9.00 beaver hat brand new

GunClick Rick · July 11, 2012, 10:06:14 PM

5.00 + 4.00 shipping from shopgoodwill.com

3x but how will i shape it?

Wolfgang · July 12, 2012, 02:36:38 AM

Gun Click'r . . .that thur hat looks good . . . . .....

GunClick Rick · July 15, 2012, 12:59:10 AM

well i got a small pencil rol using the toy A to get as big as i could get,then steamed it and lifted each side a bit aput some waieght on the frontmfor a liitle more front bend..Steamed it one more time now let set over night ,theit will ussually shape itself,it is a self retaining Resistol hat.Now for some reason i am have problems i never had before,but i don't have any hat stiffiner and the only place in town that carries it is out of it for two weeks...)*(&*^&%^(&%(^&(*^(&*TY&T(!!!!!!!!!
But i shal perserver~~

GunClick Rick · July 15, 2012, 01:00:49 AM

well i got a small pencil roll using the toy A to get as big as i could get,then steamed it and lifted each side a bit and put some wieght on the front,for a liitle more front bend..Steamed it one more time now let set over night ,then it will ussually shape itself,it is a self retaining Resistol hat.Now for some reason i am haveing problems i never had before,but i don't have any hat stiffiner and the only place in town that carries it is out of it for two weeks...)*(&*^&%^(&%(^&(*^(&*TY&T(!!!!!!!!!
But i shall perserver~~

Lord Eoin · July 18, 2012, 06:55:27 PM

The Drill Instructors I knew in the Army Reserves, used Cheaphair spray on their "Smoky the Bear " hats, to stiffen the brims.

GunClick Rick · July 18, 2012, 07:06:30 PM

Jesus my eyes are gettin bad,how did that metal thing get in there.When i get those little spray bottles of stiffner,i pour them into old windex bottle so i can spray more one at one time,works real well but at 8.00 a bottle ya have to be carefull.

Abilene · July 18, 2012, 11:11:38 PM

Great find, Rick. Certainly there are many possibilities for shaping it, and everybody has their own taste. But I gotta say I really like that open crown flat brim look, especially with that hat band.

Rowdy Fulcher · July 24, 2012, 03:22:11 PM

Howdy
Abilene I'm with ya on the Open Crown , that is a Fine looking hat .

GunClick Rick · July 24, 2012, 04:10:55 PM

I gonna redo that hatband.

Paladin Gun For Hire · July 27, 2012, 10:57:16 AM

Rick,
What do you use to steam your hats?

GunClick Rick · July 27, 2012, 01:17:31 PM

An old tea kettle right now and i have one of those hand held steam irons that blasts a puff of steam out when you push a button,but it spits water drops too so isn't that good,it has a brush you can remove,i use it mostly for cleaning,i going to get stiffner today.I put the stiffner in an old windex type spray bottle,steam shape spray,steam again spray again making sure to get an even spray over that hat.

Delmonico is probably alot better than i as he makes his living doing such,i wish i had a pro steamer,even a used one is pricey~ If i see a hat on a western that i like i will try to make one like it..I have a bag of little toy letters that i use to make a roll

Wolfgang · July 28, 2012, 02:29:25 PM

Gun Click'r . . what do you use for "stiff'ner" ?

GunClick Rick · July 28, 2012, 02:34:37 PM

Marriage does have it's benefits~

GunClick Rick · July 28, 2012, 02:35:10 PM

Hat stiffner you nincompoop!

Wolfgang · July 28, 2012, 07:51:42 PM

Quote from: GunClick Rick on July 28, 2012, 02:35:10 PM
Hat stiffner you nincompoop!

I knows that I is a "nincompooop" . . . i just don't knows whut "hatstuffnur" is ? ! $:-\$

joec · July 28, 2012, 08:38:19 PM

Really nice had Rick. I prefer the flat top Eastwood type hats from his movies. I bought one recently with a pencil roll 3 1/2" brim that I change to match his using a pressure cooker for the steam and my hands with the counter top for shaping. It turned out pretty good also. The only thing I would change on that hat is the crown I would rather have about 3.5 inch instead of the 4.5 it is now.

GunClick Rick · July 28, 2012, 09:51:57 PM

Yea the first roll i did just by wetting the brim folding the edge over and ironing it down,it comes out real wobly but you keep steamin and shapin and it finally gets there,it's works if you want that i did myself look.There is a pencil roller you can buy and it is a nice contraption,but 185.00 or more last time i looked.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/54377212/hat-making-tool-kettle-curl-brim-shaper

http://lumberjocks.com/projects/14571

GunClick Rick · July 28, 2012, 10:04:25 PM

My John Wayne hat

i just did this one up~

and this one~

and the Festus replica i did~

Howdy Doody · August 05, 2012, 10:21:15 AM

Since you like to haunt thrift shops, look for an old vaporizer. The old ones that you used to put Vicks in to clear up you sinuses. I started out with one of them I found at a flea market and it will work pretty well for steaming a hat.

GunClick Rick · August 05, 2012, 02:37:56 PM

Had one for awhile that was glass,pretty old,but it got plugged up somehow and i messed it up by drilling the hole bigger.I have a couple newer ones here,i'll get one out and try it.Almost got a pro one from Western Wearhouse when they closed up,someone bought it before i got there,they were selling everything off.