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What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

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My oldest custom from Art witnessed the arrival.
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Congratulations! So sweet, both the little one and the VS!
 
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This is the hat I wish I was wearing today...But I must have been naughty this year,because the gift I got for Christmas was The shingles.Spend Christmas day and night in the hospital,first ever.I have it on my head my face and right eye.The bad part is I can not put on a hat it hurts my head.I now have to leave the house feeling naked.Hope everyone else is doing better than me.
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Get better, Chuck. I hope it's a quick bout.

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T Jones made the suggestion that rather than converting (or making crude attempts at converting) all the western hats I've been buying to fedoras, I should try wearing some of them as westerns. I know, novel idea.

First attempt is a 6X Stetson that I took some of the curl out of the brim:

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This is all new to me.


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It will take some getting used to but it works for you. Nice 6X
 
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Question on creasing. Paperwork from Hatsdirect said to bash sides first than crown. I've never done it that way, always done the crown first. Any opinions, is one way easier than the other?

I've never seen anybody do it that way. That's bass ackwards. Normally, you establish your center line and go from there.

Of course, it's Australian. Turn the instructions upside down and they make sense.


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View attachment 99952 View attachment 99951 Just received my Silverbelly Campdraft
Question on creasing. Paperwork from Hatsdirect said to bash sides first than crown. I've never done it that way, always done the crown first. Any opinions, is one way easier than the other?

I don't know what the "best way" is but I'm just like you and I always do the center crease first. I don't know that there is a wrong way. I'm also certain that there is nothing special about Akubra open crown hats and what works on other hats will work just as well on your Campdraft.
 

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View attachment 99952 View attachment 99951 Just received my Silverbelly Campdraft
Question on creasing. Paperwork from Hatsdirect said to bash sides first than crown. I've never done it that way, always done the crown first. Any opinions, is one way easier than the other?
I always start with a center dent in the crown first. I put the hat on, then put a toothpick behind the ribbon, right in front, in line with my nose. That helps me to get the center dent straight.

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