The big closet I understand... mine is almost surrounded with boxes with hats![This one is not really a conversion, per se, but my father recently picked up a hat for free at a local yard sale. No sweatband or liner or any identifying markings, but likely an old Stetson or Resistol. It was dirty and stained beyond redemption and my mother said she wouldn't allow it in her house so, of course, I ended up with it. Dad said he didn't want it cleaned up too much or the brim trimmed at all as he wanted a distressed look with a very wide brim. No problem with the dirty part, even after a gas bath and lots of elbow grease, much of the "character" remains, and, although the brim edge is kind of ragged, I left it as is. He wanted a Gus style bash and side brim curl so this is what we ended up with. Mother may allow it in the house now, but somebody's gonna need a bigger closet.
A little over 4 3/4" on the brim. I really wanted to trim about a quarter inch off to take care of the raggedy bits, but old pop wasn't having any of it. It looks more like a sombrero to me, but at 85, I guess he's earned the right to get what he wants.The big closet I understand... mine is almost surrounded with boxes with hats!
Nice work there. How wide is that brim?
That is one fine conversion as usual DOGMAN. The first thing that came to my mind was spats. Do you have spats moontheloon?