Leather hats

[fredk]

Here is my current hat. I think I've had this hat for about 14 or 15 years now. It gets abused. Folded and stuffed into a coat pocket or a haversack or laptop bag, thrown around the back of the car. Occasionally it gets sprayed with silicon water repellent.  Wearing such a hat in N.I. is still quite rare and I still get odd looks and even laughed at.

Its an Australian made hat. I think the leather is of a 'split' but unknown animal

Whilst I sympathize with youse about wearing a leather hat in hot sun we never get 'hot' sun.  Summer temperatures here are usually no more that 20* / 68*    With our climate it is cooler all year round with a chance of some rain 368 days of the year

My hat, as worn by Murdoch

My hat in its natural state

 

When I made medieval style kit I adapted a small skull-cap hat for wearing under chainmaille armour. It was very popular to other types of people. I sold dozens of these. On one day at a fair my wifey sold 15 or 16 (as well as the 3 me and sons were using!) This sort of hat is/would still be popular in N.I.

   

 

As I said earlier;

On 1/5/2021 at 2:03 AM, fredk said:

Hats are culture influenced though. A hat that sells well in one place may not sell in another

 

[maxdaddy]

8 hours ago, CastleLeatherWorks said:

I would love to see some pictures of these hats

Here's a few of my recent hats that I wear often.... a fedora, a porkpie, and a bowler.  (Apologies for appearing in the bowler picture... I don't have a picture of it on a prop. ) The bowler gets the most comments and questions from strangers, by far. I used from patterns from Tony See (DieselpunkRO) as starting points.

Even if I'll likely never sell a hat they are a lot of fun to make and wear out. 

 

[Bert03241]

I posted these in another thread they should be here , so I'll put them here LOL

OK heres the 3 I made. The baseball style was my first and has been hanging a while now covered in dust LOL

Edited April 6, 2021 by Bert03241

[Bert03241]

how do I get rid of this comic book cover??????

[fredk]

8 minutes ago, Bert03241 said:

how do I get rid of this comic book cover??????

Top right of screen - you, your name & picture. Click on it and it gives you a menu. Choose 'Profile'. Click on that. New screen page. Over on left you'll see your picture. Bottom left of it is a wee box. Hover your cursor on it and it says 'Profile picture',  click on it and it opens a wee window in which you can change your picture

[billybopp]

7 hours ago, maxdaddy said:

"There's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark out, we're wearing sunglasses and leather bowler hats."   "Hit it"

[Bert03241]

5 hours ago, fredk said:

Top right of screen - you, your name & picture. Click on it and it gives you a menu. Choose 'Profile'. Click on that. New screen page. Over on left you'll see your picture. Bottom left of it is a wee box. Hover your cursor on it and it says 'Profile picture',  click on it and it opens a wee window in which you can change your picture

I think its the COVER photo I want to get rid of not my signature photo  LOL I don't see an option to delete cover photo

[CastleLeatherWorks]

11 hours ago, maxdaddy said:

Here's a few of my recent hats that I wear often.... a fedora, a porkpie, and a bowler.  (Apologies for appearing in the bowler picture... I don't have a picture of it on a prop. ) The bowler gets the most comments and questions from strangers, by far. I used from patterns from Tony See (DieselpunkRO) as starting points.

Even if I'll likely never sell a hat they are a lot of fun to make and wear out. 

 

i must admit these are way better looking than i initially envisioned lol...... great job and the designs are nice

[chuck123wapati]

2 hours ago, CastleLeatherWorks said:

i must admit these are way better looking than i initially envisioned lol...... great job and the designs are nice

great looking hats ! Great stache too. 

[maxdaddy]

Thanks... the 'stache didn't survive the pandemic. But neither did the mohawk or other silly looks that I experimented with while I was working from home most of 2020.

Edited April 7, 2021 by maxdaddy