HAT ADORNMENTS: ribbons, bows, pins, pugs, leather, etc.

[Phineas Lamour]

I just got these two pins recently.

 

[bowlerman]

Been finding some nice feathers on the ground lately. Also found a small, recently molten probably young garter snake skin that I’m trying to figure out how to use for an adornment.
Shown here on the hats are a custom tooled leather band, yellow finch and unidentified silver feathers, blue jay feathers

 

[ILB Frank]

Nudging this thread as I impatiently await the completion of a new hat. A horsehair hat band with the tassles cut-off and a modified tie-tack to hold the hat band tight around the hat.

I am a fan of a pin on the hat band. I have no idea what I might use for the next hat.

 

[ILB Frank]

A Landman hat


Needs a proper hat pin

 

[Hurricane Jack]

A few yrs ago I had this beaded band made for another hat. It’s an exact copy of an original pattern that was broken or otherwise damaged. It was a great match for the hat but turns out I didn’t like wearing that hat much. So today I dropped it on this Worth-Walden. Not a good match so I did net even tighten it up.

It would appear to be a good match for this Kevin O’Farrell if I remove the 3-ply. I also have a late No. 1Q with a skinny ribbon, in need of a bath that might get a look.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

A beaded hatband cloned from one worn by the last Chief Rolling Thunder, on a Kevin O’Farrell.

The late Chief

 

[Bird Lives]

This is an Atatürk lapel pin I inherited from my dear Turkish Father-in-law. I first wore it in a navy blue polo shirt collar. But in this blue modern Borsalino hat, I can wear it more often, it looks alot better than the gold Borsalino logo, and I think it really works, what do you guys think?

 

[BobHufford]

Added an Australian Half-Penny stamped into the shape of a hat to my Camp Draft.

 

[M Hatman]

Added an Australian Half-Penny stamped into the shape of a hat to my Camp Draft.

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I like that a LOT!!!!!

 

[BobHufford]

I like that a LOT!!!!!

Thanks Mark. I still need to tweak the "levelness" a bit.

 

[BobHufford]

Was watching this "hat" pin, but didn't want to pay $10 handling on top of shipping, so let it go.

Possibly GAR related?

 

[M Hatman]

Was watching this "hat" pin, but didn't want to pay $10 handling on top of shipping, so let it go.

Possibly GAR related?

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Oh crap.....I would have liked that....how deep were the pockets needed?

 

[BobHufford]

Oh crap.....I would have liked that....how deep were the pockets needed?

$2.00. I was going for it up until the last second when I just couldn't do it. Not that it would have been that expensive, but would have been expensive enough for what little use I would get out of it (as the shipping probably would have been $30). Sorry man ...

 

[M Hatman]

I understand but would gladly have paid that anyway.....even with those crap shipping charges.
That would undoubtedly been for a GAR event......really cool!
Darn.....

 

[chivaceae]

I just saw this thread, and I like it. I am a big sucker for leather, sterling silver buckles and pins, etc.
So naturally, a few of my "refurbished" (resized, with cordovan shell leather piece added to sweatband, brims cut to 3"-3 1/4" and crowns reshaped) western hats are getting leather hatbands with silverware.
Here I share some examples.
Raul

 

[Hurricane Jack]

I understand but would gladly have paid that anyway.....even with those crap shipping charges.
That would undoubtedly been for a GAR event......really cool!
Darn.....

Me too!

It’s a slouch hat pin from the 34th Annual National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic held on August 26-30, 1900 in Chicago, IL. Worth a minimum of $500. Damn is right!

 

[Who?]

Just out of vulgar curiosity, why did you cut the brims?

 

[chivaceae]

Just out of vulgar curiosity, why did you cut the brims?

3" to 3 1/4" is my preferred brim width, similar to my preference for broad-pinched fedora-like crowns (the classical rancher creases with wide brims don't suit me well). The brim trimming and addition of broad hatbands in some of my hats has also been a necessity, to cover moth damage and damaged brim edges (my refurbished hats are often beaters, requiring cleaning, naphta bathing, trimming, etc, yet I strive to keep original sweatbands and liners).
Raul

 

[Who?]

3" to 3 1/4" is my preferred brim width, similar to my preference for broad-pinched fedora-like crowns (the classical rancher creases with wide brims don't suit me well). The brim trimming and addition of broad hatbands in some of my hats has also been a necessity, to cove moth damage and damaged brim edges (my refurbished hats are often beaters, requiring cleaning, naphta bathing, trimming, etc, yet I strive to keep original sweatbands and liners).
Raul

Thank you.

Just curious, as I said.

 

[BobHufford]

Me too!

It’s a slouch hat pin from the 34th Annual National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic held on August 26-30, 1900 in Chicago, IL. Worth a minimum of $500. Damn is right!

I should have checked in. Searching for "GAR Hat Pin" kicked up a slew of the "wreath" pins, but not anything like this. Dammit.

I'm just going to pretend the "other guy" bid $500 ...