That looks great Dogman. The color is perfect and the ribbon really works with the shape of the hat.I found this Resistol Weekend Roundup and was going to do a conversion.I like the hat the way it is so I only changed the rope band to a ribbon and bow.
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Michael,thank you.This hat will definitely get some head time now.
That's a nice one DMAN! The bow and ribbon work really sets it off.I found this Resistol Weekend Roundup and was going to do a conversion.I like the hat the way it is so I only changed the rope band to a ribbon and bow.]
Great job, sir.Finally got around to taking some pictures of the Navy Blue 3X Resistol that Michael R gifted to me. I reused all the original ribbon and brim binding and was even able to save and reattach the original manufacturer's label and 7 1/4 size tag. I was also able to clean up and reuse the original red liner and red sweat bow to 'like new' condition. The original sweat couldn't be saved so I replaced it with a new goat skin leather sweat. It started out as an early '60s lower crowned western with a 3 1/2 brim that, to me, looked disproportionate to the hat. I decided to convert it to a fedora. To start off with, the hat was very well made. The material and the workmanship that went into it originally was as high quality as I ever saw.
I retained the original open crown height of 5 1/2 inches and reblocked it on a straight sided hat block. I creased in my preferred teardrop with a tighter pinch at 4 3/4 with a rake sloping to 4 1/4 at the back. The brim is 2 3/4 wide...
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Thank you Bob. Much appreciated.
Thank you Willebe.
Maybe it's the color, but this is by far my most favorite of your conversions. Love the pinch. Good on ya TJ!Finally got around to taking some pictures of the Navy Blue 3X Resistol that Michael R gifted to me. I reused all the original ribbon and brim binding and was even able to save and reattach the original manufacturer's label and 7 1/4 size tag. I was also able to clean up and reuse the original red liner and red sweat bow to 'like new' condition. The original sweat couldn't be saved so I replaced it with a new goat skin leather sweat. It started out as an early '60s lower crowned western with a 3 1/2 brim that, to me, looked disproportionate to the hat. I decided to convert it to a fedora. To start off with, the hat was very well made. The material and the workmanship that went into it originally was as high quality as I ever saw.
I retained the original open crown height of 5 1/2 inches and reblocked it on a straight sided hat block. I creased in my preferred teardrop with a tighter pinch at 4 3/4 with a rake sloping to 4 1/4 at the back. The brim is 2 3/4 wide...
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Thank you Red! I appreciate that!
Love the contrasting ribbon colour
The burgundy really looks nice with that tan color. I have a conversion (of sorts) like this that Mike Miller did. Love this combo.
Stylish man, nice work. How does it look on?Looking good Mr Jones.Finished my conversion.
