Eldrick Jacobs of Flint & Port Hat Co. walks us through how he repairs a tattered, 70-year-old Resistol hat, that has been passed down three generations while maintaining its character. The process includes cleaning the felt, re-blocking the hat to fit the client’s head, trimming the brim, and re-crowning the hat to its original shape. Although there is a hole in the crown of the hat, the client opted for the hole to be preserved, to carry on the story of the hat and keep the memory of its previous wearers. By restoring this hat, the hat is being made to last another 70 years or so, with minimal maintenance needed.
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Timecodes:
00:24 Deconstructing the hat
01:05 Cleaning the felt
01:44 Cleaning hat band
02:14 Reblocking the hat
03:15 Cutting the brim
03:35 Sanding the brim
03:59 Creating the sweatband
04:34 Crowning the hat
05:05 Reveal
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Restoring A Tattered 70 Year Old Heirloom Hat | Refurbished | Insider
