What is your favorite hat crease?

[M Hatman]

This is a new hat that allowed me some nice latitude in creasing......
My wife called it the "Steer Head" (we have been watching a lot of westerns lately)....
M

 

[M Hatman]

Here are some shots of a recent acquisition: a Dobbs West "Saddler"......one of my special "question mark" creases......
M

I have been wearing my early 50's Lion Hats Playboy clone a lot lately and keep playing with the crease....... My wife would call it a modified "Steer head".

And finnally......in answer to an inquiry of the art behind a hat picture....YES....that is General Lee.....a painting I did some almost 40 odd years ago.....

M

 

[scottyrocks]

This is a new hat that allowed me some nice latitude in creasing......
My wife called it the "Steer Head" (we have been watching a lot of westerns lately)....
M View attachment 188976 View attachment 188977 View attachment 188978

That's pretty friggin' cool.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

And finnally......in answer to an inquiry of the art behind a hat picture....YES....that is General Lee.....a painting I did some almost 40 odd years ago....

And who died on this very day, Oct. 12, 1870, some 149 yrs ago.

 

[Hagwood]

Thought I would try a more ‘precise’ bash in my recently acquired 50’s Stetson 7XCB. I think I like it.

This is how I received it :






After some work:

 

[1961MJS]

I kind of liked the original crease. Looked like you'd had a good time in it...

Later

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Montecristi Custom Hat Works with rear dents:

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

 

[Hagwood]

I kind of liked the original crease. Looked like you'd had a good time in it...

Later

LOL, yeah, one hell of a time !

 

[BobHufford]

Montecristi Custom Hat Works with rear dents:

Love that one Brent!

 

[Rmccamey]

You need to put that one in your Will, Brent, it is a "keeper" in every way! You wear it well my friend!

Montecristi Custom Hat Works with rear dents:

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

 

[Desert dog]

Montecristi Custom Hat Works with rear dents:

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

That looks great! Rolled brim and four dents looks do good!

Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk

 

[deadlyhandsome]

The “Rooster Comb”

You can do it front to back as well as side to side and it then becomes the “Soft Serve” crease.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

 

[deadlyhandsome]

This is an unusual one (not my hat):

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

 

[Michael R.]

This is an unusual one (not my hat):

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Looks l

This is an unusual one (not my hat):

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Looks like a Six-Shooter Crease :

Just a little modified , the dent on the right side of the Hat is out making it look like 2 , just push it in . It has a forward center crease and side dents and 2 in the back . Not a Six Shooter but similar .

 

[Michael R.]

Here's a chart of Old Western Creases , but there are always modified versions :

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

The horse nose or moose nose or who knows accident.
Stetson 100.
B

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Here's a chart of Old Western Creases , but there are always modified versions :

View attachment 205685

Thanks. I have that chart and a couple of others. Seeing them on a real hat is a lot different than seeing photos. Additionally, the same creases go by various names over time, location, and person.

I have an oldish but not quite “vintage” Tom Mix that I’m looking for some ideas for. I’m thinking about branching out from what I usually do.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

 

[deadlyhandsome]

View attachment 205686 View attachment 205687 View attachment 205688 The horse nose or moose nose or who knows accident.
Stetson 100.
B

That’s a really interesting one, Bowen. You sure can’t get modern 6X to accept a crease like yours.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

 

[M Hatman]

View attachment 205686 View attachment 205687 View attachment 205688 The horse nose or moose nose or who knows accident.
Stetson 100.
B

WOW.....now I like that a LOT!!!!! Hmmmmm, now I am thinking which hat to try that on..........

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Looks l

Looks like a Six-Shooter Crease :

View attachment 205684

Just a little modified , the dent on the right side of the Hat is out making it look like 2 , just push it in . It has a forward center crease and side dents and 2 in the back . Not a Six Shooter but similar .

Most all those complicated creases can be done by hand with enough time & attention to detail, but as you know in production & semi-production hats most are pressed in which makes for a firm hat.