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I decided on a shape for the crown of my new hat:
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Now I just need to decide if I want to keep the brim flat or curve it slightly on the sides. I’ll wear it as-is for awhile and see how it feels.
I’ve learned a lot about hats in the past decade, and since it’s all self directed there’s some obvious stuff that I was in the dark about for a long time. I bought an Akubra Woomera 3 or so years ago because I wanted to shape it in a similar way, but I could never get it exactly how I wanted but didn’t know why.
The quality of the felt, the taper of the crown and the brim and even slight differences in height or width can change so much. It’s hard to make this hat into something I don’t like, whereas other hats I’ve had I had to work hard to make them into something I do.
All that to say: it’s worth it to get a custom hat. Especially working with someone like Michael who really knows his stuff.
The crease you have chosen is terrific. It really works with the felt hat dimensions. Congrats to both yourself and Michael for getting the hat "right."
My latest Gannon:
100% beaver FEPSA felt. Tim at Pure Beaver calls the color Pale Whale.
Narrow brim binding
6 ¼” open crown
3 ⅛” brim
Diamond pattern venting on the side of the crown
I let Michael make a lot of decisions on this hat. He hand-dyed the ribbon to get the color he wanted and he chose the “bow” style. The felt on the crown is very thin and soft. It was all shaped dry.
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Notice the larger branding:
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Now that is a felt hue and ribbon treatment that I can fully support! Terrific hat Brent. The crown has the easily creased appearance.
Brent, both you and Michael collaborated on a winner. Cheers.
Another nice one, sir. A very spring-like color that should look great all year long.
I'm glad the felt worked out to your liking. Your description seems to be very close to vintage felt and also similar to how Michael worked out my latest homburg with a very thin and moldable crown and a more firm and structured brim.
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Lovely hat! Your pics recently have my desire to have a Gannon homburg at an all time high. Thanks for sharing.