Just discovered this while looking for a simple medieval men's hat pattern and fell down the rabbit hole, but so far I've watched 6 of your vids tonight... Not only lovely work but an absolutely fascinating process and it's kind of great to watch a master at his craft. Thanks for sharing. Not to nit-pick, but flying buttresses work by expanding the footprint of the foundation to support high verticle walls, where a brim is a cantilevered construction that sticks out away from the foundation into the air unsupported. I believe the architectural equivalent you are looking for is an I-Beam or a C-channel where the strength comes from the shape of the material rather than from more bulk. But, honestly, after seeing the artistry on display in hand-making a hat like this, I don't know why anyone would ever want a mass-produced one. No soul in those.
I love that pencil curl! I don't know why it's not worn more often. I'm going to guess it's due to the mass production process, but I couldn't say with any authority. I just "stumbled" across this channel and I'm loving it. Making a hat "old school" is such an intriguing art. I'd love to have the talent that Grizz has in his little finger. "Thumbs up" from this Kentucky boy.
Interesting video. Suggestion, when capturing video always have the camera or cellphone horizontal (landscape) orientation. Watching your video, it appears we are looking through a keyhole or wearing tight horse blinders; more commonly called a stick video because it is portrait vertical orientation. Remember, every TV screen, computer screen, movie theater screen, and the like are horizontal not vertical. Notice your video, the left and right of the scene is cut off.
Not sure I understand the question. We never leave a brim raw edged. In traditional hat making the pencil curl is not decorative it is the means of strengthening the brim.
.....and each brim has to be pulled enough so that there is a substantial amount of felt for the brim edge....not thinned out to the original edge of the hat blank.
Good question....J and J in Utah used to sell them in sets of small medium and large but that is unnecessary as the angle of the wrist controls size. We have not found a source for new ones.
It's amazing to see that pencil curl put in. I've been wondering how you did it. More hats should have that brim!
Always a pleasure watching a master craftsman at work, all the best Sparky
HEY Sparky!!!! thanks for watching!
Nicely done!
thanks so much for the follow and complements
It is great to get your hat redone by an expert. I love the rolled brims as a standard.
It is the traditional means of strengthening the brim.
I love the lady trying to remind him to explain what's happening and him just doing his thing
He gets lost in the process.... he truly loves it!!
What a wonderful exhibition of hatters, Paul Australia
Just discovered this while looking for a simple medieval men's hat pattern and fell down the rabbit hole, but so far I've watched 6 of your vids tonight... Not only lovely work but an absolutely fascinating process and it's kind of great to watch a master at his craft. Thanks for sharing.
Not to nit-pick, but flying buttresses work by expanding the footprint of the foundation to support high verticle walls, where a brim is a cantilevered construction that sticks out away from the foundation into the air unsupported. I believe the architectural equivalent you are looking for is an I-Beam or a C-channel where the strength comes from the shape of the material rather than from more bulk.
But, honestly, after seeing the artistry on display in hand-making a hat like this, I don't know why anyone would ever want a mass-produced one. No soul in those.
thank you so much for the lesson...I will correct my statements
Thank yall for sharing your techniques yall have inspired me to star hat making, and its very fun to see what i can do.
I met him in Fla.he,s a charmer.
I love that pencil curl! I don't know why it's not worn more often. I'm going to guess it's due to the mass production process, but I couldn't say with any authority. I just "stumbled" across this channel and I'm loving it. Making a hat "old school" is such an intriguing art. I'd love to have the talent that Grizz has in his little finger. "Thumbs up" from this Kentucky boy.
Thank you so much!
You can have the pencil curl with mass production as well.
Got Damn it beautiful people creating beautiful works of art, only in America.
What do you do with the trimmings off of hat brims?
firestarter when soaked with lamp oil... for the wood stove
Where do you pick up one of them irons from?
some are anique and some we have made for us
Now... When making leather hat brims, as I do, does the pencil curl edge help in keeping its shape too, or should I still use a wire brim???
Wire in the brim
Interesting video. Suggestion, when capturing video always have the camera or cellphone horizontal (landscape) orientation. Watching your video, it appears we are looking through a keyhole or wearing tight horse blinders; more commonly called a stick video because it is portrait vertical orientation. Remember, every TV screen, computer screen, movie theater screen, and the like are horizontal not vertical. Notice your video, the left and right of the scene is cut off.
but you loose the depth needed for out position of filming when the camera is held vertically
Love to order a hat. From you..
Please measure your head and message me on our FB business page: facebook.com/HatsByGrizzMadeWithJoy
If you didn't cut the brim is that a custom job?
Not sure I understand the question. We never leave a brim raw edged. In traditional hat making the pencil curl is not decorative it is the means of strengthening the brim.
.....and each brim has to be pulled enough so that there is a substantial amount of felt for the brim edge....not thinned out to the original edge of the hat blank.
Where can I get on of those pencil curling irons?
Good question....J and J in Utah used to sell them in sets of small medium and large but that is unnecessary as the angle of the wrist controls size. We have not found a source for new ones.
How can I contact you?
hatsbygrizz@gmail.com
What is the hat Grizz is wearing in this video? Do you age hats?
We do occasionally but not normally
Im looking for a derby or bowler hat. How much do you charge for one
They have an etsy with derbies check there
Our standard style starts at $195+$65s/h and goes up with size. Our upgraded version starts $245+$65s/h and goes up with size.
When are we going to see a 20 or 30 minute video of a cowboy hat being done from beginning to end?
It's doubtful that you will as we work in stages and do not have time to do a lot of video editing.