Lorenzo Casarini
New in Town
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I would agree with you but what I’ve noticed is that the problem is that the wool felt capeline really doesn’t seems to stretch more than ~7cm, while I’m using an 15cm-tall-hat block. So I assume that is impossible to shape an hat with a crown of that height if it can’t be stretched to that size.I'm going a little bit against the flow here, but I think you should keep working with the capeline you bought and get the best hat you can out of it. It will be good practice while you pick up some of the techniques (like tying a hatters slipknot in a string for where the crown breaks into the brim.
You probably will find a lot of it difficult, but when you start your second hat using a fur felt hat body it will get much easier.
Am I wrong?