Thanks guys. Yes J. Lost a little in brim maybe 1/8 on this one .

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Looks nice Terry but I don't think that hat color favours you skin color.

 

[T Jones]

Looks nice Terry but I don't think that hat color favours you skin color.

There's not much I can do about that. I was born with it. I do like the Chestnut colored Stagecoach better though.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

There's not much I can do about that. I was born with it. I do like the Chestnut colored Stagecoach better though.

Go out there and take some sun baths

 

[TheDane]

Alternative approach: Grow a long big hair - grow a big beard - buy some not too small sunglasses - and keep the last few specks of bare facial skin in the shade of a 4"+ brim. Then noone will ever notice, and every hat color goes

 

[T Jones]

Alternative approach: Grow a long big hair - grow a big beard - buy some not too small sunglasses - and keep the last few specks of bare facial skin in the shade of a 4"+ brim. Then noone will ever notice, and every hat color goes

But then I would be Joao.

 

[bond]

Here's a small Montecristi that I asked Art to resize and block up to my specs. It turned out exactly how I was hoping that it might. Started off as a size 7 1/8 now is 23 1/4 and brim is 2 3/4 .
I put a Borsalino pug on for now . Art did a great job of it,Thank you Art!

 

[RJR]

Looks great.

 

[bond]

Thanks Bob .

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Alternative approach: Grow a long big hair - grow a big beard - buy some not too small sunglasses - and keep the last few specks of bare facial skin in the shade of a 4"+ brim. Then noone will ever notice, and every hat color goes

But then I would be Joao.

Yes, me \õ/
And no one notice my hats here where this kind of hat is not common