Hard Heart Hats

[Chepstow]

Nice Job done, Natasha! Very nice creations!!

 

[HardHeartHats]

Nice Job done, Natasha! Very nice creations!!

Thanks so much! I'm really pleased with this one. Up next, I think I'll be working on a men's high crown Fedora in Navy with cream trim.


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[bowlerman]

Wow, very fine work! I look forward to seeing more. Navy trimmed with cream sounds really sharp, too!

 

[HardHeartHats]

Wow, very fine work! I look forward to seeing more. Navy trimmed with cream sounds really sharp, too!

Thanks! The ribbon is vintage 50s dead stock - I'm really excited to try it out. Might be a navy/cream dual ribbon combo. I usually wait til the hat is pulled to really pin down the trim.


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[Landman]

Very nice! I'm looking forward to your next one.

 

[hatsRme]

Impressive first work. A real looker!
How did you arrive at your name?

 

[HardHeartHats]

Impressive first work. A real looker!
How did you arrive at your name?

Thank you! It's a play on one of my favorite Shakespeare quotes, from Much Ado About Nothing:

BENEDICK
…It is certain I am loved of all ladies, only you excepted; and I would I could find in my heart that I had not a hard heart, for truly I love none. (1.1.124)

I Noir'd it up a bit, and the name was born ;-)


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[HardHeartHats]

Very nice! I'm looking forward to your next one.

Thank you. I may start blocking it tonight.


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[HardHeartHats]

Started work on a 7 1/4 Men's Dark Navy fur felt Fedora this evening. Got it steamed, blocked & tied and did a little work with the iron. Tomorrow, I'll iron it forever. I'm still leaning towards the 50's deadstock cream grosgrain trim, but might incorporate some 60's navy grosgrain into the bow. I'm also not certain which bash style I'll be doing. Suggestions, gents?

Some work in progress photos:

using the taller block on the right.

the trim I'm leaning towards.

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[McPeppers]

Looking good!


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[HardHeartHats]

Looking good!


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Thanks! Still lots to do, but I'm looking forward to working on it!


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[McPeppers]

Well I think its great anyhow. It is rare to see talent like this these days. Your work is great. I will follow your threads with interest


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[HardHeartHats]

Well I think its great anyhow. It is rare to see talent like this these days. Your work is great. I will follow your threads with interest


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Aw, thanks. I'm still pretty new, and still learning, but I had a great teacher! It's nice to have a place to share!


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[McPeppers]

Yeah, the blokes and ladies on here are a great bunch. You will find nothing but support with work like this.

You know, if we had more hatters in the world... maybe my era parties would consist of more than two fedora wearers and thirty people wearing plastic party city "70s gangster hats"

*head to desk*


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[Landman]

The new hat is looking good!

Those are interesting blocks that you use. They look like they have Panama straw on the outside of them. Are they wooden underneath with straw on the outside?

 

[HardHeartHats]

Yeah, the blokes and ladies on here are a great bunch. You will find nothing but support with work like this.

You know, if we had more hatters in the world... maybe my era parties would consist of more than two fedora wearers and thirty people wearing plastic party city "70s gangster hats"

*head to desk*


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Wow. You need to institute a no plastic hat rule!


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[HardHeartHats]

The new hat is looking good!

Those are interesting blocks that you use. They look like they have Panama straw on the outside of them. Are they wooden underneath with straw on the outside?

Well spotted! I believe it is Panama Straw. It's certainly some kind of straw, but they are very old and it's hardened onto the block. There's no real give to it. Yes, underneath they're wood. I bought them second hand from a man who bought a big lot from factory that was closing. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get any kite info on them. I'd love to know where they came from.

I always cover them, and my other straight wooden blocks with dry cleaning bags - I want to keep them is good shape!


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[McPeppers]

Wow. You need to institute a no plastic hat rule!


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I tried. Then nobody has hats. I may need to shame them by getting stickers for those hats along the lines of "I'm extremely cheap"


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[HardHeartHats]

I tried. Then nobody has hats. I may need to shame them by getting stickers for those hats along the lines of "I'm extremely cheap"


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I vote for "I have no respect for proper attire" stickers ;-)


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[RBH]

If you got the blocks recently I suspect they came from Beaver Brand.
With the straw covering it leads me to think that they were
blocks used with a finger blocking machine.