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What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

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TheManInTheHat

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Vintage, lightweight, Stevens 'Water-Way' Milan weave Fedora. I hadn't seen one before, just grabbed it on eBay.
 

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Eliesti

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Wow. Whole villages could shelter under that brim!

You're 100% right. This brim is way too big. It's almost 4 inches. I got the hat for free from a friend and love the felt, but the brim is way too big for me. I am looking for a place to have the brim trimmed to about 2.25 inches and rebound. However, I am not sure where to go since this hat has a unique binding on the brim (maybe a Cavanagh edge? -- I don't really know brim style lingo), and I would like the retain this brim treatment. I'm not sure I can go to a regular hatter here in Houston to get the right edge on a trimmed brim. Maybe you Loungers have some suggestions?


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Mason Rudesheim

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Maybe you Loungers have some suggestions

Art Fawcett at Vintage Silhouettes is always a good choice for changing and refurbishing hats. I've gotten a panama western redone to a plantation style and cleaned, and they are currently cleaning and putting on a new ribbon for a vintage Cavanagh boater my dad found at a yard sale for $1.
 
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Two hat day, first my Afrika Korps pith helmet at the flea market



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I'm game for about anything, Chamuco, but I don't think I could pull off a pith helmet. At least not like you.

You're 100% right. This brim is way too big. It's almost 4 inches. I got the hat for free from a friend and love the felt, but the brim is way too big for me. I am looking for a place to have the brim trimmed to about 2.25 inches and rebound. However, I am not sure where to go since this hat has a unique binding on the brim (maybe a Cavanagh edge? -- I don't really know brim style lingo), and I would like the retain this brim treatment. I'm not sure I can go to a regular hatter here in Houston to get the right edge on a trimmed brim. Maybe you Loungers have some suggestions?


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See if you can post a close up of the brim. If it's a Cavanagh, and you want to keep that, you can't get the brim trimmed. If it's an expertly executed underwelt, a hatter should be able to trim and put an underwelt on it. Cavanagh edges are created during the felting process, so it can't be recreated.
 

Eliesti

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I'm game for about anything, Chamuco, but I don't think I could pull off a pith helmet. At least not like you.



See if you can post a close up of the brim. If it's a Cavanagh, and you want to keep that, you can't get the brim trimmed. If it's an expertly executed underwelt, a hatter should be able to trim and put an underwelt on it. Cavanagh edges are created during the felting process, so it can't be recreated.

I'm not really sure what a Cavanagh edge or underwelt is. Google isn't really helpful on that note. Here are pics. Maybe it is an underwelt (Cavanagh sounds American and this is an Italian hat)? First pic is of the top of the brim and second is the underside since they are different.

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TheManInTheHat

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I'm not really sure what a Cavanagh edge or underwelt is. Google isn't really helpful on that note. Here are pics. Maybe it is an underwelt (Cavanagh sounds American and this is an Italian hat)? First pic is of the top of the brim and second is the underside since they are different.

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This appears to be a bound edge so I would think a skilled hatter could reduce the brim and re-bind it for you.
 

TheManInTheHat

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I'm not really sure what a Cavanagh edge or underwelt is. Google isn't really helpful on that note. Here are pics. Maybe it is an underwelt (Cavanagh sounds American and this is an Italian hat)? First pic is of the top of the brim and second is the underside since they are different.

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I'm sure there are many expert descriptions of all the established edge treatments in this forum, although as a new arrival, I wouldn't know where to search first!

Otherwise, I recently posted a very nerdy explanation - with photos - about Cavanagh vs underwelt vs overwelt vs raw edge vs bound edge on my Facebook page a while ago. But I wouldn't presume to inflict that on Loungers.
 

DJH

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We're back [emoji2] [emoji2] [emoji2]

Two week holiday in Germany. Great weather.


And yes, that is a New hat. Stetson Panama in taupe.

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Very cool - enjoy your vacation.

Meanwhile, another hot day in Texas. On the way home from our morning walk - I'm wearing a Royal Stetson

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Little Pearl got muddy playing in the river so bath time for her.

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