Bows take a bow

[mayserwegener]

Hückel Weilheim Special

 

[mayserwegener]

Hückel's Velour (this is WWI era and belongs to Robert, probably my favorite on the FL).

 

[Brother cavefish]

i just got a great hat but i need to sew a grosgrain bow for it , is there any sites to vids you fellas can recommend

 

[mayserwegener]

Wegener "Extra"

 

[mayserwegener]

Borchert

 

[mayserwegener]

M.W.B. Stolzf. Luxury Velour

 

[mayserwegener]

J. Hückel´s Söhne Elastic

 

[mayserwegener]

Brüder Böhm "Luxor"

 

[Brother cavefish]

Here's a few bows that I did....

4X OR. Contrasting 6 ply ribbon with just the keeper. I also hid the stitching on this one...

3X OR. Contrasting mid-ribbon with double bow...

Another of my 3X OR conversions with a double bow...

Akubra Squatter with Burgandy ribbon and double bow. I hid the stitching on this one as well...

Resistol Stagecoach with Campaign style ribbon...

Another Stagecoach with campaign style ribbon...

My Knox 15 Westlite with contrasting OR style ribbon....

you definitely got it going on , they are sweet, i love the last hat and bow

 

[Brother cavefish]

Mayser Hut Seidl Munich

i like this one, i may consider doing one like this but shorter bows

 

[fedoracentric]

Here is a style I had never seen before...



Now this isn't mine. The seller on ebay said it is a 40s era Borsalino. It is clear that its a Borso, but there was no liner inside, so age is unknown to me. The leather sweatband met in back without being sewn together.

Now, I have seen the style where the ribbon carries through the knot and ends in a single-sided bow. But I've never seen a ribbon end inside the knot having no bow at all in the way this one does it.
It is difference, I think.

 

[T Jones]

how do you do the overlap (center of the bow) is it separate , part of the bow , what stitch is used

Hey B C, I make my ribbons and bows seperate. There's some pretty good tutorials here on the lounge somewhere. John Galt, TheDane, (Ole). kingrat has also offered suggestions to me as well. have contributed some of their methods to making bows as well. For me, personally, I like to keep my bows and ribbon work simple and clean. The trim work should contribute to the hat's overall character as opposed to being the hat's sole character. For myself, I gravitate more toward thin ribbons and mid-ribbons. I really don't care much for anything over an 1 1/2 wide. But that's just my preference. I use a very thin stitch when I put on my ribbons. I place the stiches as close to the bottom of the ribbon as I can, between the ribs. I don't place my stitches in the middle of the ribbon or on the front of the hat where they can easily be seen. When I tie off the stitch inside the hat, I want it just snug, but not tight. It's also important to find closely matching thread to the color of the ribbon. Afterward, I tack on my bow using the same stitching principle as for the ribbon....anyway, here's one tutorial I found for making a simple double bow. Your hat, I think, would look pretty good with either a Western style thin ribbon and bow, or with a mid-ribbon and simple bow...

http://dalexs.whitvani.net/hat/hatpage.html


Here's my late '40s Imperial Stetson in Suede finish...

This is another double bow I did recently using the hidden stitch method...

Here's a Royal Stetson OR...

 

[kingrat]

Looking pretty good Mr. Jones nice work.

 

[T Jones]

Looking pretty good Mr. Jones nice work.

Thanks buddy. I want to try and give you a call sometime this week. Just started another job and we've been putting in a lot of over-time here lately.

 

[mayserwegener]

Here is a style I had never seen before...



Now this isn't mine. The seller on ebay said it is a 40s era Borsalino. It is clear that its a Borso, but there was no liner inside, so age is unknown to me. The leather sweatband met in back without being sewn together.

Now, I have seen the style where the ribbon carries through the knot and ends in a single-sided bow. But I've never seen a ribbon end inside the knot having no bow at all in the way this one does it.
It is difference, I think.

I believe I just posted a few of them in this thread. They are fairly common with 1950s German hats.

 

[fedoracentric]

Right. I was just saying that I had never seen one before. I should have mentioned you had some earlier.

I can't even imagine how they do those.

 

[mayserwegener]

I have never taken one apart. They definitely had excellent hat seamstresses.

 

[fedoracentric]

It ribbon ends have to meet under the knot, right?

 

[mayserwegener]

Yes I assume so but I will try to confirm. Here is another one.

Mayser "Superbe"

 

[mayserwegener]

I checked this one but I can't tell because it is so tight.

Mayser "Spezial"