The Conversion Corral

[Chepstow]

Al, scotty and Jeff, thank you very much. I really love this hat. The stiff Beaver brim and the soft cuenca is a great combination.
The beaver brim holds the shape better as a Panama brim!

scotty, you are right! The second! I removed the straw sweatband along the seam.
The original seam is still present. Then I cut the felt along the leather sweatband, so I have a felt stripe where I can sew the straw body over the felt flange.
Thats all!

 

[scottyrocks]

Al, scotty and Jeff, thank you very much. I really love this hat. The stiff Beaver brim and the soft cuenca is a great combination.
The beaver brim holds the shape better as a Panama brim!

scotty, you are right! The second! I removed the straw sweatband along the seam.
The original seam is still present. Then I cut the felt along the leather sweatband, so I have a felt stripe where I can sew the straw body over the felt flange.
Thats all!

Chep, thanks for the confirmation. All I need to do now is decide whether I will be able to cut up two hats to make one.

 

[Chepstow]

Chep, thanks for the confirmation. All I need to do now is decide whether I will be able to cut up two hats to make one.

scotty, that's right!

 

[seabass]

WELL DONE ! Chepstow

 

[Chepstow]

Che, thanks very much! Your Pandora Hat was my inspiration!

 

[TomS]

Great lookin lid!

 

[bond]

Excellent job manfred!
Looks very nice

 

[DOGMAN]

Chepstow,that is a incredible conversion.That job is way beyond my skill level.Very well done

 

[Chepstow]

Tom, bond, Dog, my sincere thanks for the nice comments, too kind!

Here some better photos!

 

[Ordinary Guy]

NICE JOB and a great looking hat... Well Done.......:eusa_clap

 

[DOGMAN]

Dog, great job done! The proportions, ribbon etc. looks terrific.
Please, can you post some photos of your brim cutter, It looks handmade and I am very interested to see how it works!

Here are some pics of my brim trimmer.You'll notice I cut off what I'll call the arms after the first conversion.They were just in the way.

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

MF-Brim-Cutter

here is the best brim cutter watched Mike of Buckaroo hatters use it at FedoraFest this year.

 

[Chepstow]

Dog, great, thats a good thing. Great work done. It's my next project! Thank you very much for posting this!

Ed, do you now how does it works?

 

[gtdean48]

...Ed, do you now how does it works?

The other side of the trimmer has a slot of the depth to reduce your brim by, 1/8", 1/4", etc.
The key is when you get back around to the starting point, watchout or you'll start trimming another fraction off....

That other one by Dog is more of a Rounding Jack model, going off the crown....

 

[seabass]

Chepstow, Good Detail ! & Pics

 

[Chepstow]

gtdean, ahh, thanks for the explanation!

Che, thanks my friend!

 

[bond]

Bailey lite felt straw that I reshaped only. Just didn't care for the previous center crown look. The new mass produced hats seem to have too much taper and not enough crown ht. so I exaggerated both in his one to give it more of a vintage look. Also put a sharp crease in pinch and curled the 2 1/2 brim

 

[Chepstow]

Bond, nicely done. The curled brim looks cool!

 

[danofarlington]

Oops! I'm in the wrong place. I thought this thread was about changing the religion of your hats.

 

[Chepstow]

My new Conversion Project!
Old Thomas Beck Milan short brimmed Pork Pie and Old Resistol Majestic. I dislike that Millan with his short brim and I decided to create a Hat with wider brim.
The Resistol was from the 60s and has many little stains at the crown, perfect for this conversion.
Looks better in my eyes!