How a badly tattered, 70 year old, inherited hat is professionally restored

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 memory of it's previous wearers. By restoring this hat, the hat is being made to last another 70 years or so, with minimal maintenance needed. 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 For more check out: https://www.instagram.com/flintandportco/ https://www.flintandportco.com/