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Western, anyone?

Wyldkarma

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Santa Fe Monte Cristi....global warming edition, lol ;)
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T Jones

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I'm kind of bummed out that I couldn't keep the 4 inch brim on this Resistol. For one, it had a couple of moth nips on the very edge that I couldn't live with and the brim came out just a hair uneven when I changed the open crown shape. It wouldn't have been noticeable unless I pointed it out but I would have known there was a little uneveness to the brim and it would have bugged me to death. Besides, to me, the 4 inch brim was just too much hat for this Whiskey colored western. I trimmed the brim down to 3 1/2 inches and I'll still keep it Western. I also made it a longhair. Here's what I have so far. I still have to sew in the sweat, crease the crown, and reshape the brim...the crown crease that's in it now is only a temporary dry crease. It should come out looking pretty good when I'm finished...

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Temporary dry crease: I'll more than likely make the pinch a bit tighter...
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Everything that was original to this Resistol will go back in the hat.
 

Robieman

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I'm kind of bummed out that I couldn't keep the 4 inch brim on this Resistol. For one, it had a couple of moth nips on the very edge that I couldn't live with and the brim came out just a hair uneven when I changed the open crown shape. It wouldn't have been noticeable unless I pointed it out but I would have known there was a little uneveness to the brim and it would have bugged me to death. Besides, to me, the 4 inch brim was just too much hat for this Whiskey colored western. I trimmed the brim down to 3 1/2 inches and I'll still keep it Western. I also made it a longhair. Here's what I have so far. I still have to sew in the sweat, crease the crown, and reshape the brim...the crown crease that's in it now is only a temporary dry crease. It should come out looking pretty good when I'm finished...

Whiskey-3-X-Resistol-3-A.jpg


Temporary dry crease: I'll more than likely make the pinch a bit tighter...
Whiskey-3-X-Resistol-1-A.jpg


Everything that was original to this Resistol will go back in the hat.
I think it looks pretty dern good myself
 

Wyldkarma

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I'm kind of bummed out that I couldn't keep the 4 inch brim on this Resistol. For one, it had a couple of moth nips on the very edge that I couldn't live with and the brim came out just a hair uneven when I changed the open crown shape. It wouldn't have been noticeable unless I pointed it out but I would have known there was a little uneveness to the brim and it would have bugged me to death. Besides, to me, the 4 inch brim was just too much hat for this Whiskey colored western. I trimmed the brim down to 3 1/2 inches and I'll still keep it Western. I also made it a longhair. Here's what I have so far. I still have to sew in the sweat, crease the crown, and reshape the brim...the crown crease that's in it now is only a temporary dry crease. It should come out looking pretty good when I'm finished...

Whiskey-3-X-Resistol-3-A.jpg


Temporary dry crease: I'll more than likely make the pinch a bit tighter...
Whiskey-3-X-Resistol-1-A.jpg


Everything that was original to this Resistol will go back in the hat.
Wow, another fine looking re-construction. Great job Terry.
 

T Jones

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Wearing my No. 1 Quality Stetson refurb. This is the smallest hat that I sized up and reworked. I blocked this one up five sizes to fit me. I lost 3/4 of brim from 4 inches to 3 1/4 inches in the size up but I was still able to keep it Western.

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Nothin' like good ol' Country and Western jukebox music to wear our hats by!

Guy Mitchell and Ray Price singing two different versions of "Heartaches by the Number"


 
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I'm kind of bummed out that I couldn't keep the 4 inch brim on this Resistol. For one, it had a couple of moth nips on the very edge that I couldn't live with and the brim came out just a hair uneven when I changed the open crown shape. It wouldn't have been noticeable unless I pointed it out but I would have known there was a little uneveness to the brim and it would have bugged me to death. Besides, to me, the 4 inch brim was just too much hat for this Whiskey colored western. I trimmed the brim down to 3 1/2 inches and I'll still keep it Western. I also made it a longhair. Here's what I have so far. I still have to sew in the sweat, crease the crown, and reshape the brim...the crown crease that's in it now is only a temporary dry crease. It should come out looking pretty good when I'm finished...

Whiskey-3-X-Resistol-3-A.jpg


Temporary dry crease: I'll more than likely make the pinch a bit tighter...
Whiskey-3-X-Resistol-1-A.jpg


Everything that was original to this Resistol will go back in the hat.

Looks great, Terry. I prefer the 3.5” brim on westerns myself. I know whiskey isn’t your favorite color but it looks great to me.


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