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What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

T Jones

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Wearing my latest rebuild. This is a Resistol Ridgetop in Silver Grey that a fellow Lounger gifted to me. I took this one apart and blocked it up from a 7 1/8 to a 7 1/4 LO. Except for the hat band, I reused everything that was original to the hat. Unfortunately, I'm going to have to fire my photographer. She and the poodle slept in this morning and I had to snap a couple of bathroom mirror selfies.

Ridgetop-Resistol-1-A.jpg


Before:
IMG-20210430-100816596.jpg


IMG-20210430-100742621.jpg


Reblocked from a 7 1/8 to a 7 1/4 LO on my RA block:
IMG-20210501-081347639.jpg


Brim cut to 3 inches with my Rick Walker brim cutter:
IMG-20210505-082107742.jpg


Finished:
Resistol-Ridgetop-12-A.jpg


Resistol-Ridgetop-6-A.jpg


Resistol-Ridgetop-7-A.jpg


I wanted to do something similar to the hat Clint Eastwood wore in the movie, "A Perfect World"
Resistol-Ridgetop-13-A.jpg



 
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19,001
Location
Central California
Wearing my latest rebuild. This is a Resistol Ridgetop in Silver Grey that a fellow Lounger gifted to me. I took this one apart and blocked it up from a 7 1/8 to a 7 1/4 LO. Except for the hat band, I reused everything that was original to the hat. Unfortunately, I'm going to have to fire my photographer. She and the poodle slept in this morning and I had to snap a couple of bathroom mirror selfies.

Ridgetop-Resistol-1-A.jpg


Before:
IMG-20210430-100816596.jpg


IMG-20210430-100742621.jpg


Reblocked from a 7 1/8 to a 7 1/4 LO on my RA block:
IMG-20210501-081347639.jpg


Brim cut to 3 inches with my Rick Walker brim cutter:
IMG-20210505-082107742.jpg


Finished:
Resistol-Ridgetop-12-A.jpg


Resistol-Ridgetop-6-A.jpg


Resistol-Ridgetop-7-A.jpg


I wanted to do something similar to the hat Clint Eastwood wore in the movie, "A Perfect World"
Resistol-Ridgetop-13-A.jpg




Great job, Terry. I like the straight-sided crown.
 

bowlerman

I'll Lock Up
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6,294
Location
South Dakota
Wearing my latest rebuild. This is a Resistol Ridgetop in Silver Grey that a fellow Lounger gifted to me. I took this one apart and blocked it up from a 7 1/8 to a 7 1/4 LO. Except for the hat band, I reused everything that was original to the hat. Unfortunately, I'm going to have to fire my photographer. She and the poodle slept in this morning and I had to snap a couple of bathroom mirror selfies.

Ridgetop-Resistol-1-A.jpg


Before:
IMG-20210430-100816596.jpg


IMG-20210430-100742621.jpg


Reblocked from a 7 1/8 to a 7 1/4 LO on my RA block:
IMG-20210501-081347639.jpg


Brim cut to 3 inches with my Rick Walker brim cutter:
IMG-20210505-082107742.jpg


Finished:
Resistol-Ridgetop-12-A.jpg


Resistol-Ridgetop-6-A.jpg


Resistol-Ridgetop-7-A.jpg


I wanted to do something similar to the hat Clint Eastwood wore in the movie, "A Perfect World"
Resistol-Ridgetop-13-A.jpg


That looks great! You’re a shark with that rounding jack. Clean brim lines.
 

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