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The Conversion Corral

Scooterz

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View attachment 303539 60s Kevin McAndrew Gray long hair conversion. It had a badly tapered round crown and a raw edge curled brim with a black ribbon. Really ugly, imho.
She got a new life and now sports a 2” light green petersham ribbon with 13 pleats in the gilled bow. Bad luck?
I better stick a 4 leaf clover in one of the pleats!
4 3/4” crown at front crease. 2 3/4” raw edge brim.
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Really nice.
 

1967Cougar390

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View attachment 303539 60s Kevin McAndrew Gray long hair conversion. It had a badly tapered round crown and a raw edge curled brim with a black ribbon. Really ugly, imho.
She got a new life and now sports a 2” light green petersham ribbon with 13 pleats in the gilled bow. Bad luck?
I better stick a 4 leaf clover in one of the pleats!
4 3/4” crown at front crease. 2 3/4” raw edge brim.
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Randall you did a splendid job on this conversion. The ribbon looks great and compliments the gray. Well done!

Steven
 
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I'm not converting my hats in a big way, but I have had my hatter do some work on some of them. Here are a few.

Stetson heather felt. It had this awful macramé ribbon that just wouldn't do. Replaced.
Before:
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After:
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One could debate of the design of this Terry hat was ever a good idea. The hat has a double brim, that is to say it is completely folded over and ends up inside the crown again. It is not a high quality hat, but this unique feature and its nice colour had me save this one.
Before part 1:
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Before part 2:
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After (brim looks a bit wonky in the second shot, but that was me):
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Randall Renshaw

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/333869059848

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Hey, everybody!
This link will show what this hat used to look like.
It was a complete clean, block/flange, and rebuild.
Added a campaign bow, trolley, rolled brim edge and US Calvary crown style crease.
Also had to stretch it as it had shrunk from its original size of 7 3/8 to
7 1/8!! I’ve only seen one other hat shrink that far.
Guess this hat also belongs on the eBay victories thread.
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Randall Renshaw

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This Knox 25 was nice enough, but I have a few of these thin ribboned hats and I felt it needed something else to get worn more.
Before:
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After:
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I took inspiration from this Mossant hat I saw on auction and asked my hatter to replicate the bow design. She did.
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The ribbon work is fantastic and ribbon color/style choices look great on all these hats!
 

Tukwila

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/333869059848

View attachment 310984 Hey, everybody!
This link will show what this hat used to look like.
It was a complete clean, block/flange, and rebuild.
Added a campaign bow, trolley, rolled brim edge and US Calvary crown style crease.
Also had to stretch it as it had shrunk from its original size of 7 3/8 to
7 1/8!! I’ve only seen one other hat shrink that far.
Guess this hat also belongs on the eBay victories thread. View attachment 310985 View attachment 310986 View attachment 310987 View attachment 310988
Excellent work
 
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/333869059848

View attachment 310984 Hey, everybody!
This link will show what this hat used to look like.
It was a complete clean, block/flange, and rebuild.
Added a campaign bow, trolley, rolled brim edge and US Calvary crown style crease.
Also had to stretch it as it had shrunk from its original size of 7 3/8 to
7 1/8!! I’ve only seen one other hat shrink that far.
Guess this hat also belongs on the eBay victories thread. View attachment 310985 View attachment 310986 View attachment 310987 View attachment 310988
Beautiful Randall. Fantastic work!!
 
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Central California
https://www.ebay.com/itm/333869059848

View attachment 310984 Hey, everybody!
This link will show what this hat used to look like.
It was a complete clean, block/flange, and rebuild.
Added a campaign bow, trolley, rolled brim edge and US Calvary crown style crease.
Also had to stretch it as it had shrunk from its original size of 7 3/8 to
7 1/8!! I’ve only seen one other hat shrink that far.
Guess this hat also belongs on the eBay victories thread. View attachment 310985 View attachment 310986 View attachment 310987 View attachment 310988


Wow, that really turned out well. Great looking hat and your mods blend in seamlessly.
 

Steve1857

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Denmark
That is another great conversion, Randall. Congrats.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/333869059848

View attachment 310984 Hey, everybody!
This link will show what this hat used to look like.
It was a complete clean, block/flange, and rebuild.
Added a campaign bow, trolley, rolled brim edge and US Calvary crown style crease.
Also had to stretch it as it had shrunk from its original size of 7 3/8 to
7 1/8!! I’ve only seen one other hat shrink that far.
Guess this hat also belongs on the eBay victories thread. View attachment 310985 View attachment 310986 View attachment 310987 View attachment 310988
 

Rmccamey

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Nice brim curl on that one, Randall. Not overdone.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/333869059848

View attachment 310984 Hey, everybody!
This link will show what this hat used to look like.
It was a complete clean, block/flange, and rebuild.
Added a campaign bow, trolley, rolled brim edge and US Calvary crown style crease.
Also had to stretch it as it had shrunk from its original size of 7 3/8 to
7 1/8!! I’ve only seen one other hat shrink that far.
Guess this hat also belongs on the eBay victories thread. View attachment 310985 View attachment 310986 View attachment 310987 View attachment 310988
 

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