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Thanks guys for the compliments. The Lace, the gold cord the bullion tape and the button came from the shop "Passementerie, Baars & van de Kerkhof" here in Utrecht, one of the bigger city's here in the center of the Netherlands 90 to 120 minutes by train from where I live. This shop is completely dedicated to bands, ribbons, lace buttons, cords, feathers and the like... Run by a couple that seams to be very knowledgeable about what they sell. Unfortunately, they appear to not have website nor an e-mail address... )-; The silver lace I used is a little wider then shown on the hat, because for aesthetic reasons we decided not to use the complete wide of it. The actual edge of the rim is bordered by a separate silver cord that comes already attached to a ribbon, especially meant for the purpose of edging things... If you want I can make a picture of all the things separate.

Together with a friend of mine (http://www.hoedopmaat.nl/home.html) who makes felt hats (the 20th century fashionable kind) I made this early 18th century Spanish Officers Cocked hat. We started out with a soft felt blank and in several runs of priming and stiffening (appreteren) we cave de bowl it's shape and stiffened the rim making it ready for the actual bending. I choose a more flattened bowl (sugerloaf) and already before cocking the rim, the design looked Spanish to me. The rim is trimmed with silver lace, the cords are gold and the band around the bowl is (I think) what you people would call bullion tape. Making use of Ivan Henrys gallery and some internet searches I based my hat more or less on the drawing of the: "Chapeaux d'officiers d'apres un almanch de 1705, la prise de Barcelone." and some other drawings and foto's I found on the internet. It might be a bit to fancy for most of you pirates, but I think it suits an officer quite nicely... I must say I am very pleased with it... and just for the fun of it, I include one more photo of my stuff here:

Very nice!

More interesting stuff, while i was looking for tricorn hat cases... http://www.meg-andre...rn-Hat-Box/6591 and with bigger pictures: http://contemporarymakers.blogspot.com/2010/02/tricorn-hat-and-box-circa-1800.html

Thanks Patrick, Indeed it's a nice finishing touch,.. And I most likely ad one on my Cocked hat to... Doing internet researche on cockades I found this reproduction where they added a simmilar liner, it only states 18 century so it's no answer to my question but just another nice example: http://www.ebay.com/itm/REPRODUCTION-18TH-CENTURY-OFFICER-TRICORN-GOLD-BRAID-/190458073056#ht_1586wt_905

Are there (pictures of) period examples of this kind of lining??

An interresting site about hats, with a lot informative drawings: 17th century: http://gallery.villagehatshop.com/gallery/chapter10 18th cebtury: http://gallery.villagehatshop.com/gallery/chapter11 cheers!

An interresting site with a lot informative drawings: 17th century: http://gallery.villagehatshop.com/gallery/chapter10 18th cebtury: http://gallery.villagehatshop.com/gallery/chapter11 cheers!

I am about to make a 1710/1720 Spanish officers Cocked hat next week. The color will be a dark charcoal gray with an bit of purple/bleu (depends on the light) in it. Looking around for models I noticed that most chocked hats i see here are just with all three sides folded all the way up in the same way. Except for one of Jack Roberts hats and the leather Sparrow hat on this thread. These have their back part more like it's rolled up towards the top. Reading through the Gentlemen of fortune site they say, and I quote: "hats for 1685 and 1687 are just slightly turned up in the front and kind of "rolled" up in the back." So I am wandering is everybody doing pirates from 1687 onwards till later? Is there evidence for the rolled up back past 1687? And is there difference in English cocked hats and let's say French and or Spanish ones?

Amazing!, I also like the wood work especialy the wheels, I do some small woodwork my self, and i could do the carriage but technicaly the wheels would scare me of of such a project. Are you going to paint the wood! Maybe weather it a bit? Ore just rub the whole thing with some kind of oil??

... and more clothing 17th and 18th century stuff. http://www.osfcostumerentals.org/stock/17th%20&%2018th%20Century%20Restoration/Men's%20Wear/17th%2018th%20C%20Coats%20&%20Suits/index.html

My wife is going to Beijing in november. We know there's a very nice silk factory where we have been before. See wants to visit that place again and is willing to buy some cloth for me there, Now I am wandering what pattern see would have to look for, for authentic early 18 century silk that I can make the inner side of a luxurius frock coat or outerside of a waistcoat from?? Or off course other silk clothings..??