This is a hat I made especially for Ren’fairs Last summer. I had severe sunburn but wanted to go to my favorite fair, so I mixed two patterns to get a huge brim for my favorite base (a pork pie hat base, known eg from braking bad).
The huge brim is good against sun and rain.
Against the rain, I coated it with bees wax.
The leather skin I bought had on slit where the cow had a little injury, so I turned the flaw into a feature and now it’s right on the front.
Another nice feature is the wire in the brim, so I can freely form it. Be it flat, a tricorn (Captn Jack Sparrow), a cowboy hat or even an octagon.
And I lined it with some black velvet I had still lying around from another project.
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