Want to buy or sell something? Check the classifieds
  • The Fedora Lounge is supported in part by commission earning affiliate links sitewide. Please support us by using them. You may learn more here.

HAT ADORNMENTS: ribbons, bows, pins, pugs, leather, etc.

Phineas Lamour

Practically Family
Messages
611
Location
Crossville, Tennessee
I just got these two pins recently.
 

Attachments

  • 20220729_045043.jpg
    20220729_045043.jpg
    1.4 MB · Views: 94
  • 20220729_045053.jpg
    20220729_045053.jpg
    1.5 MB · Views: 102

bowlerman

I'll Lock Up
Messages
6,294
Location
South Dakota
Been finding some nice feathers on the ground lately. Also found a small, recently molten probably young garter snake skin that I’m trying to figure out how to use for an adornment.
Shown here on the hats are a custom tooled leather band, yellow finch and unidentified silver feathers, blue jay feathers
 

Attachments

  • 6AF2C513-B043-4E38-8D3E-37A6DB053867.jpeg
    6AF2C513-B043-4E38-8D3E-37A6DB053867.jpeg
    121 KB · Views: 117
  • 91299B2A-F450-4A29-AEF8-BB7960ADA331.jpeg
    91299B2A-F450-4A29-AEF8-BB7960ADA331.jpeg
    162 KB · Views: 119
  • 6B6B3446-55A9-4937-932A-3D91B117D3A4.jpeg
    6B6B3446-55A9-4937-932A-3D91B117D3A4.jpeg
    146.5 KB · Views: 125
  • A83493E9-4D35-485D-9739-216CE702386F.jpeg
    A83493E9-4D35-485D-9739-216CE702386F.jpeg
    139.8 KB · Views: 133

ILB Frank

One of the Regulars
Messages
205
Nudging this thread as I impatiently await the completion of a new hat. A horsehair hat band with the tassles cut-off and a modified tie-tack to hold the hat band tight around the hat.
20220913_181645.jpg


I am a fan of a pin on the hat band. I have no idea what I might use for the next hat.
 
Messages
18,222
A few yrs ago I had this beaded band made for another hat. It’s an exact copy of an original pattern that was broken or otherwise damaged. It was a great match for the hat but turns out I didn’t like wearing that hat much. So today I dropped it on this Worth-Walden. Not a good match so I did net even tighten it up.

874E959E-ACF7-4546-B64A-61E35CD15AED.jpeg


It would appear to be a good match for this Kevin O’Farrell if I remove the 3-ply. I also have a late No. 1Q with a skinny ribbon, in need of a bath that might get a look.

B77F6860-351D-4DCA-8230-AEFE7DFC3052.jpeg
 

Bird Lives

A-List Customer
Messages
416
Location
Issaquah, WA
This is an Atatürk lapel pin I inherited from my dear Turkish Father-in-law. I first wore it in a navy blue polo shirt collar. But in this blue modern Borsalino hat, I can wear it more often, it looks alot better than the gold Borsalino logo, and I think it really works, what do you guys think?
IMG_20230227_192411.jpg
IMG_20230227_192403.jpg
 
Last edited:
Oh crap.....I would have liked that....how deep were the pockets needed?

$2.00. I was going for it up until the last second when I just couldn't do it. Not that it would have been that expensive, but would have been expensive enough for what little use I would get out of it (as the shipping probably would have been $30). Sorry man ...
 

chivaceae

New in Town
Messages
45
I just saw this thread, and I like it. I am a big sucker for leather, sterling silver buckles and pins, etc.
So naturally, a few of my "refurbished" (resized, with cordovan shell leather piece added to sweatband, brims cut to 3"-3 1/4" and crowns reshaped) western hats are getting leather hatbands with silverware.
Here I share some examples.
Raul

DiamondHS-hatband_w+buckle.JPG Putting_hatband-1.JPG Sweatband_extension-Cordovan_shell.JPG Buckle-left-side.JPG Bull-pin-right-side.JPG Expanded-sweatband.JPG
 
Last edited:

chivaceae

New in Town
Messages
45
Just out of vulgar curiosity, why did you cut the brims?
3" to 3 1/4" is my preferred brim width, similar to my preference for broad-pinched fedora-like crowns (the classical rancher creases with wide brims don't suit me well). The brim trimming and addition of broad hatbands in some of my hats has also been a necessity, to cover moth damage and damaged brim edges (my refurbished hats are often beaters, requiring cleaning, naphta bathing, trimming, etc, yet I strive to keep original sweatbands and liners).
Raul
 
Last edited:

Who?

Practically Family
Messages
691
Location
South Windsor, CT
3" to 3 1/4" is my preferred brim width, similar to my preference for broad-pinched fedora-like crowns (the classical rancher creases with wide brims don't suit me well). The brim trimming and addition of broad hatbands in some of my hats has also been a necessity, to cove moth damage and damaged brim edges (my refurbished hats are often beaters, requiring cleaning, naphta bathing, trimming, etc, yet I strive to keep original sweatbands and liners).
Raul
Thank you.

Just curious, as I said.
 
Me too!

It’s a slouch hat pin from the 34th Annual National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic held on August 26-30, 1900 in Chicago, IL. Worth a minimum of $500. Damn is right!

I should have checked in. Searching for "GAR Hat Pin" kicked up a slew of the "wreath" pins, but not anything like this. Dammit.

I'm just going to pretend the "other guy" bid $500 ...
 
Last edited:

Forum statistics

Threads
109,319
Messages
3,078,839
Members
54,243
Latest member
seeldoger47
Top