Best way to curl the edges of the brim?

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Best way to curl the edges of the brim?

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. . . so that it looks sort of like an Akubra Stockman. It seems like there's a trick to it beyond just steam and fingers...
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Re: Best way to curl the edges of the brim?

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The weight of a wider brim works against you. It might be necessary to get some spray stiffener so it will hold. Many of the on-line hat shops carry it.
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Re: Best way to curl the edges of the brim?

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I've got my akubra doing a decent curl with much rolling and spraying but to be honest...the best way to have the curl is to have a head shaped like HF. A long oval head where the hat is pulled on from the front and back makes a perfect curl....for the rest of us it doesn't work that well. I've got a round head and my hat no matter what won't do the curl unless I put it there.

I heard the PB used to make their hats for customers shorter in the front and back on purpose so no matter what you'd get the curls.
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Re: Best way to curl the edges of the brim?

Post by Chewbacca Jones »

bsj, I don't think that's the kind of 'curl' jculpep3 is looking for. That's more a warp than a curl. The Stockman has a classic outback shape that gracefully curls up the sides and swoops down the front and back, like so;
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The other option is to wait until the hat has become so pliable and obedient that you can curl and uncurl as much as you like. I known only one or to people who've gotten that far. :lol:
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Re: Best way to curl the edges of the brim?

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He said best way, that would be a flange you are looking for.
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Re: Best way to curl the edges of the brim?

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Play with it. Roll the brim like you would roll a piece of paper. If you watch old westerns you see the cowboys twisting and pinching the hats. I fact if you watch the Indiana Jones extra features on DVD you will see Ford doing the same thing between takes. :TOH:
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alaska_mcghee wrote:Play with it. Roll the brim like you would roll a piece of paper. If you watch old westerns you see the cowboys twisting and pinching the hats. I fact if you watch the Indiana Jones extra features on DVD you will see Ford doing the same thing between takes. :TOH:


He's not curling the edge of the brim. Besides he asked for the best way to curl the edge of the brim. That's using a flange.
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Re: Best way to curl the edges of the brim?

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So, with that, the answer has been given and we may as well lock this one down.

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