New "How to make a bow" TUTORIAL by FORTINO37

deadlyhandsome said:

The one part of the hat making process that Art didn’t allowed to be filmed was his bow work. I suspected it had to do with his contrasting color bow keeper, but it’s telling that the bow was the only “secret” part.

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Yes, at that part of the video when Art requested they turn off the camera I started cursing at the screen!!! I spoke to Rick and he said...'trial and error'... damn it!

The Wiser Hatter said:

I have made a PDF of this tutorial for people to download.
https://files.me.com/ewiser/ypd9qe

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Do you still have this pdf tutorial? Your link above doesn't work any longer.

deadlyhandsome said:

The one part of the hat making process that Art didn’t allowed to be filmed was his bow work. I suspected it had to do with his contrasting color bow keeper, but it’s telling that the bow was the only “secret” part.

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You are very close, not so much the contrasting colors as that was already copied by many but had to do with how he made a particular keeper. He showed me in 2017 and then told me that he better not see it on any of my hats and I have honored that. I could probably ask him about it now that he has retired. I kept the bow and the keeper in case I wanted to redo it. It comes down to a specific fold as you assemble the keeper.

belfastboy said:

Yes, at that part of the video when Art requested they turn off the camera I started cursing at the screen!!! I spoke to Rick and he said...'trial and error'... damn it!

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I think we all cursed a little. I agree with the trial and error. I once thought that every bow I made regardless of the bow design needed to be two pieces (the bow with hatband and then the keeper). Once I liberated myself and said to hell with that, I can do this in 3 pieces instead I got better results in the styles of bows. For a classic bow, by all means two pieces work just fine.

Someone out there did film a hatmaker creating a 2 piece grosgrain ribbon hatband (either Instagram or FB). I tried to find it, but for the life of me I can't locate it. If any of you guys come across it. Put the link up on this thread please. Right now, I do all of mine in three piece.

Mustang Mike's Hats said:

Someone out there did film a hatmaker creating a 2 piece grosgrain ribbon hatband (either Instagram or FB). I tried to find it, but for the life of me I can't locate it. If any of you guys come across it. Put the link up on this thread please. Right now, I do all of mine in three piece.

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I followed this one from Tim/Purebeaver and it was very helpful:
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CA-aj_-gaBX/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Thanks jlee! The one I saw was a red hatband (I think) and it was a two piece. That said, the one Tim did IS great!!!

Anyone have photos or the pdf that this post references? Looks like everything died years ago. Please and thank you!