Different Fedora Technique

Posted by MK from adsl-63-194-18-73.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net on June 01, 2000 at 22:51:14:

I had a tough time shaping the brim on my new Miller. The front brim did not want to lay down like the Raiders hat due to the felt being thicker and stiffer. I tried all the usual advice offered here and it helped but not enough. I found if I pulled up on the sides where the top of the curve should be, it would bend the front down, so I took 2 clothes pins and clamped them on and used a string over the top of the hat and tied it in place. To disperse the tension on the clamped area I put a playing card in between the pins and the hat. That way I would not leave a crimp mark. I also put cards on the crown where the string touched for the same reason. With all this in place I took a spritz bottle with water and wet the join of the brim and the crown. I set it upside down over night. The next day I removed the tension device and wham-o! Raiders brim. Just in case anyone else could use the info.

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• Re: Different Fedora Technique MF 19:04:58 6/02/2000 (0)

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