Uncle Will
New in Town
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- Cape Cod, Massachusetts
I'm hoping that some who know about hat shaping can help here. I bought this black Stetson 5X Beaver at a yard sale and think I found a diamond in the rough. I mean really rough! This hat has been shaped pretty crudely and has collapsed and taken on creases where they shouldn't be...This hat looks like a western relative of the Sorting Hat from Harry Potter! I'd like to reshape the dome and work the brim into a good shape.
Do you think that this terrible-looking crease up top can be rounded out and reshaped? Would it be better to give the dome a shape that is entirely different than the present style, so the creases are made in "new" places? I'm betting that creases like these come back to haunt you when the hat gets wet after reshaping...but I'm a beginner and have yet to learn this good stuff. I'm imagining I can make this fifteen dollar mess into a good looking cowboy hat. How should I start?
Do you think that this terrible-looking crease up top can be rounded out and reshaped? Would it be better to give the dome a shape that is entirely different than the present style, so the creases are made in "new" places? I'm betting that creases like these come back to haunt you when the hat gets wet after reshaping...but I'm a beginner and have yet to learn this good stuff. I'm imagining I can make this fifteen dollar mess into a good looking cowboy hat. How should I start?