Softening felt hat

[Weatherman]

Just bought a 50s era Stetson Twenty Five Open Road. Need to soften the felt. Any idea SS to the best way to take some of the stiffness out of

the felt?

 

[jlee562]

This is the hat with the bad ribbon? Doesn't look like it needs to be replaced, just tacked back down. Should only take a few minutes.

 

[Weatherman]

This is the hat with the bad ribbon? Doesn't look like it needs to be replaced, just tacked back down. Should only take a few minutes.

I'm not certain that I can tack this thing back down properly and I don't want to use glue as other people have suggested.