bowlerman
I'll Lock Up
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At the moment, I"'m going with my Resistol stingy cav-edge. This hat began as a 7 1/4, and I ruined the sweatband while leaving it over steam to tend to an emergent child situation. Then I reblocked it and the felt tore straight through on about an inch or two between the brim and crown. So this has been a restoration project for me. I sewed in a new sweat and stitched up the tear by hand, and have been trying to crease this in such a way to remove some of the taper without compromising the nice side profile. This is what I've settled on:
Here's an Alan inspired shot of the profile:
Here's an Alan inspired shot of the profile: