The Conversion Corral

[bond]

This is a 3x western conversion I just finished. Was pretty dirty and original sweat was dry rotted. Cleaned up the felt ,reblocked it up a size and replaced the ply ribbon with this silver belly 1 1/8" width ribbon and added matching wind cord.
No cutting on the 2 7/8 raw edge brim.

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[Bob Roberts]

This is a 3x western conversion I just finished. Was pretty dirty and original sweat was dry rotted. Cleaned up the felt ,reblocked it up a size and replaced the ply ribbon with this silver belly 1 1/8" width ribbon and added matching wind cord.
No cutting on the 2 7/8 raw edge brim.
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Nice unique look.

 

[Redfokker]

This is a 3x western conversion I just finished. Was pretty dirty and original sweat was dry rotted. Cleaned up the felt ,reblocked it up a size and replaced the ply ribbon with this silver belly 1 1/8" width ribbon and added matching wind cord.
No cutting on the 2 7/8 raw edge brim.
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Impressive! Magic conversion!

 

[RJR]

Impressive! Magic conversion!

+1

 

[bond]

Thanks for comments guys!



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[LuvMyMan]

Thanks for comments all.
Here's a western hat I converted for a fellow lounger . Hesitatingly I cut down the 3 1/2 brim per their request to 2 5/8. And although the crown is a healthy 6" I initially thought it wasn't going to look good but after putting the ribbons on the brim and crown it turned out better than I thought. View attachment 59771 View attachment 59772 View attachment 59773 View attachment 59774 View attachment 59775


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I will be sending BOND another hat for him to work his magic on very soon!

 

[T Jones]

Here's one that I'm just now getting around to finishing up. It was a Resistol Stagecoach that had some serious brim issues. I could only save 2 1/4 inches of the brim, and I hate stingy brims, let alone it being a black hat, which I also hate! So, I wasn't in a hurry to do anything with it. I was bored yesterday and I got around to getting it nearly completed, save for the ribbon. Here's the stingy brimmed bugger and my ribbon choice, grey 1 inch mid ribbon. I also gave the crown a nice deep Tear Drop crease with a high tight pinch....

It came out nice. It's just that I don't like black hats or stingy brims.

 

[FedOregon]

It does look good, though. Maybe you can find a buyer or a gift-ee? You do great work!

 

[Joao Encarnado]

I hate stingy brims
[...]
It's just that I don't like black hats or stingy brims.

Now that is something new.

 

[T Jones]

Now that is something new.

I'm talking Fedoras, not Westerns. On my fedoras I want my brims no wider than 2 3/4 and no less than 2 5/8. On Westerns, I really don't like anything over 4' and no less than 3' on brims, depending on what look I'm after. Too much brim looks like a bird bath sitting on top of one's head.

 

[bond]

Here's a loungers favorite and well worn Stetson I recently resurrected for him. He wanted me to save the liner inset and incorporate that into a new silk liner. Also gave it a deep cleaning in a gas bath and replaced the sweat with a vented one. All the holes in front of the hat are for pins which he will reattach.

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[RJR]

Here's a loungers favorite and well worn Stetson I recently resurrected for him. He wanted me to save the liner inset and incorporate that into a new silk liner. Also gave it a deep cleaning in a gas bath and replaced the sweat with a vented one. All the holes in front of the hat are for pins which he will reattach. View attachment 62556 View attachment 62557 View attachment 62558
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Nice job,Scott.

 

[bond]

Thanks guys.


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[bond]

Also updated this Stetson that I posted a couple weeks ago by adding the brim binding. Feels finished now.

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[Redfokker]

Also updated this Stetson that I posted a couple weeks ago by adding the brim binding. Feels finished now. View attachment 62795


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Pretty! It looks like butter!

 

[RJR]

Pretty! It looks like butter!

Nice job.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Nice job on that Stetson

 

[Miamibruno]

Here's my first conversion from a Stagecoach to fedora. Please don't tell Joao I stingy brimmed a Stagecoach. It is now only a 2 3/8th inch brim. And hats off to @Tjones who started me down this road about a year ago. Finally got the right tools.

 

[hatophile]

Here's my first conversion from a Stagecoach to fedora. Please don't tell Joao I stingy brimmed a Stagecoach. It is now only a 2 3/8th inch brim. And hats off to @Tjones who started me down this road about a year ago. Finally got the right tools.

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Good job, Bruno. I like the contrasting ribbon.

 

[T Jones]

Here's my first conversion from a Stagecoach to fedora. Please don't tell Joao I stingy brimmed a Stagecoach. It is now only a 2 3/8th inch brim. And hats off to @Tjones who started me down this road about a year ago. Finally got the right tools.

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Thanks MB. The hat looks great. You did nice job with it.