Spats McGee
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My first conversion
Well, here's my first conversion. It's not as clean or as nice as I hoped it'd turn out, but I'm not entirely unhappy with the result, either. This one will undoubtedly get me some "Hey, Indy" comments.
It started as a Resistol 3X Beaver cowboy hat that jonbuilder put on ebay. It's a 7 3/8, so it had to spend some time on the stretcher, but it stretched nicely.
First, I removed the ribbon, and popped the crown back to open. That's when I really began to realize that this hat has a whole lotta crown to it!
It also had a lot bigger brim than I had wanted, to I got out the X-acto knife and trimmed the brim.
Once that was done, I sanded down the brim, then I printed off Jimmy the Lid's tutorial on making a teardrop, warmed up the kettle and set to work. Needless to say (but I'll say it anyway), my teardrop came out nothing like Jimmy's do. Mine was more a combination of teardrop and porkpie. Then I sent Mrs. McGee off to find some 1.5 inch grosgrain, and printed off the article on replacing a ribbon. Put the ribbon on, put the Resistol pin back in place, and here's the final result:
Well, here's my first conversion. It's not as clean or as nice as I hoped it'd turn out, but I'm not entirely unhappy with the result, either. This one will undoubtedly get me some "Hey, Indy" comments.
It started as a Resistol 3X Beaver cowboy hat that jonbuilder put on ebay. It's a 7 3/8, so it had to spend some time on the stretcher, but it stretched nicely.
First, I removed the ribbon, and popped the crown back to open. That's when I really began to realize that this hat has a whole lotta crown to it!
It also had a lot bigger brim than I had wanted, to I got out the X-acto knife and trimmed the brim.
Once that was done, I sanded down the brim, then I printed off Jimmy the Lid's tutorial on making a teardrop, warmed up the kettle and set to work. Needless to say (but I'll say it anyway), my teardrop came out nothing like Jimmy's do. Mine was more a combination of teardrop and porkpie. Then I sent Mrs. McGee off to find some 1.5 inch grosgrain, and printed off the article on replacing a ribbon. Put the ribbon on, put the Resistol pin back in place, and here's the final result: