Watch a fur felt Stetson get made

[FurFeltFedora]

So I'm watching Discovery Channel Canada (being Canadian and all, eh?) and there's a show I love called "How It's Made" and guess what they were showing? A Stetson hat from start to finish. It is just wicked to watch how they do it and all the work that is involved.

Searched YouTube and sure enough there is it. It's in two parts, the first part also include part of the previous item (has to do with heart monitors) so skip ahead to 3:50 in to get to where the Stetson starts. The second part is all Stetson. Hope you enjoy.

Part 1 (skip to 3:50):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mpqaKCOe7s&feature=related

Part 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVKwKxhFlW4

 

[scottyrocks]

I thoroughly enjoyed that.

Especially the part where she machine-stitched in the sweatband in about 10 seconds. It took me over an hour to do that by hand.

 

[Al_Ojeda]

great videos. Thanks for posting.

 

[Mr. Paladin]

FFF, that was well worth the time to watch. A very interesting process!

 

[CRH]

I thoroughly enjoyed that.

Especially the part where she machine-stitched in the sweatband in about 10 seconds. It took me over an hour to do that by hand.

By hand ? I thought you used a tool :eusa_doh: . You need a bigger tool lol.

 

[scottyrocks]

Okay.

'By hand,' I meant sans electric sewing machine. Yes, I did use a stitich awl, but it was still by hand. Instead of holding a sewing needle in my hand, I held a wooden handle that held the needle. To me, that's by hand.

Now, about the size of my tool . . . fftopic:

 

[Bassman]

That was great! Thanks for posting.

 

[Leading Edge]

:eusa_clap Thanks FFF!

 

[flipper]

The video was super cool! Thanks for sharing

 

[Mr. 'H']

Great one, thanks.

 

[Al Niente]

Thank you for the link! I had someone tape that episode for me, but they missed the first portion of the show. I looked all over for a link to the program and here it is!

 

[Pilgrim]

That was really interesting - and evidence that hats do NOT need to be treated like they're made of glass. Quite a bit of vigorous handling involved.

 

[CRH]

... Quite a bit of vigorous handling involved.

:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[FurFeltFedora]

Glad everyone liked the video - it gives you an appreciate of what goes into making a fur felt hat as well as how tough they really are (within reason).

 

[donCarlos]

I can now see why are hats so expensive Awesome video, lots of very cool machinery I´d love to have.