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Hey All, Just wondering. What is the best way to handle your Fedora when removing it from the head,etc. I sometimes see hats worn out near front pinch. Others have mentioned they never handle it that way. It seems the natural place to grab it off my head.(at the front pinch) Is it bad for your hat in the long run??? Otherwise, handle it by the brim?
-raider 57

By the brim.

For real life purposes you should handle it by the brim. But if you want to do it like Indy does (and the way which I have adopted as well) grab it gently by the pinch and then adjust by the brim.

Cheers

Unfortunately, it's a very natural motion to grab it by the crown, but I guess you need to be very careful to be gentle when grabbing the pinch. The thing is, when you've got a hat in one hand and something else in the other, how do you put the thing on without grabbing the pinch?!?

Yours in a pinch,

Dean

the same way you'd take off a helmet......2 hands, by the brim on either side of your head....at least that's how i do it.

Indiana G wrote:the same way you'd take off a helmet......2 hands, by the brim on either side of your head....at least that's how i do it.

What kind of helmet?

I take of my fire helmet by the brim and put it on by crandling the frontpiece.

BendingOak wrote: I take of my fire helmet by the brim and put it on by crandling the frontpiece.

Thats how I put my hat on and take it off by the back brim.

I'd heard that it was bad to grab the hat by the pinch, but I've totally forgotten why. Does it wear the felt out there faster? Or does it deform the hat?

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Dean

I wouldnt recomend grabbing by the pinch if you have a raiders bash. It wouldnt matter the other ways. I've always grabbed my cowboy hats by the crown. Thats just how it feels natural.

BendingOak wrote:

Indiana G wrote:the same way you'd take off a helmet......2 hands, by the brim on either side of your head....at least that's how i do it.

What kind of helmet?

I take of my fire helmet by the brim and put it on by crandling the frontpiece.

a snug motorcycle helmet of course

i didn't know if it was football or bike. The first thing my mind wen't to was fire.

I've developed my own way to take the hat off. I put my right hand on the back of my head, below the hat and push up with my pinky until the hat comes up, and slides forward off the top of my head. As the hat is falling towards the ground, I curl my fingers inside the hat and run my fingertips along the right side of the sweatband until my hand gets to the front of the hat. I keep my fingers on the sweatband, and wrap my thumb around the top of the brim in front. I manage to do all this before the hat falls much past my shoulders.

I know it sounds violent to throw the hat off my head, and catch it in front of myself, but it's actually a lot more gentle than it sounds.

Indiana G wrote:the same way you'd take off a helmet......2 hands, by the brim on either side of your head....at least that's how i do it.

Also a good idea, Raider 57.

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Dean

Oh yeah, I saw that. If grabbing it by the pinch eventually leads to that, then I'm gonna avoid it.

I won't be surprised if my crown wears out, but not because I grab it roughly there (I don't). It's just that all that fussing around with the creases just doesn't seem to be good for it in the long run!

I must admit that I tend to grab it by the crown or pinch. I'll have to remember to be careful how I do that.

Indiana G wrote:the same way you'd take off a helmet......2 hands, by the brim on either side of your head....at least that's how i do it.

I just checked this morning. I grab the chin bar with one hand and slip off my helmet. I usually have my glasses in my other hand.

I too have habitually grabbed my hat at the pinch.....at least 'til now. However I have noticed that the area of the pinch is a little lighter(faded?) now. It's very minimal, but I was wondering if anything can be done to remedy this?? Thanks!!

AND thanks for the lesson learned!

I recently changed my handling method and I find it to be second nature for me.
When Talking the hat off, I grab it by the brim. When putting it on, I cup the pinch area in the palm of my hand, therefore NOT pinching it, and scoop the hat onto my head then adjust it by the brim.

IndianaSolo wrote:I recently changed my handling method and I find it to be second nature for me.
When Talking the hat off, I grab it by the brim. When putting it on, I cup the pinch area in the palm of my hand, therefore NOT pinching it, and scoop the hat onto my head then adjust it by the brim.

I use the same method aswell.