What Hat Are You Working On Today?

[RickP]

And now the Sweatband is sewn back in, the ribbon tacked in, and liner is back inside where it belongs. Its a complete wearable hat again! One just needs to remember where it started, and the remaining warts dont seem so bad (either that or dont scrutinize underneath it too closely lol)

Project complete and on to the next one!

 

[Monte]

I have not seen this thread before. I didn't read all the pages, but what I've read was interesting. My most recent reshapes are a tall crown Resistol that looked bad its original cattlemens crease. I changed the shape quite a little. The other was an Agnoulita shaped to a cattlemens crease.

 

[Monte]

I was also thinking, people have so many hats, yet are willing to invest precious time into returning an unworn hat into something wearable which also looks great, and keeps the sun off your eyes. Something very tangible about this. Cool stuff. Reminds me of being in high-school, and stretching and reshaping a Resistol into something I wore for close to 30 years until it was lost. That was a good hat. Cheers.

 

[Monte]

I found another '90s Resistol, brushed it up, and now wear that just as proudly. It seems to be unworn and original so fine by me.

 

[TimmyV]

Here's a few pix of my latest "project hat" that I picked up pretty cheap on eBay. Unlined Mallory that came with the leather sweatband detached. From what I could tell in the ad I figured I was going to need to replace the old sweatband with a new one , thinking the leather had deteriorated to the point the sweatband had let go. I get some nice ones from Etsy that are made to my size and ready to sew in, so that wasn't going to be a problem. Was probably going to move the Mallory size tag to the new sweatband too, just to help give it a more vintage look.

This afternoon when the hat arrived I was pleasantly surprised to see that the old leather sweatband was still in good shape, only the threads that had attached it to the hat were dry rotted away. Another nice surprise was seeing that it was an unreeded leather sweatband that still fit like a glove. So I am going to try and sew the original back in.

I've never did one of these and I'm sure it will be tedious trying to hit all those tiny little holes just right. Like everything else I do, I'm going to give it my best shot & we will see how it turns out.

Hope y'all have a good 'un !