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The Conversion Corral

Joao Encarnado

I'll Lock Up
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Portugal
Recent refurbished Stetson 3x . Gave this one a bath plus new ribbon and sweatband(resized). Has embroidered liner. Nice felt on this one . Joao no brims were cut !
Nice work (until now).
Those 3x are yet on my bucket list. I do hope those still exist in 4" brim when I start hunting them.
 
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Lotsahats

One Too Many
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Terry, it's always great to see your fun ribbon work--and those tall, proud crowns are just fantastic, too. Scott, you do lovely work, sir!
 

jswindle2

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Texas
I just recieved a couple of yards of 40's era black Petersham grosgrain ribbon I found on Etsy and I was wondering if this is the proper ribbon to use on a hat(conversion,repair,etc.)

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It's nice to handle quality ribbon for once. This stuff blows away that modern shiny poly stuff.
 

EstherWeis

Vendor
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Antwerp
Don't use the 100% poly, it never "swirls" the way you want it to.

This is going to handle like a dream! One little tip, be carefull when you iron it, it can get shiny spots when your iron is too hot.



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bond

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Third coast
You could use Petersham but it's not the same as grosgrain with the finished edges ( Petersham tends to have the sawtooth or unfinished edge)


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bond

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Nice russet color Dman, looks like lots of room in that crown!
I converted my latest conversion to this trying to get rid of some flaws in brim so I trimmed a 1/2" off to 2 7/8 now and after working the felt more ironed it to get the nap smoother and brim flatter .
Plus switched ribbon out. Also resized it to fit my head and added a vented sweat.





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RJR

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Iowa
Nice russet color Dman, looks like lots of room in that crown!
I converted my latest conversion to this trying to get rid of some flaws in brim so I trimmed a 1/2" off to 2 7/8 now and after working the felt more ironed it to get the nap smoother and brim flatter .
Plus switched ribbon out. Also resized it to fit my head and added a vented sweat.





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Nice conversion.
 

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