Good enough for a person that you love?
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Good enough for a person that you love?
Dear all,
a friend of mine asked me to make a hat as a birthday present for his father. In Ecuador they say, that if you give a hat to someone, it is a sign for a lifelong friendship. So though to some this might only be a hat, for me the symbolics behind having a hat specially made for a person you love is quite a bit more.
I was asked to make this a classic - non Indy - hat with a bound brim and a matching 45mm ribbon on the crown. I've never spent as much time on a bound brim as on this one... what I did - in order to make it truly special - is I hand sew the ribbon to the brim using LOCK STITCHES, so the thread looks like a solid line both on the upper and the underside of the brim. Finally I was able to discuss the details for the bow and the knot with my friend and he decided to go with this one.
Being used to higher crown of an Indy Fedora, this one looks a LITTLE too flat for my PERSONAL taste however my wife tells me that this hat finally DOESN'T remind her of a top hat, so I guess it's all in the eye of the beholder. I believe that a CS Fedora with a dim. cut and bound brim and this 45mm ribbon would look KILLER, however this is not the point right here and now.
The reason I show this here, is that the friend of mine will be able to tell me whether he or (more important yet) his father likes the hat the way it is yet, or if I should rather throw it on the block again and re-style it.
Enjoy,
Marc
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a friend of mine asked me to make a hat as a birthday present for his father. In Ecuador they say, that if you give a hat to someone, it is a sign for a lifelong friendship. So though to some this might only be a hat, for me the symbolics behind having a hat specially made for a person you love is quite a bit more.
I was asked to make this a classic - non Indy - hat with a bound brim and a matching 45mm ribbon on the crown. I've never spent as much time on a bound brim as on this one... what I did - in order to make it truly special - is I hand sew the ribbon to the brim using LOCK STITCHES, so the thread looks like a solid line both on the upper and the underside of the brim. Finally I was able to discuss the details for the bow and the knot with my friend and he decided to go with this one.
Being used to higher crown of an Indy Fedora, this one looks a LITTLE too flat for my PERSONAL taste however my wife tells me that this hat finally DOESN'T remind her of a top hat, so I guess it's all in the eye of the beholder. I believe that a CS Fedora with a dim. cut and bound brim and this 45mm ribbon would look KILLER, however this is not the point right here and now.
The reason I show this here, is that the friend of mine will be able to tell me whether he or (more important yet) his father likes the hat the way it is yet, or if I should rather throw it on the block again and re-style it.
Enjoy,
Marc
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e132/ ... ne01-1.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e132/ ... ne02-1.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e132/ ... ne03-1.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e132/ ... ne04-1.jpg
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What a lovely hat! Very nice!
What a lovely hat! Very nice!
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Slap the monkey Marc!!!!
You did great!!!
Fantastic looking fedora you made there!!!!
I suggest..
THE ADVENTUREBILT STYLIST.
You did great!!!
Fantastic looking fedora you made there!!!!
I suggest..
THE ADVENTUREBILT STYLIST.
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I think that would be very nice.indiana smith wrote:I think it should be named after the guy you're giving it to.
I also think that this is one of the most beautiful hats I've seen on this board. The texture of the felt, the bound edge, the bash, the crown, everything comes together in such an original looking, fresh way (not just fresh being non-Indy). It's a gorgeous hat, and if I were the man wearing it, I would be proud of that hat.
Excellent work, Marc. Ausgezeichnet!
Shane
Thanks for all your kind words Gentlemen!!! I really appreciate them highly and they almost make me forget my sore fingertips
The hat here has a slightly lower crown than the Aviators I've done before and due to it being something really special, I aggree on giving it its own name. "Kaplan Sr." fits the bill very well
Looking forward to working on a Kaplan jr. later
Regards,
Marc
The hat here has a slightly lower crown than the Aviators I've done before and due to it being something really special, I aggree on giving it its own name. "Kaplan Sr." fits the bill very well
Looking forward to working on a Kaplan jr. later
Regards,
Marc