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What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

Daniele Tanto

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Berteil Castor
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First and only one winner!
 

VoodooSan

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Boise, ID
It's time for the hats of the week again. Sadly no sunshine this week.

GB Borsalinoi fu Lazzaro Savoy

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Berteil (by Borsalino)
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Berteil Castor
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Panizza Misto View attachment 787474

GB Borsalino fu Lazzaro Savoy (again)
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Barbisio Lontra (with some dust and cobwebs on the crown it seems)
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Echter Mayser Rias View attachment 787477
As always, lots of delicious goodness to choose from. I'm going with the Panizza Misto as #1, the Berteil Castor as #2, and the Borsalino fu Lazarro Saoy as #3. Thanks for the beautiful showings, Stefan.
 

Judgmentalist

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PHD Panama - pay no attention to the bars of my prison cell reflected in my glasses lol.

I’m thinking of trying to steam this hat to get the front brim to snap down a bit more.

At this moment I have never applied steam to a hat before.

Is this a good idea? Bad idea? Got any advice before I go make mess? Please let me know :)

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Yes, you can steam the brim down and it will stay that way. Without reflanging the hat, getting a snap brim out of it probably won’t happen. Straw does have a bit of memory, just not the same as felt. Light steam and gentle hand work may get it back close to the original shape. Patience. Too much steam with heavy hands and you could end up with a pile of wet grass. Wooden spoons with a rounded back can help with a reshape. Set the steamed hat on a soft, dry towel to help create depth and you can work an implement back and forth.

This Monticristi came with a tall cattleman crease and a wired brim. I steamed it open and it has a 7” crown made for a conehead. I removed the brim wire and used a shackle to curl the brim. All of the crown work was done by hand w/o a block.

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Judgmentalist

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Yes, you can steam the brim down and it will stay that way. Without reflanging the hat, getting a snap brim out of it probably won’t happen. Straw does have a bit of memory, just not the same as felt. Light steam and gentle hand work may get it back close to the original shape. Patience. Too much steam with heavy hands and you could end up with a pile of wet grass. Wooden spoons with a rounded back can help with a reshape. Set the steamed hat on a soft, dry towel to help creat depth and you can work an implement back and forth.

This Monticristi came with a tall cattleman crease and a wired brim. I steamed it open and it has a 7” crown made for a conehead. I removed the brim wire and used a shackle to curl the brim. All of the crown work was done by hand w/o a block.

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Thank you for the information. Cool hat :) Ugh, that sounds like a hot mess lol - maybe I’ll hold off.
 

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