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bowlerman

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T Jones

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I wish I would've taken a few "Before" pictures of this hat before I converted it. I usually do but this time I forgot. This was a way too small and low crowned 6 3/4 Alexander Western. It was a well finished hat that felt and reacted like a vintage one. Better than most modern Westerns I've worked with. Anyway, I was able to block it up to a 7 1/4 LO. After I took it off the block the crown just dry creased so easy, something similar to a vintage 3X Beaver Stetson. In fact, a bit better, and felt better to the touch, too. Definitely a well finished hat for a modern Western. I didn't have to thin the crown down at all. The brim, on the other hand, was what you'd expect from a recent Western, thick and stiff, but still well finished. The brim, I did have to thin down. I got a fairly tall open crown out of it for being so low when I first started it. I ended up with a good vertical sided 5 5/8 open crown and is creased to my preferred Teardrop. 'As creased', it's 4 3/4 at the pinch with a rake sloping to 4 1/4 inches in the back, and is 5 inches at its tallest. The brim is 2 5/8 inches wide. I reused the original single ply skinny ribbon to accentuate the hat's profile and to give it a crisp and casual look....

Off the Block and brim trimmed:
IMG-20220203-093513733.jpg


After:
Alexander-7-A.jpg


Alexander-6-A.jpg


Alexander-8-A.jpg


Alexander-14-A.jpg


On the head:
Alexander-12-A.jpg


Alexander-13-A.jpg


Two of my conversions, Alexander and a 3X Beaver Quality Stetson:
Alexander-15-B.jpg
 
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Steve1857

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Hey everyone!
It's a beautiful Mendocino Coast day, so I thought I'd break the rules and busted out this old colonial blocked Adam Royal Quality Panama that I bought several years ago from Shopgoodwilldotcom. The brim, previously dry and stiff, is still very pliable after treating it with coconut oil soon after I got it.

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I couldn't wear it without thinking of everyone here, so I thought I'd pop in and share!
Have a great day!
Great to see you, John.
That's one nice looking Panama.
 

Steve1857

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Twofer Strats. View attachment 401351
The blue one is one you’ve seen and a late 40s/early 50s model taken completely apart, re-blocked and sewn back together to be sized from size 7 to 7 1/4, and the newly re-sized mid 50s 7 1/8 done the same painstaking way is sporting a wider vintage ribbon and bow.
Both debute new, to me, crown styling. A combination of my favorite creases. Half diamond, half teardrop offering the “square crown” look of a diamond crease and the nice rounded back of a big teardrop.
Never seen one creased like this and hope I’ve stumbled onto something others might like as well?

Green Strat:
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Blue Strat:
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Back to green:

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Great jobs on the Strats, Randall. Dig that new style crease.
 
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I wish I would've taken a few "Before" pictures of this hat before I converted it. I usually do but this time I forgot. This was a way too small and low crowned 6 3/4 Alexander Western. It was a well finished hat that felt and reacted like a vintage one. Better than most modern Westerns I've worked with. Anyway, I was able to block it up to a 7 1/4 LO. After I took it off the block the crown just dry creased so easy, something similar to a vintage 3X Beaver Stetson. In fact, a bit better, and felt better to the touch, too. Definitely a well finished hat for a modern Western. I didn't have to thin the crown down at all. The brim, on the other hand, was what you'd expect from a recent Western, thick and stiff, but still well finished. The brim, I did have to thin down. I got a fairly tall open crown out of it for being so low when I first started it. I ended up with a good vertical sided 5 5/8 open crown and is creased to my preferred Teardrop. 'As creased', it's 4 3/4 at the pinch with a rake sloping to 4 1/4 inches in the back, and is 5 inches at its tallest. The brim is 2 5/8 inches wide. I reused the original single ply skinny ribbon to accentuate the hat's profile and to give it a crisp and casual look....

Off the Block and brim trimmed:
IMG-20220203-093513733.jpg


After:
Alexander-7-A.jpg


Alexander-6-A.jpg


Alexander-8-A.jpg


Alexander-14-A.jpg


On the head:
Alexander-12-A.jpg


Alexander-13-A.jpg


Two of my conversions, Alexander and a 3X Beaver Quality Stetson:
Alexander-15-B.jpg


Great work as usual, Terry. I know several of us here are waiting for the time you hand out your shingle and offer your conversion services.
 
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I wish I would've taken a few "Before" pictures of this hat before I converted it. I usually do but this time I forgot. This was a way too small and low crowned 6 3/4 Alexander Western. It was a well finished hat that felt and reacted like a vintage one. Better than most modern Westerns I've worked with. Anyway, I was able to block it up to a 7 1/4 LO. After I took it off the block the crown just dry creased so easy, something similar to a vintage 3X Beaver Stetson. In fact, a bit better, and felt better to the touch, too. Definitely a well finished hat for a modern Western. I didn't have to thin the crown down at all. The brim, on the other hand, was what you'd expect from a recent Western, thick and stiff, but still well finished. The brim, I did have to thin down. I got a fairly tall open crown out of it for being so low when I first started it. I ended up with a good vertical sided 5 5/8 open crown and is creased to my preferred Teardrop. 'As creased', it's 4 3/4 at the pinch with a rake sloping to 4 1/4 inches in the back, and is 5 inches at its tallest. The brim is 2 5/8 inches wide. I reused the original single ply skinny ribbon to accentuate the hat's profile and to give it a crisp and casual look....

Off the Block and brim trimmed:
IMG-20220203-093513733.jpg


After:
Alexander-7-A.jpg


Alexander-6-A.jpg


Alexander-8-A.jpg


Alexander-14-A.jpg


On the head:
Alexander-12-A.jpg


Alexander-13-A.jpg


Two of my conversions, Alexander and a 3X Beaver Quality Stetson:
Alexander-15-B.jpg
Terry, you just keep getting better and better at this.

That's a beauty, Max.

Bonjour mes amis du chapeau... today a nice old European velour purchased from Daniele, originally sold at the venerable Paris store le BHV.

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Tres bien, Alan!
 

Randall Renshaw

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I wish I would've taken a few "Before" pictures of this hat before I converted it. I usually do but this time I forgot. This was a way too small and low crowned 6 3/4 Alexander Western. It was a well finished hat that felt and reacted like a vintage one. Better than most modern Westerns I've worked with. Anyway, I was able to block it up to a 7 1/4 LO. After I took it off the block the crown just dry creased so easy, something similar to a vintage 3X Beaver Stetson. In fact, a bit better, and felt better to the touch, too. Definitely a well finished hat for a modern Western. I didn't have to thin the crown down at all. The brim, on the other hand, was what you'd expect from a recent Western, thick and stiff, but still well finished. The brim, I did have to thin down. I got a fairly tall open crown out of it for being so low when I first started it. I ended up with a good vertical sided 5 5/8 open crown and is creased to my preferred Teardrop. 'As creased', it's 4 3/4 at the pinch with a rake sloping to 4 1/4 inches in the back, and is 5 inches at its tallest. The brim is 2 5/8 inches wide. I reused the original single ply skinny ribbon to accentuate the hat's profile and to give it a crisp and casual look....

Off the Block and brim trimmed:
IMG-20220203-093513733.jpg


After:
Alexander-7-A.jpg


Alexander-6-A.jpg


Alexander-8-A.jpg


Alexander-14-A.jpg


On the head:
Alexander-12-A.jpg


Alexander-13-A.jpg


Two of my conversions, Alexander and a 3X Beaver Quality Stetson:
Alexander-15-B.jpg
Usual greatness, Terry!
 

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