hat services

factory-method hat cleaning : the optimo difference

Proper care of your hat is essential in keeping it looking and wearing its best.
Decades ago, the finest hat manufacturers had service departments, where hats could be cleaned and blocked on the same molds they were made on. Skilled hatmakers at these factories, using proper tools, insured that hats were properly renovated.

Today, Optimo offers this very same service. Our extensive collection of blocks and molds from the US and Europe allows us to work on nearly all brands of mens hats made over the past 100 years.

The menu on the right serves as a general price guide. Once your hat is received by Optimo, you will be contacted within in a week with an estimate. The estimate will include our recommendations.

you will need to download our hat worksheet PDF and fill it out. click here to download.

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cleaning & blocking

Felt and Straw Hats

$40+

Montecristi / Exotic Straw Hats

$75 - $125

additional services

New Roan Leather Sweatband

$25

New Ribbon

$25

New Lining

$20

Brim Cut

$20

Binding

$25

Underwelt / Overwelt

$25

full service rennovation

This service entails cleaning, stripping and rebuilding the hat.
All of the additional services are included if necessary.

Felt and Straw Hats

$100 - $150

Montecristi / Exotic Straw Hats

$125 - $200

make up

This service entails tailoring a raw (unformed) hat body into a finished hat.

Montecristi / Exotic Straw Hats

$200+

shipping

Hats are shipped via UPS ground, unless otherwise requested.

Shipped individually in heavy-guage boxes

Shipped Individually in Heavy-Gauged Boxes

$20 per hat