UWS Cowboy
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Good advice, I'll buy one soon enough. I should have left the sweatband in but I wanted to be able to wear it now. It fits a lot better, about a size bigger, still a size too small. I plan on stretching it then sewing in a new strap of leather.HarpPlayerGene said:Get a hat stretcher (sometimes called Hat Jack) in your size and once you've steamed the felt put that in and crank it tight. Do a little more each time 'til you've got what you want. Now that the hat has no sweatband inside you'll probably need to be very careful as it will probably stretch fairly easily.
That is a pretty nice example of a Knox clone of the Open Road.
Here are two other pics. Brim down and brim snapped up.