Does anyone here roll their hats?
How do they turn out?


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Well done, Rick, I was thinking the same thing!rick5150 wrote:That looks an awful lot like the tubes in which you might find a fine whisky contained.
I cannot speak for everybody, but I began crunching and rolling my hats to help break down the stiffener and soften them up. I have never made wrinkles in a hat by doing this.I thought the point of rolling the hat was to MAKE WRINKLES.
Ha. Nope. I drink water from the hat after I have saturated it with whisky. Beats carrying a glass bottle. It also explains why I get lost all the time. Word of warning. Keep hat away from open flames.Hey Rick, as long as you don't start drinking the malt from the hat...
To be fair, have you ever rolled and/or crunched your hat and then left it rolled/crunched for more than an hour? Because that's what we're really talking about here.rick5150 wrote: I cannot speak for everybody, but I began crunching and rolling my hats to help break down the stiffener and soften them up. I have never made wrinkles in a hat by doing this.
Of course, this coming from me, would say that a German WWII GAS MASK CASE would work nicely to go with your Mk VII.Mattdeckard wrote:I wonder if HJ has tubes? If not should we make one? The hat tube from Knox is more spacious than the whisky tube.
Absolutely. I mentioned that I began crunching and rolling my hats to help break down the stiffener and soften them up. That shows you what the hats are capable of. I have not left a hat crunched up for more than 7 hours though. I have found that on some hikes, the wind is too much to be wearing a wide brimmed hat. Sometimes, I hold them if I expect the wind will not last and the footing is good. Other times the hat goes into the backpack.To be fair, have you ever rolled and/or crunched your hat and then left it rolled/crunched for more than an hour? Because that's what we're really talking about here.
I can see this now as Steve is sitting around the house drinking whisky to obtain the "hat" tins for shipping. "C'mon guys, your hats will get to you soon, I am drinking as fast as I can..."Indy Gater wrote:...Fedora WAS looking for new hatboxes for shipping new AB's in...
Actually with a hat as soft as the one pictured at the top, it's easy to put it on with it aiming any which way. you really can't tell the difference with a soft felt and a soft leather, you just wear the hat the way you put it on your head which I think is what happend to make the Indy hat so unique... I don't think any of the details outside of the dimentional brim were on purpose, I just think it depended on how Ford's head was shaped and which way he put it on his head.Swindiana wrote:I see now why the original Raiders hat was turned by accident...![]()
Regards,
Swindiana
I have this one with Swedish instructions.Swindiana wrote:Of course, this coming from me, would say that a German WWII GAS MASK CASE would work nicely to go with your Mk VII.