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I agree with fmw. I like everything about the new shape, but the brim is too wide for any kind of city use. Trim a little off and it's a hat I'd wear anywhere.
... although I'm a sucker for the old school style it had in the "before" photo too...
Yes, it is a rather HUGE hat, and the open crown has got to be 6+ inches. Although if I become a cowboy it wouldn't be totally unlike the dimensions of Ben Foster's hat in the recent 3:10 to Yuma... and HE looked cool!
I liked the old style too, but I just wasn't wearing it (I felt like like a kid wearing a full size fireman's helmet) and thought I'd try messing around to see if I got more comfortable with a different style.
a kettle curl-- that would be fun. I like that idea. How do you DIY a kettle curl?
now this is just silly head-on, but you asked for it!
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I sent my very old wooden tool to the guy several years ago and he has started to remake them and sale them online, trust me if you want to curl several hat brims, then you will need this tool, it works, when I got mine, which is very old, maybe from the 20's I thought why did some one make this wooden hat curling tool, when all my other brim curling tools were metal that you had to heat up on a hot plate and work around the brim, so one day the light went off in my head to use the wooden tool and I have never looked back. It is worth every penny he gets , try making one yourself some time and get the roll right.
Major Moore
Thanks, bowlerman! That 7X is so blinkin' comfy I forget it's up there.
Who's the maker of that megahat you're working over?
Here is my new Stetson 10X
Mike, how would you describe the color on that beauty? The tone changed photo to photo, silverbelly to salmon pink. Has it spent any time on?
7X and 7XCB are very different animals.
He's based in Lebanon, TN, and I believe he calls himself charles. you can see on Ebay that he makes some big ole brims~ have to say I really like the materials and craftmanship in his hats though!