My First Leather Hat

[Bodean]

Tougher than I thought, as I had to make my own patterns. I did learn a bit, and will try again. This one will be mine.

 

[Rohn]

I like it. What kind of leather did you use? Did you line the inside with anything?

[Bodean]

1 hour ago, Rohn said:

I like it. What kind of leather did you use? Did you line the inside with anything?

Thank you. I used 3-4 ounce veg tan. I put a suede band on the inside

54 minutes ago, nstarleather said:

Looks good, it the crown 2-piece?  I ask because of the seam.  The hats I make have the seam in the back.

 

Thank you. It is 2 piece. I was going for a Aussie bush style. The next will probably be one piece if I can get my pattern drawn right, LOL

[Bodean]

[Grey Drakkon]

Pretty slick, especially for a first try!

 

[Bodean]

11 minutes ago, nstarleather said:

Check the ones I don on my site, it might give you some ideas. 

Aren't you in SC? I would like to visit some day.

[Bodean]

6 minutes ago, Grey Drakkon said:

Pretty slick, especially for a first try!

 

Especially for hand sewing. I need a machine, lol

[Grey Drakkon]

Hah, well I'm in the hand sewing camp myself.  If you're planning on cranking them out then a machine may be called for, but I like the character hand sewing gives.  

[kiwican]

I like this

[Bodean]

1 hour ago, Grey Drakkon said:

Hah, well I'm in the hand sewing camp myself.  If you're planning on cranking them out then a machine may be called for, but I like the character hand sewing gives.  

I don't think there is any danger of that at the moment, but a machine sure would speed things up. It is a workout on the hand stitching though. LOL

Besides i would have to figure out how to get head measurements to make a buyer one.

55 minutes ago, kiwican said:

I like this

Thank you very much.

[bikermutt07]

It looks great.

[cjartist]

Well done.  I did one about a year or so ago that doesn't look nearly as finished.  I thought the idea of doing a two-ply brim or liner just sounded like too much work. Ha ha. It was just something I had been wanting to do for a while.  Not sure i'll ever attempt another though

 

[Bodean]

13 hours ago, bikermutt07 said:

It looks great.

Thank you sir.

12 hours ago, cjartist said:

Well done.  I did one about a year or so ago that doesn't look nearly as finished.  I thought the idea of doing a two-ply brim or liner just sounded like too much work. Ha ha. It was just something I had been wanting to do for a while.  Not sure i'll ever attempt another though

 

 

That one you did has some style. Because of the way I made the seam on the inside, I thought it would be uncomfortable without a band. It was tougher because I had to hand punch all the holes in the suede as I went along with the stitching , but it was worth the time. 

Edited May 19, 2017 by Bodean

[AZNightwolf]

9 hours ago, Bodean said:

 but it was worth the time. 

Indeed it was. Nice work

[Bodean]

 

16 minutes ago, AZNightwolf said:

Indeed it was. Nice work

Thank you.

[AZNightwolf]

that's on my list.

WAAYY WAAY down

 

Like after I know what I'm doing a little

[Sofaspud]

Very nice job.  Looks great.

[battlemunky]

That looks great man, even more so knowing its your first go at it.

[Bodean]

On 5/19/2017 at 5:40 PM, AZNightwolf said:

that's on my list.

WAAYY WAAY down

 

Like after I know what I'm doing a little

Hoping you got the pattern right to fit the head is the toughest part.

21 hours ago, Sofaspud said:

Very nice job.  Looks great.

Thank you

12 hours ago, battlemunky said:

That looks great man, even more so knowing its your first go at it.

Thank you. The braiding for the hat band was a first go also.LOL

[robbied]

Love it.  Any Aussie would be happy to own something that nice. 

[Chief Filipino]

Nicely done! Would you mind sharing how you went about getting your measurements? Please

[Bodean]

On 6/1/2017 at 11:40 PM, robbied said:

Love it.  Any Aussie would be happy to own something that nice. 

Wow, thank you for the compliment.

5 hours ago, Chief Filipino said:

Nicely done! Would you mind sharing how you went about getting your measurements? Please

Thank you,. I found a how to online. I made my pattern off that onto posterboard. It was to small, so I had to redraw it and keep cutting out the inside of the brim pattern till it fit my head loosely. It still ended up being tight after everything was sewn together. So I had to wet it and stretch it to fit my head. I still hae some work to do on the measuring thing myself. I think it would be hard to make these for someone else by mail order. Relying on someone to measure their own head correctly would be chancy.

[Zandeosaddles]

Nice thread. I also wanted to do this so I did. Here is my first one about 2years later

[Bodean]

10 minutes ago, Zandeosaddles said:

Nice thread. I also wanted to do this so I did. Here is my first one about 2years later

 

I like it, nice and rustic looking. 

[Zandeosaddles]

I use it sometimes to clean troughs and water the dogs or as a bucket for washing sweat off my hors. Ha ha.lt is super tough.