M Hatman
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WOW......speechless!!!Here it is. Almost finished with my Stagecoach Long Hair conversion and it's definitely a favorite. I just have to sew on the ribbon. The ribbon and bow came off of a modern Whippet. This is one nice hat. I'm pretty happy with the way it came out. As I said, this hat was a faded out and moth bitten 6 3/4 that was gifted to me by Bob Hufford. This one I turned inside out because the outside was so faded. I always liked a longhair look and wondered what it would look like that way. After I reblocked it, sizing it up to a 7 1/4, I pounced the brim down thinner until it was soft and pliable. The crown, I gently "combed" with a yellow sponge to get the fur to lay down nice and smooth, and then I went over it with a hat brush. The open crown on this one is somewhere around 6 inches tall. Since I put a wide ribbon on it I creased the hat 5 inches tall at the pinch with a rake sloping back to 4 inches tall. The snap brim is 2 3/4....the ribbon is not attached in these pictures. I'll do that tomorrow.
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