Whaddya call this bow style?

[tonyb]

I made this lid for my wife's good friend, who wanted a Western-esque hat to give her boyfriend for his birthday, which is tomorrow.

This is the first bow of this type I've made. (Well, I did make another one, as an experiment, but I have yet to attach it to a hat body.) It was once a fairly common style (I have a piece of Hardeman Hat Co. advertising ephemera featuring this type), but if any of the hat factories make 'em today, well, I'm not aware of it.

I'm not proud of the workmanship (pretty darned clunky stitches), but I really dig the style. I would have done it over again, but I had to hand off the hat tonight and I knew a horsehair band would be going on top of the ribbon anyway and that the hat was made with the vision that it would be worn on its owner's land, where he keeps horses and trudges through mud.

 

[Garrett]

Well....

I don't know if its art....but I like it!

 

[tonyb]

Yeah, me too. (Which is why I tried it, of course.) I see this bow style on some vintage hats, and those hats are almost always of that Open Road-ish style. It doesn't seem appreciably more material- or labor-intensive than other bow types with the loose tails (you know, the kind that aren't stitched down but are free to flop around a bit). So I'm left to wonder why you just don't see it on mass-produced hats these days.

 

[Not-Bogart13]

If I'm seeing it right, it might be what's called a "three corner bow." It's similar to the open road bow, but not quite the same.

Nice lid, by the way.

 

[BellyTank]

I thought it was an old Military style hat bow.
Old Campaign hats.


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[PabloElFlamenco]

I wouldn't know what the bow might be called, but I darn well like the looks of your hat, Tony (I know there's more to a hat than meets the eye, but I like what I see).
Paul

 

[RBH]

Great looking hat Tony!
I have that same bow style [minus the tails] on my vintage Penneys Marathon. I dont know what its called.

 

[Akubra Man]

Very nice work sir ... I like that bow style a lot.

 

[tonyb]

I thought it was an old Military style hat bow.
Old Campaign hats.


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Ah yes! I kinda recall that now. Thanks for jogging my feeble memory.

 

[tonyb]

If I'm seeing it right, it might be what's called a "three corner bow." It's similar to the open road bow, but not quite the same.

Nice lid, by the way.

That name works for me. Thank you.

 

[handlebar bart]

Nice one Tony:eusa_clap

 

[toobacat]

Tony, I really like this hat.

 

[tonyb]

Thanks, fellas. This ribbon is nicer than it appears in the photos. It's some vintage stuff I found on eBay, so my supply of it is severely limited. In the same lot I got some tan 9-ligne (3/4 inch, more or less) which I figure I'll turn into similar bows.

 

[randooch]

That's one handsome hat. I'd suggest naming the bow style after yourself, maybe an anagram of your name!

 

[tonyb]

That's one handsome hat. I'd suggest naming the bow style after yourself, maybe an anagram of your name!

Great suggestion, randooch. But I think this thing more resembles a V or an X or even a W than a Y. And calling it a W (k)NOT might be taken as a political statement.:eusa_doh: