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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.