Just finished this hat for a customer

[jpdesign]

Oh, and I actually have, what would be considered a flange though it doesn't look like any others, for the athwartships style.

 

[Manny Tavares]

Beautiful job. Can we have some details on the materials?

 

[jpdesign]

10x western felt, 4 1/2 inch brim, 4 1/2 inch crown, 1 3/8 inch ribbon(polyester and metalic Blend) wide under bound edge with no pleats. "gold" rope and button w/ anchor for details.

Jimmy

 

[dog20]

is that supposed to be a pirate hat!? i don't think anyone would wear that out in public.

 

[Topper]

what a beautiful hat!
i wish the tricorner and bi corner hat would come back in style! who wants to bring about the revival?:eusa_clap

Give it time - Still reviving the Toppers and Bowlers from the 19C & 10C!
lol

 

[Topper]

Bit of Historic Terms -

Galloon = Gold braind used on hats
Cockade= Rosetta on side, nowdays usually only used on Chauffeur caps, Military / Governement officers

We were talking about hats and his collection, he said he didn't have a bicorn. later he sent pictures and I got to work.

Jimmy

 

[GentlemanFarmer]

Outstanding job. Avast ye men, prepare to come about.

 

[Cobden]

Just out of curiosity, is it designed to a certain specification (e.g. embroidered as per Navy Regs for an Admiral in the Royal Navy) or just how you felt?

Oddly enough, the uniform my father was, until recently, could have had a bicorn. Of course, he'd have had to have bought the uniform himself, which included a silver bullion laced cottee and would have cost well into the thousands if not tens of thousands of pounds, and he would never have had an opportunity to wear it, so he never actually got had one made.

 

[Davidson]

Questions from ignorance

Would one wear the thing front/back or side-side? Didn't Napoleon wear a bicorn side to side but navy officers front to back?

If the brim could be loosened back as well as front, a bicorn form might also make a very practical outdoor hat for windy locations or when moving at speed. Even with the hat anchored via strap or string, securing the brim would be useful. So although this seems very ornamental, it could also be very functional. Are there examples of more "everyday" hats like this?

Oh yes, stunning hat. Congratulations!

 

[Warlock]

Congratulations on an extraordinary piece of art.

 

[jpdesign]

Just combined research of bicorns in general and then it was just how I felt at the time. This is a front to back model.

Jimmy

 

[patrick1987]

I dream about wearing a hat like this. Great job.

 

[metropd]

is that supposed to be a pirate hat!?

:eusa_doh:

ignorance is not a sin its just a lack of wisdom and experience.

By the way pirates did not command the royal navy or have their bodies buried in national monuments as attributed to being one of the greatest leaders in history. Nor did they defeat one of the most powerful armies in the world at Grenoble on July 5, 1815 nor did these pirates heroically restore order to a chaotic civil unrest in Italy (1840-1845) from murderous thugs and other criminals of that sort.

Great hat again JP!

 

[skwerl-hat]

Give it time - Still reviving the Toppers and Bowlers from the 19C & 10C!

i dont own a bowler yet but the hat addiction is dragging me inexorably in that direction.

 

[BegintheBeguine]

i don't think anyone would wear that out in public.

I wish more people would wear things like this in public. This is a beautiful hat.