old hats

what about a witches hat... (not sure where you might find one ;-)

Cut off the skinny bit that is too small for your size, and then pull it over the bit that is where you want to be... Need to do it wet I guess..

Soak it in warm water and drag it onto your head and let it dry it should stretch and conform to every bump and dent.

Marie said maybe the hat hasnt shrunk..........

buy a new hat. they arent that expensive.

An old African remedy is to fill the hat with corn kernels and then pour some water in the hat. Kernels swell out and make the hat larger. Have seen it work on shoes!!

Cheers

Don't keep wetting your hat. The wet,dry,wet,dry,wet just makes the leather age faster and dries out the natural oils. Another tip...don't dry it out with anything other than dry air, hang it up and leave it. Putting it next to the heater or in the oven or using a hair dryer will stuff it. Same with leather boots.

Sit down, pull the hat between both hands and your knee, going around and around and around. Do this for a minute or two tonight and tomorrow night and Thursday night and you will have a hat that fits you for the weekend. Get carried away and it will go out of shape and you'll bust the stitching.

Cheers,

MUZZ

use the IRWIN type clamps from bunnings or other hardware stores
reverse the jaws
make up a half round timber frame for each jaw and start stretching...did this to an old but GOODEN Akubra many times...... till it disintegrated

Had a similar problem with my leather jock strap.....tried the soaking in water approach and the bloody thing just got tighter :-)

thanks all for your advice tell marie checked another hat and it looks like my head is ok at this point, tried the soak and put the hat back on worked but what a headake mal b

Get some of that drizabone stuff that has beeswax in emulsion or similar that is sold for shoe leather. I reckon the leather is losing the oils it got when it was tanned.

Dont try Dubbin cos it smells like sheep dip and attracts Kiwis!

Owen