Board Thread:Wiki-Related Discussion/@comment-25762747-20150310060211/@comment-5679696-20150413011344

What I had been thinking, was that the hat simply vanished untill whoever jumped through it comes back. But now idk.

We know the Hat can be used without having to go through the Portal of Doors, at least in the way the LWM's magic works. The apple went right through it and into the LWM, it's not like it bounced in through a door and then all the way up, at least I don't think so xD So perhaps Jefferson just did that in the Comic, keeping the hat with him. Idk.