Repairing a torn brim on a fedora.

[bond]

A fellow lounger and good friend here recently sent me a mid century Borsalino fedora w a 2 3/4 brim but with a 1/2 cut in front of the hats brim edge . He asked me to cut the brim down and add a wide binding. My thought was I wanted to save as much as I could of the 2 3/4 brim so I decided to hand sew the 1/2 cut with a couple of x stitches and then do a 1/8 machine stitch all the way around the brim edge to help stabilize the original tear in front .
Here are pics and with the final binding choice over the original cut . (Not sewn yet)

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[Talbot]

Nice work!

 

[Frunobulax]

Great save Scott.


Sent directly from my mind to yours.

 

[Matt Deckard]

Excellent job!

 

[scottyrocks]

Kick save, and a beauty!

 

[ClassyMica]

A fellow lounger and good friend here recently sent me a mid century Borsalino fedora w a 2 3/4 brim but with a 1/2 cut in front of the hats brim edge . He asked me to cut the brim down and add a wide binding. My thought was I wanted to save as much as I could of the 2 3/4 brim so I decided to hand sew the 1/2 cut with a couple of x stitches and then do a 1/8 machine stitch all the way around the brim edge to help stabilize the original tear in front .
Here are pics and with the final binding choice over the original cut . (Not sewn yet)

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Wow This is fantastic work!

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Bond the repair and brim binding are well done. It is a classy lid.