To get your hat headed right way takes a bit of nerve. I would suggest you first get the tea kettle boiling and steam it to the shape you like, then get it wet put it on and watch your favorite tv shows till it's mostly dry. Next step a light spray of water and a dusting of dirt ( clean cat litter will serve) shake off and wear it while you do some thing (shovel snow,mow grass what ever). Don't be real careful of how you store it other then putting on a bed flat, that's bad luck. Smoke from most any thing is good and dirty hands help. A few days of neglect and abuses will make it look real enough. To bad we all can't live in our fanaty!