EPISODE 4 | HUFVUD HATMAKER | HOW IT BEGAN | How to start making hats
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- EPISODE 4 | HUFVUD HATMAKER | HOW IT BEGAN | How to start making hats
Have a look at this short video where I explain how I started crafting hats in a garage that grew to the business it is today.
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I Love Your Artwork of Your First Fedora, As l am a Fan of Black
I LOVE this! Love seeing and learning about hatmaking and your process. I've been sewing for over 20 years! Learning a craft is so rewarding!
Thank you very much, I appreciate that!
Thank you. I like your relaxing voice!! Good luck and best wishes!
I would like to know more about hat making, where to find tools and supplies and such. Thank you for sharing.
Hi Mikael, your journey and videos have shown and encouraged me a great deal about refurbishing and making new hats. I look forward to learning more from you and others around the world that lead in this interesting space of timeless design and practical headgear. Thank you
Thank you very much! I appreciate you watching my videos and find inspiration from them. Keep on going with your journey, you are an inspiration as well.
I bought a hat from you ! ❤ it is the nicest hat I’ve ever had Thank you😎
Awesome! Thank you!
@ I got it yesterday and it is so nice. I’m going to save up for another one. 🤠😎
I truly appreciate that! Thank you.
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Thanks Mikael, For some time now, I have been wanting to make my first hat. Starting by building the linden wood hatblock, then it was time for me to be on your channel and this video is great!
To come back to the hatblock, I started by taking the measure of my head circumference which is 57cm also counting 3 mm x 4 for the antiperspirant headband. So far everything is fine. To obtain the oval shape from the occiput to the forehead,
I would like to understand,
How did you find the curve point of the temples so that it is symmetrical also behind the skull? Bien à vous
Black is a Beautiful Fedora Hat, because it is Good for Wedding's and Funerals !
You wouldn't need to keep changing the Colour for the Occasion.
P.S. l see your Gold stripe on the Bow 🎀 ribbon knot as a Hufvud trade mark, While other Hatter's sell a Hat Pin of the Maker's trade Mark, l see the Gold Stripe in this same manner !
I don't know anybody else who does that extra to their Hat's
I love your work!
Did you make your own hatblock or did you have to find them? Theyre very 1930s style millinery and ive had no luck ever finding those.
Thank you very much! Some are and some from skilled craftsmen.
I’m curious how a Beaver-Blend hat is different than other hats that have a mixture of rabbit and beaver but don’t describe it as a blend. Could you help me understand the difference? Thanks.
Let's see if I can understand your question correctly. Best way to explain is the way Beaver and Rabbit hair strands are under a microscope. The difference is in the design. Beaver hair looks like it has tiny hooks that latch on to each other and creates a very strong bond. 100% Beaver becomes very dense and strong because of this. The more beaver content, the stronger the felt.
The felt also becomes more breathable with more beaver fur. In the past, the meaning of blend has been a bit of a secret. Western hats have long have the 3X, 4X, 7X etc. The content of the beaver fur has been a secret and has changed over the years. A 4X Beaver hat made today is not the same as a 4X Beaver hat from 70 years ago. A dense felt becomes easier to handle when crafting a hat.
The shape will maintain longer in a beaver hat than in a rabbit fur hat. Purchasing a beaver fur hat is considered an investment as the felt can be reshaped and the hat remade long after the leather sweatband or cotton ribbon has withered away. A hat that will last through generations, fit for a legend.
@@hufvud Thank you so much for responding to my question. I found your response very educational, and I appreciate the information. Mickey🎩
You are welcome! Happy to help.
Thanks! Great job!