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The Conversion Corral
Lorne, yes you can re-shape the brims from one style to another. I do it in two steps, first I wet the the brim and use a steam iron on an ironing board to get out the old shape and make the brim flat. That's before I cut the brims down - a fedora with a 4 inch turned down brim would hang way... -
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Panama Question (off season but on topic)
As long as you don't spray the underside of the brim and crown, it wouldn't be sealed. I bet the fiber could breathe fine. It might be slower to dry, but then it would also be slower to get wet, too:) -
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Newbie -- fedoras on short guys (5'7" and shorter)
I started wearing a hat every day two months ago. The biggest change in my appearance isn't the hat. I wear nicer jeans and boots when I have one of my casual fedoras on. I "dress" more often so I can wear my dressier fedoras. I stand a little straighter, and behave a little better. Like... -
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The Conversion Corral
Walkthough text and question Included below is rather long text on "refreshing" a cowboy hat. To make the pictures to go with it, I have to buy another hat:) First, I anticipate having 15-20 pictures embedded in the text. What's the best and accepted way to do that? Multiple posts? Just... -
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Newbie -- fedoras on short guys (5'7" and shorter)
Welcome Steve! Anyone, male or female, of any size, can look better in a fedora. EricH's pointer to the Miller Hats site is on target. Better-suited hat dimensions has as much to do with head shape as body size. And Rick's advice to try on different hats would be an excellent follow-on to... -
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My New Federation
Don't feel bad, just keep sanding... Fletch, if you are trying to sand the edge by just sanding straight on the high spots, you will likely end up "chasing your tail". Try sanding in an arc, sweeping around the brim edge, and letting the sandpaper find the high spots by itself. Try putting the... -
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Akubra Sydney
7 1/2 is country-specific According to hatsize.com, 60 cm is 7 1/2 in the US. This also matches the other online references I have seen. It also says 60 cm is 7 3/8 in English sizes and 6 1/2 in French sizes. 7 1/2 is 60 cm in US sizes, 61 cm in British sizes and 62 cm in French sizes... -
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My New Federation
HatsDirect in australia - http://www.hatsdirect.com/ they are the only source of Akubra Federations. -
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Trip to Resistol/Stetson Factory Store
Images from imageshack RBH, Thanks for the tip. I'm a slow learner but I'll get there. John in Covina, it was very much "a kid in a candy store" event. We sat on the floor and had hats all around us:-) BTW, I really like how your hat and suit in your avatar pic match, just beautiful... -
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The Conversion Corral
Getting closer, one more try OK, that was a thumbnail link. I hope this is a direct link to the image, nothing to click on. Looks, finally, correct in preview. -
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The Conversion Corral
Thanks for the kind words, everyone! Yes, Earp, I'll do that, at least so the more knowledgeable here might reply with how it should be done instead. Probably take a week or so... Duck, I cheat on the ribbon. I use Offray stretch elastic grosgrain so I don't have to tack the ribbon onto... -
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I purchased my first hat at Byrnie Utz!
Excellent work! Nice hat on its own, but what I really like is your color and shape choice. It suits you very well, and that's the most important thing. -
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The Conversion Corral
Thanks Hemingway Jones! I'll try imageshack, sorry for the inconvenience. RBH, really nice work you did in those threads. I obviously have a lot to learn. When I get my photo hosting thing working, I want you to see the thin ribbon versions, so I might qualify as at least an associate member... -
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The Conversion Corral
I haven't tried to soften them up. They will always be much stiffer than my dress felts, since the cowboy felt is 2x or 3x thicker. The only reason I can see that a nice cowboy hat costs 4x as much as a nice dress hat is that it has 4x as much fur felt in it. The tradeoff for the stiffness is... -
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Trip to Resistol/Stetson Factory Store
I've just got to get to 15 posts. Until then the image links get stripped out. -
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The Black Hat Brigade
Black is the dressiest color, only occasionally bested by white. Nothing looks better with a black cashmere overcoat. -
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Where to get hat ribbon?
ebay Offray stretch grosgrain I don't attach the band to the hat. Here's why: 1. I can easily change hatband colors (I like to color coordinate) 2. I can easily change hatband widths My wife is kind enough to indulge me in making a number of colors. Unfortunately Offray only makes 3/8... -
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The Conversion Corral
15 post minimum for images According to some search results, you have to have 15 posts to be able to link images into a post. So this is one closer, when I hit 15 I'll load up the images. -
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Snow in Central Texas
Sorry, forgot the point The moral of the story, the point, of course, is to be prepared for changing weather - by wearing a hat:-) -
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Snow in Central Texas
Climate change "Climate change" seems to be gaining momentum as a phrase, since a) not everyone agrees on the global warming thing, b) the weather does seem to be getting more extreme.
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