What is your favorite hat crease?

[AbbaDatDeHat]

When I picked up my Premier Stratoliner in the states, I did a quick and dirty sorta cattleman on it. It was difficult because 1. I suck... and 2. It had a patented Moon diamond in it that was tough to work out.

The below is the result... I constantly look at it hanging and think “crap, I gotta fix that”. But then I put it on and realize that I really like it.

With the higher in the front brim and general lived-in feel of it, I call it the “what if Ralph Kramden wore thin ribbons” bash.
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Tele that’s a great crease! Diamonds are great but to me, become kinda mundane cause you can only got so far no matter “who’s” it was.
A modified cattleman can go all over the place. You made that your’s...looks good....wear the hell out of it!!
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[Rockwater]

Maybe this is better suited for ‘show us your dark side’
Modern Stetson ‘Rorschach beater’

 

[Frunobulax]

Maybe this is better suited for ‘show us your dark side’
Modern Stetson ‘Rorschach beater’
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Cool. Kinda looks like it conformed to the head of a Klingon.


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[Rockwater]

Maybe this is better suited for ‘show us your dark side’
Modern Stetson rorbeater
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Cool. Kinda looks like it conformed to the head of a Klingon.


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HA, perhaps you’re correct, or is it lizard feeding? Depends.

 

[Redfokker]

Maybe this is better suited for ‘show us your dark side’
Modern Stetson ‘Rorschach beater’
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Wow! That is "organic"(?). Looks like it could have just crawled up there.

 

[scottyrocks]

Maybe this is better suited for ‘show us your dark side’
Modern Stetson ‘Rorschach beater’
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Did you put it down on top of a capon?

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

Maybe this is better suited for ‘show us your dark side’
Modern Stetson ‘Rorschach beater’
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Now we’re gettin somewhere!!!
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[AbbaDatDeHat]

This one still gives me the Heebie Jeebies!!
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[Rockwater]

This one still gives me the Heebie Jeebies!!
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Yep, both disturbing folly for sure

 

[BobHufford]

Maybe this is better suited for ‘show us your dark side’
Modern Stetson ‘Rorschach beater’

Made me think of Sam the Eagle for some reason...

 

[Rockwater]

Redemption for yesterday’s folly.
40’s John Cavanagh Ltd

 

[Redfokker]

Redemption for yesterday’s folly.
40’s John Cavanagh Ltd
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Thanks for the eye bleach RW, I needed that. Wonderful Cav. Love the way the light plays with that crease.

 

[jonesy86]

I have a Stetson New York LE open crown coming tomorrow and have never creased a hat so I thought I would practice on this Stetson Stratoliner Premier open crown. I had Del Monico put a rudimentary crease in it when I bought it this Summer but I thought I would sharpen it up a bit.

Any advice and comments welcome.

Peace.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

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Yep, both disturbing folly for sure

Whew...this one looks like Satan looking out the back door!!

 

[deadlyhandsome]

This is the hat I wore today. I’m still working on the crease. It’s a 30 year old Resistol 3X western so the felt is thick and stiff. It originally had the ubiquitous factory cattleman crease. I find Silverbelly and similar light colors hard to photograph.

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[Redfokker]

Whew...this one looks like Satan looking out the back door!!

Looks like a Klingon's forehead. I know, geeky, but...

 

[Redfokker]

This is the hat I wore today. I’m still working on the crease. It’s a 30 year old Resistol 3X western so the felt is thick and stiff. It originally had the ubiquitous factory cattleman crease. I find Silverbelly and similar light colors hard to photograph.

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So smooth and organic. I dig it.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Brushing tomorrow’s hat and adjusting the crease to be a little shallower and to get more crown height. I don’t normally opt for center dent creases but nothing else seemed right on this longhair.

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[Rockwater]

This is the hat I wore today. I’m still working on the crease. It’s a 30 year old Resistol 3X western so the felt is thick and stiff. It originally had the ubiquitous factory cattleman crease. I find Silverbelly and similar light colors hard to photograph.

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Strong light from one direction, and a darkish background, yielded a decent photo of the light color Cavanagh posted above.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Strong light from one direction, and a darkish background, yielded a decent photo of the light color Cavanagh posted above.

My photography skills are rudimentary at best.


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