Altered Akubra bow

Swindiana · Post by **Swindiana** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 6:22 am

I fiddled around with the Akubra standard bow a bit.
What do you guys think; Better? Worse? No difference?

Old bow:

New bow:

Regards,
Swindiana

Scandinavia Jones · Post by **Scandinavia Jones** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 8:40 am

Definitively better. The original Fed bow look is too tight and hasn't really that nice, fat flying-v shape... Good bow mod there, Sir!

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 8:52 am

#### BETTER! lol
Really good job.

VP · Post by VP » Sat Jun 18, 2005 8:54 am

Yeah, it's a lot better. Looks a bit like mine, although mine has the Flying V.

Scandinavia Jones · Post by **Scandinavia Jones** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 10:07 am

So it seems...

J_Weaver · Post by **J_Weaver** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 10:29 am

Yup, looks better!

Glurrk · Post by **Glurrk** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 10:46 am

Keep the new bow.

Swindiana · Post by **Swindiana** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 11:30 am

Thanks guys.
I'll do just that.

Regards,
Swindiana

The Aviator · Post by **The Aviator** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 2:21 pm

the new ribbon defenately looks better,

just wondering where you got it as my akubra ribbon is badly beet up

Swindiana · Post by **Swindiana** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 2:23 pm

Ribbon and bow are both the standard Akubra ones.

The bow was just removed and altered.

I bet Fedora could sell you a ribbon if you need it, and it's pretty easy to make a bow from it aswell.

Regards,
Swindiana

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 2:20 am

Much better now!

Though to really make a flying V you need to redo the stitching on the very bow as well.

Regards,

Marc

Swindiana · Post by **Swindiana** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 7:19 am

Marc;

That's actually what I did, removed it and ironed it flat. Then, added a more personal look to it. I kind of like the non-symmetrical look to it actually. After all, I tend to go for a ToD look in general and that bow doesn't have such an obvious V shape I think.

Thanks for all the comments.

Regards,
Swindiana

Hemingway Jones · Post by **Hemingway Jones** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 8:06 am

Wow, Swindy, you did an excellent job with that bow. To my eye, it looks just about perfect. Though I am no bow expert. Changing the ribbon really transformed the entire look of that hat.

Swindiana · Post by **Swindiana** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:26 am

Thanks a bunch, Hem.

It does indeed a lot for the overall appearance I'd like to think, and it wasn't all that difficult to achieve. More a bit tricky, rather, when redoing those stitches.

I think I'm crosseyed by now...

Regards,
Swindiana