How To Stretch a Stetson Western Hat , Fedora,Felt or Straw Hat HOW TO USE A HAT JACK

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[email protected] How to stretch a felt or straw hat, western or fedora, derby or Porkpie hat it’s all the same..

Do it at your own risk,
it takes practice to stretch
and u may mess a couple up in the process. Really.
People mail their stretches to me from across the sea, from Europe and Asia..
I’m doing this over 25 years and have gotten a feel for it,
How far to go,when to stop...

U can ALWAYS stretch a hat, as far as u want to go..
But..
the more u stretch,
the more side effect and distorted it can get,
but u can always do it.

The less u do,
the less stretch marks u will see,
or hopefully, none at all..

u will usually need to smooth out the marks
from stretching afterwards, for big stretches u basically destroy the shape, and start again..it’s brutal. I don’t suggest this unless there’s no other option,
For your old hat only..!!!

this is NOT suggested
when buying a new hat...
it’s almost always best to buy larger,
and pad it down to size afterwards.

Stretching contracts. not all the way,
but it shrinks back. A lot.

you always wind up thinking u have tons of room..
“Wow! That was a HUGE stretch,
it’s gonna be BIG on you!”
an hour later, it feels the same as it did
..kind of a bit looser?
Maybe? Maybe not? I think so, I can’t tell.

it comes back afterwards,
If you stretch 175% larger..
In the end, after it shrinks back, when u wake up the next day, it’ll settle and eventually all you’ve gotten from that 175% stretch
is about a 10-20% larger hat in the end.
Hat stretching works, but barely,u need to work your ass off,
for the tiniest bit of difference.

People always ask, “wait!..don’t u need to measure me? To know HOW MUCH to stretch?” Thinking I’m being lazy..
But without looking, I know I always need to stretch it to the MAXIMUM, as far as I can go without the side effects and stretch marks showing.
and in the end, it’ll be a little bigger, if I stretch the absolute crapola out of it.
It’s the only way to get results that last,

Anything else is fake, just for show, worthless.
Like most of the people who stretch hats, it does absolutely nothing. Not a thing.
If u own a hat jack, u know.. it works for a second, after u take it out, the hat is small again, u need to steam and stretch it so far that it’s cringeworthy, it looks like you’re destroying the hat, sometimes it’s so brutal looking folks can not even watch! And I agree.
If it feels ok after the guy takes it off the stretcher, you’re screwed.
The next day that stretch is gone.
It needs to feel TOO BIG when it comes off of the stretch
I tell folks, TRUDT ME, it’ll come back. TRIET ME.
Not one person came back with a complaint in 25 years

it fits perfect the second it comes off the stretcher, even a bit big, so they’re satisfied,
But little do they know that ten minutes later, that kind of stretch is worthless.



I’m being generous too, I’d say 10% is more typical for me,
and for you guys,new at this..you’ll get 5%-7%
because you’ll be cautious,and stop stretching earlier than me,
afraid to tear the hat...and rightly so,

But again, the payoff sucks,
If u have an old hat that doesn’t fit,
And u have no other choice, u can go for it,
It’s free. I don’t charge, and that’s for the last 25 years, I must have stretched over 500 hats, maybe 1000.
and we never charged a penny.



It takes a ton of work, skillfully,carefully done work..
and the payoff is tiny, u wind up with a hat that’s got so many side efffects, stretch marks, tears in the sweatband, this and that..
And only about 10% larger




they will steam out if u rub them away, if u do jut a little,there will be no mark at all
More hat shaping tips.

Get a steamer or steam source

A wooden "hat jack":
https://www.jjhatcenter.com/collectio...

Paper towel: to soak up droplets of water that may shoot out of the steamer, dab it until the water drop is gone, or just wait and it'll dry naturally
I will stretch your hat for free if u come to the NYC shop on east 9th street
Www.porkpiehatters.com
Just $14.50 shipping to get it backs I u in a hat box, any questions ?
Ask in comments section, thnx



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