Turned-wood hats

• Sep 28, 2008

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Colby Jack

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Interesting article and website of a guy that makes hats from wood...
http://www.knot-head.com/

Story site...
http://www.americanprofile.com/article/29193.html

 

• Sep 28, 2008

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Does anyone know where you can get a curvex ruler?

 

• Sep 28, 2008

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Any art supply shop should carry them. I've seen them at office supply stores, as well.

 

• Sep 28, 2008

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He may claim to, but he didn't.

Jimmy

 

• Sep 28, 2008

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jpbales

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that's an awesome idea

it would be cool if they had some wood fedora styles

 

• Sep 29, 2008

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Great for a trophy or presentation piece.

I've already got sawdust for brains - I wouldn't want to encourage the termites any more by actually wearing a thing like that.

 

• Sep 29, 2008

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Do you think he puts a sweatband and a liner in each creation?

Personally, I think it would go against the grain to wear one of those pithy creations.

 

• Sep 29, 2008

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But instead of moths you'd have to worry about termite damage.

 

• Sep 29, 2008

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Maybe I don't know too much about the properties of wood, but does anyone else think that the hats might crack easily?

I wonder as well how susceptible they would be to damage under change in moisture ....

 

• Sep 29, 2008

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HarpPlayerGene

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Looks to me like burled walnut. Quite hard and I'm sure the maker imbues them with proper oils and finishes.

Probably not more likely to crack (unless dropped, etc) than the bowls.

Nice work, really, as a novelty or art piece.

 

• Sep 29, 2008

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I'll pass.

I would image these hats to be very uncomfortable to wear.

 

• Sep 29, 2008

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Colby Jack

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I think it would be cool to have though...

 

• Oct 1, 2008

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Feh

I have to say I think that is a god-awful waste of a really large piece of beautiful wood to make something that is basically a visual gimmick. I'd be more impressed if the hat was made out of a few ounces of veneer carefully crafted into a truly wearable hat. Hacking up a 50 pound burl to make a 9 ounce hat just seems crass. Form follows function - is it any surprise that no one else makes hats from wood?

 

• Oct 1, 2008

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carldelo said:

I have to say I think that is a god-awful waste of a really large piece of beautiful wood

Click to expand...

So I take it you wouldn't be interested in a matching jacket.

 

• Oct 1, 2008

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A wooden hat seems very Dada to me, along the lines of these:

 

• Oct 1, 2008

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Very nice

Excellent - that makes me want to talk to Art about making me a 100% beaver fur felt custom canoe, with matching grosgrain ribbon gunwales....

I almost forgot, the felt canoe would of course require a birch-bark paddling jacket and hat...