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31.07.2009, 22:45
31.07.2009, 22:45
Betreff: Re: Erste Versuche an einem Montecristi
Sooo... einige Tage später:
Well, after my second failure
I had to bite the bullet and realize, that this just won't make a Fedora type of hat no matter what. Which is a shame, as that is above all the style of hat that I personally like the most. Be it Indy Fedoras or classic Fedoras in general.
When I got the rawbody, it had a 4" crown and a 2 3/4" brim. So the brim was WAY oversized for that crown, which meant I had to turn some of it into crown. I went for a 2 3/8" brim all the way around, as I think that goes best with that crown hight.
So, in order to make something usefull from this (or rather: not to waste my investment ;)) I decided to go with an Optimo style instead then. Not really my personal cup of tea, but if you can have what you like, you gotta like what you have. So, I got myself a yard of 4mm string that I attached to one of my blocks and pulled the body over it (yet another time).
Then I attached the sweat again and put on some navy blue 1" ribbon:
My wife said that is the most stupid looking hat she's even seen, as it reminds her of a helmet and I cannot totally disagree with the helmet statement.
There are only some VERY few single straw ends sticking out on the inner side and for a prototype that won't go out to a customer ever, I don't mind enough to remove them with a razor, so I'll just leave it at that. As for the stiffner... naaa. It would both make easier to work with and also easier to shape, but it would take away from the originality of something that the weavers have spent countless hours working on and I don't feel like I'd be in the position to do so. A shaping block of course would truly be of a huge advantage. Not sure if I'm too pre-judiced from working on felt hats, but I just don't like them. Nothing "personal" to shaping a hat on the block IMO. Ok, basicly that's just what I did ;D
Regards,
Marc
Sooo... einige Tage später:
Well, after my second failure
I had to bite the bullet and realize, that this just won't make a Fedora type of hat no matter what. Which is a shame, as that is above all the style of hat that I personally like the most. Be it Indy Fedoras or classic Fedoras in general.
When I got the rawbody, it had a 4" crown and a 2 3/4" brim. So the brim was WAY oversized for that crown, which meant I had to turn some of it into crown. I went for a 2 3/8" brim all the way around, as I think that goes best with that crown hight.
So, in order to make something usefull from this (or rather: not to waste my investment ;)) I decided to go with an Optimo style instead then. Not really my personal cup of tea, but if you can have what you like, you gotta like what you have. So, I got myself a yard of 4mm string that I attached to one of my blocks and pulled the body over it (yet another time).
Then I attached the sweat again and put on some navy blue 1" ribbon:
My wife said that is the most stupid looking hat she's even seen, as it reminds her of a helmet and I cannot totally disagree with the helmet statement.
There are only some VERY few single straw ends sticking out on the inner side and for a prototype that won't go out to a customer ever, I don't mind enough to remove them with a razor, so I'll just leave it at that. As for the stiffner... naaa. It would both make easier to work with and also easier to shape, but it would take away from the originality of something that the weavers have spent countless hours working on and I don't feel like I'd be in the position to do so. A shaping block of course would truly be of a huge advantage. Not sure if I'm too pre-judiced from working on felt hats, but I just don't like them. Nothing "personal" to shaping a hat on the block IMO. Ok, basicly that's just what I did ;D
Regards,
Marc