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What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

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Joao Encarnado

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Sorry A'n'A , Beautiful Falcon Park Statler (missp. Statler , hit the wrong key , I guess) , It is a Gorgeous Blue , and the Ribbon Color sets it Off ! Nice double (Roy Rogers type) (sort of Telescope ) Crown Cease on that Straw you were Flagging with , also . It looked like Fun was had my one and All at the course .

LOL. Quite alright! ;)

Mike Miller (NW Hats) did the original refurb. I liked it for a little while, but it just wasn't "right". He's done great work for me on another hat, so I have nothing but great things to say about him. :)

The hat has a TON of open crown height, and it's difficult to work with. It lost some head time, so I tried a center dent, but it was too high and tapered. I just wasn't happy. The brim was another story. It was more flat in the front. Lastly, the sweatband and ribbon were a touch too tight. I decided to refurb it again myself.

Doubling up the telescope was the only way to bring the crown height back to reality. Re-flanging the brim and pulling it down in the front gave it more swoop. Lastly, I went with a classic (and wider) black ribbon, as opposed to a previous maroon color. The wider ribbon further helps with the perceived crown height.


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Thanks, Michael. The felt is navy and ribbon color is a muted "plum" brown. I was originally going to use a plum colored ribbon with a deeper red/purple color. However, I already have a Dobbs Fifteen homburg with a deep red plum ribbon, so I didn't want a close copy. The Statler ribbon turned out great, because its contrast with the blue felt was truer to what I had envisioned it to be, amplifying (no pun intended ;)) the plum coloring rather than brown, but not so red that it matched my Dobbs. It's my Grail hat for sure! :)

PS - The Statler and Dobbs will probably be a good future comparison in the Side by Side thread. Hmm...

Ah. so it's blue. Regardless, I'm eventually gonna do this with a black or dark blue hat.
 
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