Where can I buy a Press for Campaign Hat

[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

So I started gathering the needful for a Wild Bunch costume and purchased a nice looking campaign hat

Looking at the brim, I realized it wasn't going to take too long before it started to curl etc.

Where can I buy a press to keep the brim looking good after I take it out of storage??

Thanks Pards

 

[Bull Skinner]

If you don't set it down on its brim but on its crown it won't deform. Then buy your a cheap plastic hat tree that doesn't let the brim touch anything and you'll be good to go. Got 2 Boss O' the Plains I been wearing for 10 years with no problems.

[Catlow4697]

Make your own from press board  use a  thumb screw on both  sides to hold both top and bottom together Cut hole in top piece to go around the crown  

 

try ray a uniform supply store  a lot of police officers wear those hats

[High Spade Mikey Wilson]

I have two that I have were purchased through the Boy Scouts of America for the BSA Campaign Hat. I don't see the hat boards on their website anymore. You may have to make one or get one of the new plastic hat carriers.

[Shooting Bull]

Get one of these. Your brims will stay like new. 

 

Cowboy hat rack

[Major J Hawk SASS#107720]

Ask a Drill Sargent...

 

[grenadier]

Look at photos is soldiers on campaign from 1912-1917 on the border. Interesting hat shapes, pretty much none are flat. 

[Bull Skinner]

Here ya go. 

https://www.flyingtigerssurplus.com/?act=search&query=Hat+press

 

[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

Thanks Bull Skinner, but I found they were out of stock/on back order at Flying Tiger and seem to have been that way for a while.

I had a "Notify Me" request in with them, but I have never heard back, hence, this request.

[Garrison Joe, SASS #60708]

Dillon makes a heavy press, that's a fact.

 

Oh, sorry, you want something for a hat brim.    

 

What the heck is wrong with using this Stratton brim press?:

http://tandtuniforms.com/shop/catalog/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=37

Seen lots of LEO's with one in the closet.  Right at $20.  Why pay 3 times that?

 

Good luck, GJ

[Lastcall Ranger]

Try uspatriot.com, and look for a drill sergeant hat press.  It's more expensive, about $70, but should do what you want.  They have a retail showroom here in Columbia that is quite popular with the Ft. Jackson GI's, many of whom are DI's.  

[Guest Grass Range #51406]

I made one by cutting a hole in the center of a piece of plywood the size of the crown. Steam the brim, lay it on a flat counter and weight the plywood down when it is in place. gives a nice flat brim. No hat should look like a taco

[Dead River Den, SASS#915]

Galls uniform supply sells them around 65.00

[Oddnews SASS# 24779]

You can get them here:https://uspatriottactical.com/drill-sergeant-hat-press-411110/