Xylophile
One of the Regulars
- Messages
- 132
- Location
- Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
Awesome Willybob!Xylophile. I use the straight sided dome plastic crown mold from Hatshapers.com. Check em out. I have three. I pull the liner, remove the ribbon and cut out the sweat by snipping the thread. I get the hat body wet and use an iron over an old t-shirt to apply heat to the felt as I slowly pull it down over the crown mold and then iron it a lot and let it dry in place. Once done I hand sew the sweat back in. This is the hardest step as it is time consuming. I usually do it while watching a TV or listening to the radio. I use a simple figure 8 loop stitch with two needles, one on each end of the thread back and forth. All you need is the Hatshaper, an Iron, T-shirt, sturdy table to push down on, an small razor and thread.
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When I can do all that I'll have complete freedom in my hat world. Now that I look at my BGCD it has as much taper as the Akubra Fedora.
Are you sewing the reeded portion of the sweat?
How do you think the long oval shape will effect things for me using your suggestions?