Again, I realize that depending which way you go, a reblock may be affected by how much of the felt you have to work with, especially if it requires losing crown height or trimming the brim. But my question is this: which style of Indy hat can simply be reblocked, reshaped, or easily altered without the need of selling it off altogether? Can a Raiders easily become a LC? Can a ToD become a CS? Which combinations do or don't work, and why? (That said, I still do not condone butchering a perfectly good vintage fedora for this, rather existing Indy hats only.
)I'd especially be interested to hear Steve Delk's take, as he spent so much time in the past physically making and altering hat blocks to come up with the "starting point block" so many other hatters have had the advantage of beginning with.
That led me to posting this thread. I think a certain number of gearheads may be well-served by this knowledge.
