What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[mayserwegener]

Beautiful hat. Looks mint!

Rollin, Thank you! Luckily it's in excellent condition.

 

[mayserwegener]

Wonky brims is usually caused from inserting a long oval head into a round oval hat.
If the hole is long enough inside the flange then you can use a smaller than usual stretcher to turn a round oval hat into a long oval.

This is very true and brim distortion is most noticeable in Stiff Felts. Unfortunately with Stiff Felts it's more difficult (tools / knowledge) to avoid / fix brim distortion after stretching / conforming (Oval or Rounded).

 

[Randall Renshaw]

Twofer today!

 

[TimmyV]

Wow!! What a beauty! What a great find.

Really nice Tim!

Wow ! Bound brim AND Stitching!

Simply.Awesome. That is an absolute BEAUTY, Timmy! Congrats on such a terrific score!

Thanks gents !!

 

[VoodooSan]

Twofer today! View attachment 677541 View attachment 677542 View attachment 677543

Great googly moogly!!!

 

[Rmccamey]

Cool!

If any of you want to see how you would have photographed in the 19th century there’s a great app called Tin Type that a friend just told me about. Costs a dollar to download but pretty cool.
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[Rmccamey]

Absolutely fantastic set of hats, gentlemen.

 

[carouselvic]

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