Members richard55 Posted December 28, 2010 Members Report Posted December 28, 2010 hi looking for a pattern for a top hat my son whant to have one that look like the one slash have so if anybody can help please do you can e-mail me to Quote
dirtclod Posted December 28, 2010 Report Posted December 28, 2010 (edited) I've never made one but i don't think the pattern wouldn't be hard to make. Draw a oval for the brim cut a hole to fit his head. Save the piece you out of the brim for a pattern for the top, it might need to be a little bigger for a sewing allounce. Put a piece of wire in the edge of the brim to shape it with ( seen where somebody else did that). Then make it as tall as you want. And you have a hat. Edited December 28, 2010 by dirtclod Quote I'm old enough to know that i don't know everything.
Members serena Posted December 31, 2010 Members Report Posted December 31, 2010 Here is what I was able to find, hope it helps. http://tombanwell.blogspot.com/2010/01/steampunk-leather-top-hat-tutorial.html Quote
Members richard55 Posted December 31, 2010 Author Members Report Posted December 31, 2010 thank you very much everyone , your sugestion are all welcome , still need more , and when i finish it will post the resut thank again Quote
Members Gawdzilla Posted January 5, 2011 Members Report Posted January 5, 2011 thank you very much everyone , your sugestion are all welcome , still need more , and when i finish it will post the resut thank again Tandy put out a top-hat pattern. I made a couple of hats from it. Here's a photo of PZ Myers wearing one of mine. http://rationalia.com/gawdzilla/2viewtopic.php_files/file_005.jpg I hope that works, let me know if it does. Quote
Members Gawdzilla Posted January 5, 2011 Members Report Posted January 5, 2011 BTW, if you do the Tandy pattern for the large top hat, be advised there are two more holes in the brim than in the matching part. I skipped those two and evened out the rest by finding the opposite side and lacing in both directions from there. I did one with a cowhide cover, hair on, and stiffened it with a 4-5 liner of leather. I also did one with horns. I inserted plugs into the horns when I got them cut to the right length and put matching piece of wood on the inside to screw the horns to. Came out looking rather crazy, people called it my "buffalo hat". Sorry, no pix on that one, it was back in the '70s. Quote
Members richard55 Posted January 6, 2011 Author Members Report Posted January 6, 2011 well i tryd to find the old pattern from tandy but can not get it so if you no where i could get it would be appreciated thank p/s o tryd ebay nul cant get it Quote
Members Gawdzilla Posted January 7, 2011 Members Report Posted January 7, 2011 PM me an address and I'll send you a copy. Quote
Members Ollie Stench Posted January 13, 2011 Members Report Posted January 13, 2011 Johan, the store manager at the Bloomington, MN Tandy, has provided a tutorial on his blog here: http://sites.google.com/site/leatherlearn/Home/tophat If you find it useful please thank him. Quote
Members richard55 Posted January 13, 2011 Author Members Report Posted January 13, 2011 i will thank you Quote
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