To me it looks like the sweatband is too big. You could try removing the stitching on the back edge, removing a bit and then sewing it back together...
But, yeah, I'd take mine to a local hatter. About $25? is what he charges.
BTW, are you going to post a pic of the top end of your hat so we...
Some hatters run a flame across the felt as a finishing touch on the felt, kind of like burning off the little pin feathers on a bird you've plucked before you put it in the freezer or the pot...
It's supposed to be raining a lot today, but I have yet to see anything... of course, after I made the decision to go with my foul weather hat. Ah, it's ok as I've got Boy Scouts tonight and don't want to be too dressy around those lovely hooligans!
A Stratton western cleaned up and converted...
I think I got my sponges from Shepplers or Boot Barn. Boot Barn, I think, and it was a wooden box with sponges, a hat brush, a little plastic hat stand and some water proofing spray.
Having survived malignant melanoma, I take skin cancer seriously. I was the kid in my family who never got sunburns. I tanned like an old steer hide, soft and brown. My older brother burned if he looked at the sun outside a closed window.
My melanoma was on the back of my thigh, an area that...
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