The Conversion Corral

[RJR]

I'd hang it on a clothes line (in a sock bag) or otherwise place it outside during the nice weather in a secure location for a coupla days. Fresh air works wonders.

+1

 

[jswindle2]

What about Naptha?

 

[DOGMAN]

What about Naptha?

If it's really dirty.

 

[jswindle2]

I thought I'd throw up a pic of what the hat originally looked like.

 

[gtdean48]

I thought I'd throw up a pic of what the hat originally looked like.

For those that care, those Stagecoach pins are hard to find.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

For those that care, those Stagecoach pins are hard to find.

Yes they are.

 

[jswindle2]

Well, here it is. The bow didn't turn out as well as I hoped but it has always been my weak point.

The sides are straighter than they look in the picture. I went with 2" ribbon because I still had some vintage rayon/cotton Petersham left.

 

[RJR]

Well, here it is. The bow didn't turn out as well as I hoped but it has always been my weak point.

The sides are straighter than they look in the picture. I went with 2" ribbon because I still had some vintage rayon/cotton Petersham left.

Nice job,imo.

 

[Wesslyn]

Well, here it is. The bow didn't turn out as well as I hoped but it has always been my weak point.

The sides are straighter than they look in the picture. I went with 2" ribbon because I still had some vintage rayon/cotton Petersham left.

Well done! I'd wear it!

 

[jswindle2]

Look what I just won on the 'bay Joao.

I don't mean to poke the bear but I may end up cutting and converting it. However, I may leave the brim alone and just change the bash and ribbon. I'm not sure since I finally found a brown 'Coach in my size and converted it. Suggestions are welcome.

 

[T Jones]

I thought I'd throw up a pic of what the hat originally looked like.

Here's a few Stagecoaches that I left Western and reworked. They've been reblocked and I also changed out the ribbons. You may also want to hang on to your Stagecoach pins as well....they started out looking like yours in the picture...

Here's an unknown Western that I converted. It was pretty beat up when I got it...

 

[Hurricane Jack]

TJ, I like your style with these. The lines of your hats are just great. No one does it better!

 

[Bob Roberts]

Well, here it is. The bow didn't turn out as well as I hoped but it has always been my weak point.

The sides are straighter than they look in the picture. I went with 2" ribbon because I still had some vintage rayon/cotton Petersham left.

Nice ribbon work.

 

[jswindle2]

Nice ribbon work.

I wish I could say it ended up that way on purpose.

 

[Bob Roberts]

I wish I could say it ended up that way on purpose.

Lol. You could say it and I would believe it.

 

[jswindle2]

Here's a few Stagecoaches that I left Western and reworked. They've been reblocked and I also changed out the ribbons. You may also want to hang on to your Stagecoach pins as well....they started out looking like yours in the picture...

Here's an unknown Western that I converted. It was pretty beat up when I got it...

I've always been a big fan of the late 19th and early 20th century style hats, like the ones in early cowboy filims.

A few of those guys were real cowboys and lawmen.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Look what I just won on the 'bay Joao.

I don't mean to poke the bear but I may end up cutting and converting it. However, I may leave the brim alone and just change the bash and ribbon. I'm not sure since I finally found a brown 'Coach in my size and converted it. Suggestions are welcome.

It's all on your choice. It's nice as it is and Terry have made some nice options.

I've always been a big fan of the late 19th and early 20th century style hats, like the ones in early cowboy filims.

Nice pictures there. Sadly some are not easy to make nowadays.

 

[T Jones]

TJ, I like your style with these. The lines of your hats are just great. No one does it better!

Thanks HJ. I appreciate that.

 

[TheDane]

Terry, I admire your hat-work! I also like the fact, that you find relatively cheap hats and turn them into the hats, you really enjoy to wear - having lots of fun in the process.

I'm from a whole other continent, and to me cowboys are just "some foreign cattle herders". I feel a lot closer related to sailors and fishermen, so I have no nostalgic or romantic feelings for cowboy-life or -wear. It would be extremely exotic for me to wear a cowboy hat in CPH, so I would also convert a western - or dump it at a thrift shop. As long as it's "just" a production hat, I definitely wouldn't mind turning it into something more wearable.

Keep up the great work, Buddy!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Thanks HJ. I appreciate that.

My favorites of your's are the dark brown, thin ribbon & the rust brown mid-ribbon but the overall lines are great on all of them.