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Modern Stetson Open Road
That is a nice setup. I think I could make something like that. My OR is from the 60's so the shellac must be alot less. It isn't very stiff. Just stiff enough. I also used the back of a spoon with my thumb on the inside of the hat to rub the old crease marks after steaming. The marks... -
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Modern Stetson Open Road
Thanks. I'll get a noggin shot up this evening. -
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Modern Stetson Open Road
I use steam. I have cleaned up my other hats from time to time by steaming and then popping out the crown to open and then reshape the same crease. This is my first shot at completely changing the crease to a different style. I didn't expect it to come out right the first time. A little... -
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Modern Stetson Open Road
Thank you. I'm pleased. I don't mind the cattleman's crease but it looks better on others than me. All of my hats are a teardrop because that's what I think looks best. -
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Modern Stetson Open Road
Thanks. That's not all of them but good enough. What am I doing wrong? -
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Modern Stetson Open Road
Not sure what I did wrong. This may not be worth the effort. I read the instruction in faq's. No help. Am using image shack. No help. I just wanted to show off my style conversion. -
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Ok. Here's the vintage OR I got from ebay. The first two pics are as I got it with the cattleman's crease. The rest are after my re bashing. I spent about two hours on it and am happy with the results. I know it's a little rough but I like the hand bashed look better than the factory at... -
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I guess I don't have permission to post attachments according to the rulse at the bottom of the page. How do I get permission? -
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Modern Stetson Open Road
Will do. And thanks for the reply. I should have it in a week or so. I can't wait. -
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Modern Stetson Open Road
I hope this thread isn't too old to ask one more question. I just purchased a vintage OR on ebay. It's a 4XXX Beaver and it's from the sixties according to the seller. It has the cattleman's crease. My question is would an OR from the 60's be old enough to be softer as I will be wanting to...
