Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

[Martvjp]

We've got extra's available in various quantities if your still looking. Would love to help.

Hello ! Just saw your message, can you send me more information in private please ? Thanks a lot

 

[Martvjp]

Hello everyone,

I hope you're doing well. I'm currently having trouble flattening the brim of my hat. I've tried several methods, but the brim still holds an uneven shape, making it difficult to achieve the flat, uniform look I'm aiming for.

Felt is a Fepsa 120g, 100% beaver.

Do you have any tips or specific techniques you could recommend to help solve this issue?

Thank you in advance for your help!

 

[TWKundrat]

I just finished my first fedora. I've always made western hats in the past but I ended up picking up a few short brim nutria felts from sunrise that were seconds for cheap. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I'm going to put a handful of hats together to try to sell soon at an open studio deal we're having at my work soon.

 

[Martvjp]

I just finished my first fedora. I've always made western hats in the past but I ended up picking up a few short brim nutria felts from sunrise that were seconds for cheap. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I'm going to put a handful of hats together to try to sell soon at an open studio deal we're having at my work soon.
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It’s very nice congratulations !

 

[mr.hatlover]

Hi all, wondering if anyone here has ordered fepsa seconds/mystery box and if so what was the experience?

 

[belfastboy]

Hello everyone,

I hope you're doing well. I'm currently having trouble flattening the brim of my hat. I've tried several methods, but the brim still holds an uneven shape, making it difficult to achieve the flat, uniform look I'm aiming for.

Felt is a Fepsa 120g, 100% beaver.

Do you have any tips or specific techniques you could recommend to help solve this issue?

Thank you in advance for your help!

The felt you are working with is very soft and light weight. Thus hard to get a sharp, flat brim. Firstly you need to shellac it. Secondly you need to make a brim press (a piece of plywood 3/4" thick - 2'x2' with a hole cut for the crown. or buy a flat flange. I wrote a piece on this in the HaTalk eMagazine with pictures.

 

[belfastboy]

Hi all, wondering if anyone here has ordered fepsa seconds/mystery box and if so what was the experience?

I thought about it but it is a lot of money for something you have no idea what you will receive. I would rather pay full price from PureBeaver and know what FEPSA I am getting.

 

[Martvjp]

The felt you are working with is very soft and light weight. Thus hard to get a sharp, flat brim. Firstly you need to shellac it. Secondly you need to make a brim press (a piece of plywood 3/4" thick - 2'x2' with a hole cut for the crown. or buy a flat flange. I wrote a piece on this in the HaTalk eMagazine with pictures.

Thanks a lot !

 

[belfastboy]

Thanks a lot !

I neglected to mention that you need 4 large C clamps in order to apply the pressure needed to press the board on the hat. This replicates at least some of the pressure needed to flatten the brim.

 

[Martvjp]

I neglected to mention that you need 4 large C clamps in order to apply the pressure needed to press the board on the hat. This replicates at least some of the pressure needed to flatten the brim.

Ok, thanks a lot. I will check it out

 

[belfastboy]

Ok, thanks a lot. I will check it out

My method works...not as well as a hydraulic brim press but my method is about $12,000 cheaper!

 

[belfastboy]

Hello ! Just saw your message, can you send me more information in private please ? Thanks a lot

JW sells Winchester felts. I buy from them. It is a good product.

 

[belfastboy]

I received d a big box of vintage flanges a few weeks back. Finally getting around to restoration. This batch is about 1/3 of the lot but the one requiring the most work. Lots of work filling in the cracks and gouges, sanding and now the final Spar varnish coating. The balance just need sanding and the varnish. Good for another 100 years!!

 

[belfastboy]

silk screeners and embroidering companies here want upwards of $15 per liner for my logo. I ended up using sublimation printing transfers of my logo on to satin crowns and a coloured fabric for the side panels. Cost is about $4 per liner.

I have switched to embroidered liners. I pay $9 for each embroidery....if I buy 50 at a time. Using vintage Japanese silk my liners cost about $25 complete.

 

[belfastboy]

My instructional video is selling well and garnering 5 star reviews. I have added my email address to the ordering page so that if questions pop up in the video or problems arise as you apply the lessons just drop me a note and I will do my best to answer them for you. Hatcourses.com

 

[belfastboy]

I am pleased to announce that the December issue of HaTalk eMagazine will have my article on how to sew brim binding. I think my wife and I have come up with a format of text and pictures that will adequately explain the process. Stay tuned.

 

[belfastboy]

I am pleased to announce that the December issue of HaTalk eMagazine will have my article on how to sew brim binding. I think my wife and I have come up with a format of text and pictures that will adequately explain the process. Stay tuned. View attachment 658773

This hat is one of my experiments. A natural Indigo dye job that did not turn out as planned. The ribbon dye job worked out well.....but not the felt. I will see if I can make something wearable out of it.

 

[belfastboy]

Hatcourses.com has just announced a Black Friday discount on my hatmaking course. 25UK pounds off the price.
Use GETBF25 and the discount will be applied at the checkout.

 

[belfastboy]

The new issue of HaTalk eMagazine has just been released. The article on brim binding is in it. Next month's column will be a Part2 covering the asymmetrical brim binding on Homburgs and Bowlers.