Club Obi Wan

Hey guys

I was reading a reply in another topic about hat jacks and some of them may cause taper. This does not bode well for long term stoarage of a hat. What do you use/reccomend/have stories of? Right now im using a david morgan one.

http://www.davidmorgan.com/proddetail.h ... umber=1181

I'm using the one offered by Peters Brothers:

Check under 'Hat Accessories'.

http://www.petersbrothershats.com

Regards! Michaelson

It seems to me that all of the plastic ones that I have seen, have straight sides. All of the wooden ones have tapered sides. The David Morgan one that was pictured looks just like the one that I got from another online source and has the same brand name.

Mike Marosy took my wooden one and sanded down the outside edge and made it straight. It is usable now. No more taper. I suggest that if you have a wooden one, you do the same thing Mike did, before you use it.

As I said in another post, Mike has a relative with some kind of commercial sander that made short work of the taper. If you only have a hand sander, it may take a lot of work and a lot of sand paper to accomplish the task.

Could everyone be overreacting to the taper on the blocks of David Morgan's stretcher? I've had one for a while now and have not experienced any problems with any of the hats I currently own -- Including three Akubras, two of which I've had for at least ten years.

However I should add that I don't store any of them for an overly long time with the stretcher in place. I only use it from time to time to maintain a more oval shape to the sweatband of my slouch so that it fits my weirdly shaped noggin better, or to keep onet shaped while it's drying after getting caught out in the rain. I think the trick is to not put too much pressure on the hat. You only need just enough to duplicate the amount that your own head would create. Keep it gentle, at least that's the rule of thumb I use.

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Cheers!

ClintonHammond wrote:I think you wanted this as your direct link eh?

http://www.petersbrothershats.com/HAT_A ... page_1.htm

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Yep. I tried that twice, but it wouldn't work for me yesterday. Thanks! Regards! Michaelson

Just new to the group..but have a good hat jack. Made by "the Hat Jack" 883 Denver Ave. Calhan, CO 80808. I believe you can order them from www.sheplers.com about $20. Good quality, tapered and sanded wooden blocks.

Colorado jeff
San Antonio, TX

cheers!

colorado jeff wrote:Just new to the group..but have a good hat jack. Made by "the Hat Jack" 883 Denver Ave. Calhan, CO 80808. I believe you can order them from www.sheplers.com about $20. Good quality, tapered and sanded wooden blocks.

Colorado jeff
San Antonio, TX

Howdy, Colorado, and welcome to the group!
I've got the same stretcher as you, but some folks here seem to be freaked out that the Hat Jack is going to induce a taper in their hats if the blocks aren't sanded flat. I've never had this problem. Have you?

Cheers, from about 30 miles north of Dallas!

Some have experienced it, some haven't, Baggers. I don't believe anyone has 'freaked out' yet. Regards. Michaelson

Sorry, poor choice of words. Having said that, however, I still think that sanding off the taper might be unecessary. Perhaps the folks that did experience the problem were overtightening their stretchers? I know when I put too much twist on a straight sided plastic model I had owned previously, I created creases above the sweatband where the top edges "bit" into the felt. A taped block might actually be more forgiving in that regard.

Cheers!

Baggers wrote: Having said that, however, I still think that sanding off the taper might be unecessary. Perhaps the folks that did experience the problem were overtightening their stretchers? I know when I put too much twist on a straight sided plastic model I had owned previously, I created creases above the sweatband where the top edges "bit" into the felt. A taped block might actually be more forgiving in that regard.

Cheers!

I TOTALLY agree, and I have created that type of taper even using my straight sided PB version, so it's all in how one applies the pressure, and how much. Well said!

Regards! Michaelson