Restoring a Tattered 70-Year-Old Heirloom Hat
- Video
- 2022
- 6m
Eldrick Jacobs of Flint and Port Hat Co. shows Insider how he repairs a tattered, 70-year-old Resistol hat that has been passed down three generations while maintaining its character. The pr... Read allEldrick Jacobs of Flint and Port Hat Co. shows Insider 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 t... Read allEldrick Jacobs of Flint and Port Hat Co. shows Insider 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 cr... Read all