Putting a long oval in fur felt hats: David Morgan Presents Akubra

David Morgan shows you how to use steam to fine tune the oval of a fur felt hat to fit your or your customer's head shape. A hat jack or hat stretcher is used to assist. The Akubra Cattleman and the Akubra Military or Slouch hat style are featured in the demonstration. See the book "Scientific Hat Finishing and Renovating", for general hat shaping information: http://www.archive.org/details/scientifichatfin00erma

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Howto & Style

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• Hat
• Hat Shaping
• Long Oval
• Oval
• Stetson
• Cowboy
• Fit
• instruction

[XxCalixGiantxX]

ayeeo i was wondering where i could get that at ? my tejana is 6 7/8 and it dont fit me :/

[DavidMorganCo]

Are you looking for a hat stretcher? We sell them but keep in mind that, at least for a fur felt hat, in general a stretcher can only help if the hat is only a size or less too small.

[LightningN1NjA]

Sorry to bother but I was wondering, with the proper hat jack, how much bigger in size can a 100% wool cap sized at 7 1/8 be stretched?

[DavidMorganCo]

@LightningN1NjA I would guess a stretcher might take it up one size, to 7 1/4. 

[bashfulbrother]

Do you have a video on the Adventurer Hat?

[DavidMorganCo]

@bashfulbrother I don't believe we do. It is a good idea though to show how the open crown Adventurer takes so readily to an Indiana Jones bash, we'll try to get one out!

[TCinCT]

I'm a musician and I just bought a couple of fur felt stove-pipe hats for War of 1812 and 19th century common-man impressions. They're a bit too large, so short of sending them back and incurring more shipping charges, how can I safely shrink them?

TCinCT

[SVTDarkCobra]

Would there be a why to make a fur felt hat a smaller size then what it is?

[Imsoangry]

Thanks, DMCo! I recently purchased your Akubra Hat Jack for a western I bought. The method you describe in the video worked very well. Thanks for including that part about flattening the brim afterwards, too.

I enjoy all your videos and products. Thanks for taking the time to provide these instructional videos.