I'm planning on keeping an AB fedora I will be buying as a display piece under long-term/indefinite storage, and I was wondering if you experts out there had any advice?
I'm mainly considering buying some kind of a display glass-box to keep it in, but currently am unable to find anything close to that to keep it in. Any advice here too would be greatly appreciated! If all else fails though, I might end up keeping it in the box it came in in an empty spot on my closet, and probably will pull it out years and years from now just to admire before reshelving it.
My main concern is that if I find some kind of glass box to keep it in, would it be safe to keep it in an air-tight/reasonably air-tight environment? Would it be safe to store the fedora crown-up, possibly with either a circular cut-out underneath, or resting on a box small enough so that the brim doesn't rest on the edges? And would it be safe to just leave it as if without touching it, or should I pop it out every month or so and apply Pecards to the sweatband? Enquiring minds must know!
I've been keeping my two other AB's stored in their hatboxes (or should I say their shipping boxes), tucked away in the deep recesses of my closet! However, with these two upcoming fedoras, I'm really thinking about getting them stored in a more *safer* spot, as I'm not too sure about just how safe keeping a fedora (with a leather band, no less!) stored in a dark box will be in the long run.
Well, since I'm getting two, I suppose I could always store one in the closet, and keep one 'framed'...
