Jerry Probst
One of the Regulars
- Messages
- 109
I wanted something to snazz up my favorite straw hat this summer and I came up with this. It works for me. What do you think?
Looks great....nice straw, what straw hat is that?
I kind of like those branding iron JBS pins, kind of a western thing, but I'd put one on a period fedora.I don't add pins to my hats, but this Stetson came with a pin on it and I left it in place. The feather is long gone, however. It's a JBS branding iron, I think...
This Stetson Twenty came with a pin, and it has stayed in place.... for now.
.
I have an idea to create something different.
I'm tired of the boring out-of-the-box hat pins most people wear on their hats.
They're cheap, they're plastic, they're mass produced, many contain corporate logos and *worst of all* they're dull!
I've been fooling around with some out-of-the-box ideas to adorn, embellish, personalize and beautify my hats using a variety of vintage items including coins, old jewelry, real buttons, cocktail picks and swizzle sticks. The idea here is class and taste as opposed to cheap junk.
I've been talking to a local hat store about doing a counter display for the store, but I wanted to throw some of my ideas up to all you true hat lovers for your ideas, criticism and feedback.
Let me know what you think.
View attachment 126545 View attachment 126546 View attachment 126547 View attachment 126548 View attachment 126549 View attachment 126550 View attachment 126551 View attachment 126552 View attachment 126553 View attachment 126554
I actually was bidding on a couple of these a while back on Ebay. I think they are cool. The pin length is a little long, I trim them down (my Mercedes pins) so they ride nicer in the bow.I don't wear pins in my hats, so if there are pins in the hats I buy, I just remove them. This lot was a recent find however and just an interesting little something. The shield is 1,5cm wide and the pin 3cm long in total.
Tonak pins in various colours:
View attachment 127048
I actually was bidding on a couple of these a while back on Ebay. I think they are cool. The pin length is a little long, I trim them down (my Mercedes pins) so they ride nicer in the bow.
Those are quite unusual for hat pins, gennerally the pin is shorter and runs width wise......I don't wear pins in my hats, so if there are pins in the hats I buy, I just remove them. This lot was a recent find however and just an interesting little something. The shield is 1,5cm wide and the pin 3cm long in total.
Tonak pins in various colours:
View attachment 127048
I usually push the pin through the back of the bow knot. Lapel stick pins are longer (about 1 1/2") to stay stable in the material of a suit. I clip them off at about 3/4" so they just slide into the bow material far enough to hold. I don't have any images of this process, I should take some... I have kept a few of the long pins intact and slide them diagonally through the back of the bow and put a keeper on the end. The Mercedes 500,000 KM pin is mounted this way.How do you attach one to your hat? Does the pin pierce the ribbon/bow or do you slip it in behind the ribbon? Please post a picture if you can.
I usually push the pin through the back of the bow knot. Lapel stick pins are longer (about 1 1/2") to stay stable in the material of a suit. I clip them off at about 3/4" so they just slide into the bow material far enough to hold. I don't have any images of this process, I should take some... I have kept a few of the long pins intact and slide them diagonally through the back of the bow and put a keeper on the end. The Mercedes 500,000 KM pin is mounted this way. View attachment 127286 View attachment 127287