DOGMAN
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Thanks,Tim.Now if I can take off the hat you made for me,maybe I can wear it.Have had my Cane's creation on everyday since I got it.Love that hat.
Liners like that are awesome! Love to have a few to spruce up some of my lids....Chepstow,thanks so much.I love converting hats.
Excellent!
I've got some worthy hats!I am now the proud owner of 3 of Dogman's liners....the problem is that now I have to find a hat worthy of such great liners. I don't want to waste them on hats not worthy!
I am now the proud owner of 3 of Dogman's liners....the problem is that now I have to find a hat worthy of such great liners. I don't want to waste them on hats not worthy!
Nice job, BJ - the result of your work looks way better than the original.
That's incredible! The skills some people have here in the lounge are amazing.Decided I needed a new panama hat for summer, so I set about building one using a Stetson center dent I picked up that looked like it would be straight enough and have enough brim to re-work.
First I stripped it of its ribbon and cloth sweatband, before soaking it through and through and working it over my plastic hat shaper. Once certain it was evenly set, I used some cotton rope to help it hold its new shape and proceeded to the ironing stage. When I ordered the Stetson, I gambled that there was enough hat to work it completely over the hat shaper and actually iron in a new brim break at its base. It worked.
Next I set about ironing the brim at a bit of an angle to smooth it out and turn it up all around and installing a sweatband. Decided to go with a synthetic Dobbs sweatband left over from another hat. It was oversized, so I cut it down for a custom fit.
Next I turned to the ribbon. I bought some 2” black ribbon that passed my initial colorfast test. Unfortunately, after making a bow and really soaking it, some color ran, so into the garbage it went. Instead I used up the last of the wide brown ribbon I picked up a while back. Someday I hope to find some good black ribbon.
Here it is ready for Charlie Chan. The brim is now about 2 1/8.” The open crown height was about 5 5/8.”
Shaped I’m pretty pleased with it, although it will still require some fine-tuning over time. I still need to adjust the ribbon a bit all around as well.
Here it is next to my low-crown Worth and Worth that I reblocked a few years ago. Looking forward to making use of it this summer.