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What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

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Renault

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It's a wet Easter morning here on the beautiful "Canta Forda" ranch. I pulled this old Resistol 7x beaver I had out of the closet and run a new crease in it yesterday. Don't really know whT this crease is called, but I've seen it on lots of old photos. Not really a cattleman. But close. I'm open to suggestions!

 

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Old vented Bowler by Dunlap today. Hope everyone has a nice Easter Sunday.
 

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Is that as easy as finding a straight sided mule? LOL! I am sure now that if I buy any stagecoach hats, they will be blocked by someone other than me.....steam a hat and spruce it up, yes.....but to mess with blocks or sewing ribbons or bows....nope.
Nothing to it. It's easy peasy!
 

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In a rush this Easter day. Expecting the kids and grandkids over for dinner any minute. Just enough time to tell everyone how great they look, and Happy Easter to all! Anyway, I put my new to me vintage hat block to the test. The sacrificial lamb was either a '70s / '80s vintage 4X Open Road...these more recent Open Roads are crap compared to the earlier vintage ORs. The block did a nice job sizing it up. I lost about 1/8 off the brim when I reblocked it to my size, but that's fine. It was 2 3/4 before reblocking. It's 2 5/8 now after I blocked it up to my size.

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I'm thinking along the lines of this ribbon choice...maybe
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Happy Easter! The lids are tops today!

Matt the Reid really rocks; super colors, and a fantastic streamlined bow! I had a very similar suit from Brooks Bros via Filene's Basement. An all-time favorite of mine.
 
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In a rush this Easter day. Expecting the kids and grandkids over for dinner any minute. Just enough time to tell everyone how great they look, and Happy Easter to all! Anyway, I put my new to me vintage hat block to the test. The sacrificial lamb was either a '70s / '80s vintage 4X Open Road...these more recent Open Roads are crap compared to the earlier vintage ORs. The block did a nice job sizing it up. I lost about 1/8 off the brim when I reblocked it to my size, but that's fine. It was 2 3/4 before reblocking. It's 2 5/8 now after I blocked it up to my size.

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I'm thinking along the lines of this ribbon choice...maybe
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looks like it turned out great, i think you can do better on the ribbon, though
 
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