Restoring A Tattered 70-Year-Old Heirloom Hat | Refurbished | Insider

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. For more check out: 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 MORE REFURBISHED VIDEOS: How A Burned Louis Vuitton Neverfull Bag Is Restored | Refurbished | Insider Restoring A Vintage ’60s Dewey Weber Surfboard | Refurbished | Insider How 6 Nostalgic Toys Are Professionally Restored | Refurbished | Insider ------------------------------------------------------ #CowboyHat #Refurbished #Insider Insider is great journalism about what passionate people actually want to know. That’s everything from news to food, celebrity to science, politics to sports and all the rest. It’s smart. It’s fearless. It’s fun. We push the boundaries of digital storytelling. Our mission is to inform and inspire. Subscribe to our channel and visit us at: Insider on Facebook: Insider on Instagram: Insider on Twitter: Insider on Snapchat: Movies Insider on Snapchat: Insider on TikTok: @insider Restoring A Tattered 70 Year Old Heirloom Hat | Refurbished | Insider