This is an Akubra that I rebuilt using all Stetson material from a modern wool Whippet. Sweat, liner, ribbon, and brim binding, all from the Stetson. It now sports a Center Dent crown with a bound 2 1/2 brim. I was also able to patch up a hole that was in the crown....(not very good lighting...
You could probably still do your hat business without giving it up entirely. You've been on the Lounge long enough to know the hat styles and block shapes that most here like, and you know the average sizes that most on the Lounge wear. Go back to enjoy hat making. When the urge hits do a couple...
A Bradford that I reblocked to a larger size and restyled sometime back. This one sports a Teardrop crown with a 3 1/4 curled brim.
A whole hour of Hank Sr.
A young Jesse James
Edit to add: It was recently pointed out to me that this photo is more than likely not Jesse James after all. It's like Abraham Lincoln once said, "Don't believe everything you read on the Internet." Google may have failed me once again. Aside from that, I like the hat that...
Another posting and some re-posting of my Stagecoach conversion again today. I really don't know how I'd classify this hat, either Western or a Crossover.
Before conversion: (I was able to salvage the brim binding and ribbon with the bow. I'll more than likely reuse them for a future...
Yessir. That's a nice stylin' Resistol Randall made up for you. You look like you stepped right out of the 1890s - 1910s. That's one of my favorite creases for a Western.
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