What Hat Are You Working On Today?

[HatsBySam]

my brother in law said he needed a John Wayne hat, figured you can’t go wrong with The Cowboys.

 

[RickP]

Got a little summer hat maintenance...... cleaning and stiffening some straws and hemp..... ready for summer

 

[HatsBySam]

Got a little summer hat maintenance...... cleaning and stiffening some straws and hemp..... ready for summer

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Is the dark brown hat a hemp Stratoliner?

 

[RickP]

Is the dark brown hat a hemp Stratoliner?

Yep... One of the Stratoliner SE hemps

 

[HatsBySam]

Yep... One of the Stratoliner SE hemps

I don’t like their current color offerings in hemp, gotta find me one of those.

 

[RickP]

I don’t like their current color offerings in hemp, gotta find me one of those.

The newer ones always seem to have a light color hatband to match the binding..... Me.... I took the light ribbon off and added a darker grosgrain... to my eye it looks less casual

 

[RickP]

I don’t like their current color offerings in hemp, gotta find me one of those.

I love the turquoise, and have really been watching for one of the mustard yellow hemps ( think they only did those for a year or so). I have a really nice Coniac color hemp OR, but as far as I can see they never offered it in the Stratoliner. I like the natural color, but the dark brown brim binding is kinda contrasty.... Im thinking of redoing one with a lighter tan or Kakhi colored ribbon

 

[HatsBySam]

I love the turquoise, and have really been watching for one of the mustard yellow hemps ( think they only did those for a year or so). I have a really nice Coniac color hemp OR, but as far as I can see they never offered it in the Stratoliner. I like the natural color, but the dark brown brim binding is kinda contrasty.... Im thinking of redoing one with a lighter tan or Kakhi colored ribbon

Do they fit true to size? I see some reviews saying they run big.

 

[RickP]

Do they fit true to size? I see some reviews saying they run big.

they DO run a bit big. Ive never noticed a Stetson hemp shrinking with age. They DO seem to be consistant... they ALL run a bit large for the size marked

 

[HatsBySam]

Stayed up after the U.S. win last night and finished the brim binding on this Stetson 7x clear beaver. It was originally silver belly, and a few sizes too small for me. Reblocked to a straight side fedora. Trimmed and bound the brim to a snappy open road style, but ended up steaming the front into a pull down. The felt is in amazing condition, it was just stained. I prefer a brown hat anyway and so decided to dye it brown, but wanted an “asymmetric dye job” and I am pretty pleased with how the coloring turned out. Since I upsized, the original liner didn’t fit well, so I sewed in a strip of satin. I’m not sure how well I like it, I may end up replacing all the side fabric, and just keep the original center panel. I displayed the “clear beaver” patch from the original sweatband and think this will be my go-to method moving forward, I like how it turned out. It was a fun hat to work on, this was the first 7x CB that I encountered.

 

[Blare]

Stayed up after the U.S. win last night and finished the brim binding on this Stetson 7x clear beaver. It was originally silver belly, and a few sizes too small for me. Reblocked to a straight side fedora. Trimmed and bound the brim to a snappy open road style, but ended up steaming the front into a pull down. The felt is in amazing condition, it was just stained. I prefer a brown hat anyway and so decided to dye it brown, but wanted an “asymmetric dye job” and I am pretty pleased with how the coloring turned out. Since I upsized, the original liner didn’t fit well, so I sewed in a strip of satin. I’m not sure how well I like it, I may end up replacing all the side fabric, and just keep the original center panel. I displayed the “clear beaver” patch from the original sweatband and think this will be my go-to method moving forward, I like how it turned out. It was a fun hat to work on, this was the first 7x CB that I encountered.

Beautiful!!!