High quality fabric sweatbands – 32mm (1 1/4″) wide by 660mm (26″) long, brown satin tape and reed or 2mm (1 1/4″) wide by 610mm (24″) long, black satin tape and reed. Ready to sew into your men’s hats.
Ex Vat £4.58
If you need ferrules / connectors to join the reed you can find them here: Ferrules
Pack of 5 sweatband bows in white, black, dark grey, beige or brown.
Ex VAT £2.50
High quality leather sweatbands – 41mm (1 5/8″) wide by 660mm (26″) long, split leather with black empire tape and reed. Ready to sew into your men’s hats. Available in black or brown.
Ex Vat £6.25
**LEARN: Sewing in a Leather Sweatband tutorial**
If you need ferrules / connectors to join the reed you can find them here: Ferrules
This Open Crown Fedora and Materials Bundle was created to work with the new Crafting a Fedora online course on hatcourses.com with Robert Gault of Wolfbrae Customer Hatter.
The bundle includes one open crown and one flange / brim block and has some style options.
Choose either Open Crown CB194 (style #52) or CB285 (style #51) and pair it with either BB190 or BB193 in a brim width of your choice.
Also included in this bundle is a brim stand, a block stand (BS1), a Thumb Dummy (Tolliker), a Band Stretcher Block (not pictured in group shot), x5m Blocking String, a Runner Down, a Puller Down, and a Blocking Spring (BSPR).
Materials include a large Dress Weight (159g) fur felt capeline (115mm width) in your choice of colour, x5m of Galloon Ribbon in your choice of colour (32mm wide), Leather Sweatband (brown or black), x25 Ferrules, and x5 sweatband bows in your choice of colour.
SIZE EXAMPLE
If you want a hat to finish at 58cm then you will need equipment in the following sizes: Crown 59cm, Brim 61cm, Band Stretcher Block 58cm. These tolerances allow for felt thickness and sewing in a leather sweatband.
Ex VAT £729.17
This Open Crown Fedora Bundle was created to work with the new Crafting a Fedora online course on hatcourses.com with Robert Gault of Wolfbrae Custom Hatter.
The bundle includes one open crown and one flange / brim block and has some style options.
Choose either Open Crown CB194 (style #52) or CB285 (style #51) and pair it with either BB190 or BB193 in a brim width of your choice.
Also included in this bundle is a brim stand, a block stand (BS1), a Thumb Dummy (Tolliker), a Band Stretcher Block, (not pictured in the group shot), x5m Blocking String, a Runner Down, a Puller Down, and a Blocking Spring (BSPR).
SIZE ADVICE
If you want a hat to finish at 58cm then you will need equipment in the following sizes: Crown 59cm, Brim 61cm, Band Stretcher Block 58cm. These tolerances allow for felt thickness and sewing in a leather sweatband.
Ex VAT £645.83
A pack of 25 stainless steel connectors / ferrules for joining brim wire, or the reeds in leather sweatbands.
1.5mm x 20mm long.
£2.08 (ex VAT)
An alternative to leather or satin sweatbands, this is a soft band for sewing inside your hats. Mainly suited to softer hats and sold in individual hat lengths (70cm). 30mm wide.
Ex VAT £2.50