(October 23, 2017 at 8:33 am)Sal Wrote:

(October 23, 2017 at 8:30 am)ignoramus Wrote: Nice pic Sal.
You look like a decent person...

(you're not an axe murderer by any chance, are you?)

IT supporter and hatchet-wielding affectionarie (J/K)

"Nice guy, kinda quiet. Kept to himself mostly." 

(October 23, 2017 at 10:22 am)Clueless Morgan Wrote:

(October 22, 2017 at 10:40 am)A Theist Wrote: Another of my hat creations. This one started out as a late '70s early '80s era Resistol Western hat. After taking it apart and completely reworking it, it's now a fedora. This is about the third hat I did in this color and style, a copy of a '40s era thin ribbon fedora

I don't understand.  Do you actually alter the shape of the hat?  How is that even possible?  (I know nothing about hats or how they are made - or remade.)

Yes. It was completely altered and reworked from a Western style to a '40s era style fedora. I reshaped and resized the crown on a vintage wooden hat block similar to these...



 

That gives me the "Open Crown" shape I want and afterward I crease it. The brim will be cut to width and then I reshape that on a vintage wooden "brim flange" to give me the brim style I want. Afterward I sew in a new leather sweat band and ribbon.

(October 24, 2017 at 7:06 pm)A Theist Wrote:

(October 23, 2017 at 10:22 am)Clueless Morgan Wrote: I don't understand.  Do you actually alter the shape of the hat?  How is that even possible?  (I know nothing about hats or how they are made - or remade.)

Yes. It was completely altered and reworked from a Western style to a '40s era style fedora. I reshaped and resized the crown on a vintage wooden hat block similar to these...

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That gives me the "Open Crown" shape I want and afterward I crease it. The brim will be cut to width and then I reshape that on a vintage wooden "brim flange" to give me the brim style I want. Afterward I sew in a new leather sweat band and ribbon.

Is it a wool hat? Do you have to wet it down in order to reshape it? What is the mechanism that allows you to reshape it and for the next shape to "stick"?

(October 24, 2017 at 7:11 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote:

(October 24, 2017 at 7:06 pm)A Theist Wrote: Yes. It was completely altered and reworked from a Western style to a '40s era style fedora. I reshaped and resized the crown on a vintage wooden hat block similar to these...

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That gives me the "Open Crown" shape I want and afterward I crease it. The brim will be cut to width and then I reshape that on a vintage wooden "brim flange" to give me the brim style I want. Afterward I sew in a new leather sweat band and ribbon.

Is it a wool hat? Do you have to wet it down in order to reshape it? What is the mechanism that allows you to reshape it and for the next shape to "stick"?

No, it's not wool. It's fur felt. This particular hat is probably a blend of beaver and rabbit furs. If you ever buy a fedora or a western hat you want to make sure it's fur and not wool. Wool doesn't hold up well at all and is only used for cheaply made hats. I definitely use water to get it wet for reblocking. I'll also dampen the hat with water to crease it. Fur has good "memory" and it will retain the crease you put in it.

Felt sounds like work.

(October 24, 2017 at 8:02 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Felt sounds like work.

Looks like something out of the movie, Gangs Of New York!

Gotta say.... love the australian calendar(?) that's upside down!

That's because we're the land down under... You guys are really the ones upside down.

(October 25, 2017 at 6:37 am)ignoramus Wrote: That's because we're the land down under... You guys are really the ones upside down.

It's a bit irrelevant... and arbitrary.
I just got used to seeing maps with the north side up.
But, on the grand scheme of things, looking from the outside of our solar system, why would you pick one pole of the planet for up rather than the other?
At best, you could use some physics consideration connected to the planetary movement, where, if you look at it from the "top", you should see the planets going counter-clockwise.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-hand_rule


If that top aligns with what we call North, then... so be it!

That does happen for Earth's Rotation.

buy who picked ccwise to start wise?