The Conversion Corral

[randooch]

I just used my regular slight bent needle I always use, and some black thread, and it took me about three days.

:eeek: Is that all? lol

Seriously, nice work, Jeff.

 

[Chepstow]

Seriously, nice work, Jeff.

Yes, indeed!

 

[bond]

The 15 minute conversion. Vintage Dobbs Shantung from hburg to flat brim fedora bash w/vintage burgundy ribbon. 1)Ironed the brim flat.2)steamed the sides of crown.3)hook on ribbon.

 

[Chepstow]

bond, great job done! Looks perfect in my eyes, but the original shape was great too.

 

[bond]

Thanks Manfred, I liked the original too, but not as much as i like the conversion. I like a bit of pinch in the crown crease and the brim curl in the original was a bit too round for my tastes. Overall though the hat has great bones which made for easy conversion.

 

[DOGMAN]

bond,really like your conversion.Much more the style that I like.

 

[bowlerman]

Really nice work there, bond. In this case, I have no objections to converting that homburg. Looks great.

Advice now being solicited:

A casualty in the vintage bowler department today caused me to mess around with some stuff (the stranger things I may share at a later time!). Just to see how it looked, I wrapped the bowler's ribbon around my modern Dobbs burgundy fedora, and wrapped the burgundy ribbon from the Dobbs around my Beaver Brand in sand.

My personal opinion is that the Dobbs looks much better in black, but I'm undecided with the BB.

Before:

After:

 

[Chepstow]

Jeff, I like it. The burgundy ribbon looks well on the Beaver Brand, reminds me on your Falcon Park and is truly a better improvement.
The Burgundy Hat with black ribbon, looks good with this black one. In my opinion, better as before. Looks decent.

 

[scottyrocks]

The burgundy ribbon on the white hat looks great.

 

[bond]

This is the conundrum I always have with my hats is choosing a dang ribbon. Which is why I like to get ribbons made up so I can switch em out as my mood changes .
Jeff the monotone look is always great as you can wear that with anything whereas the burgundy ribbon looks good too but limits the palate.
I think this is why borso stuck with the monotone felt/ribbon combo look in vintage hats as it is easy to coordinate with clothing colors. Just my opinion.
What ever you decide it looks good either way.

 

[randooch]

I like your wine bottles as hat racks idea.

Both hats look nice to me.

 

[hatophile]

Burgundy on white, exquisite.

 

[DOGMAN]

The sand Beaver Brand with the burgundy ribbon looks good.

 

[bowlerman]

thanks guys. I do really like that burgundy on the sand hat, but a good point was made that would look similar to my falcon park, and why not keep a few different options?
On the other hand, I ordered one of these pugs from shushan's, and it already makes this ole Dobbs more wearable, IMO. The matching ribbon just looked cheap and plastic-y to me.

 

[bond]

Bowler man , nice hat, but the pug is on wrong . The wrap should terminate the other direction , opposite of how you have it currently.

 

[bowlerman]

oops! I wasn't sure...

 

[DOGMAN]

Here is my 2nd conversion.A Resistol Ridgetop-silverbelly-brim 3 1/2"-open crown 6".After conversion brim 2 6/8"-crown front 4 7/8"-back 3 6/8"

 

[hatophile]

Nice job, Dog!

 

[Cicero]

Great result! :eusa_clap

 

[Cicero]

Man, that color is just fantastic.