Med-brown Stetson Whippet/ribbon wrinkles

[Cruiser]

I acquired this on eBay recently. The hat ribbon showed in the eBay posting as being pretty wrinkled, front and rear, as if it had been shoved down inside another hat. When I received it, the hatbox insides had been replaced by a taped-together circle of corrugated cardboard, too small in diameter to accommodate the hat, so that is what wrinkled the ribbon. The hat was otherwise clean and in great shape, so I determined to smooth out the ribbon myself, and read all the posts here about how to do that, and assembled my steam iron, a flat knife blade, etc. In preparation, I dampened my fingertips with tap water and ran them over the wrinkles--lo and behold, the ribbon absorbed the water and tightened right up--no more wrinkles, without any other action needed! I imagine I was just lucky. Here are a couple of "before" shots:

Before, Front:

Before, Rear:

And here are the "after" shots, as well as one with the hat on my head:

 

[Dinerman]

very nice!

 

[moustache]

I'm envious!!

Love the colour of that hat!! And it looks good on you too!!!
What a superb job at restoring that ribbon and hat to perfection!!!
Kudos to you!!

Jim in Vancouver,Wa

 

[Mr. Lucky]

Great hat! And the bow tie is snazzy! Bow Tie Club?

http://www.bowtieclub.com/

 

[nulty]

WOW

A Whippet 7 1/2 LO... an oppurtunity like that doesn't happen every day...

Thanks for showing us the improved ribbon.. I'm going to try that technique....

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Truly, the Whippet is my absolute favourite style of hat. You can never go wrong with a Whippet. They look good on everybody.

bk

 

[undertaker]

And all this time I thought I was the only man in SE. Tenn who dresses this way. Good to know I'm not alone.

Looks great, and that is also a great bow tie.

Regards,
J.S.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

You can never go wrong with a Whippet. They look good on everybody.

Which is why Whippets, Open Roads and Stratoliners seem to be the most popular fedora styles on the Lounge -- and on eBay.


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[DOUGLAS]

OOOOOOOOH

That is some hat. It looks pretty danm fine on you too. Congratulations:eusa_clap

 

[The Duke]

love the color on that whippet and that bow tie, very dapper. :eusa_clap

 

[MattC]

Great ribbon smoothing

I was one of the hot flat knife guys...And that is a gorgeous hat....I'm not sure I agree that Whippets look great on everyone...I've never been too sure about mine...but the hat looks great on you.

 

[Razzman]

Beautiful hat. Great job with the ribbon. It look terrific on you too. :eusa_clap

 

[astaire]

You lucky dog! Oh, I mean Whippet!

Thanks for sharing that technique. I tried using the hot knife procedure with steam and it didn't get rid of the reibbon wrinkles entirely. I guess I'll try that now.

 

[John in Covina]

Like Magic!

I am glad to hear that a repair went so easy, smoothly and so well.

Congtrats on a great hat.

 

[RBH]

Great job!

and great hat :eusa_clap