Nothing but Hats

[Yellowbeard]

Happy New Year me Hearties!

Couple of my latest I'd like to share. Back to the fighting sail timeframe with these ones. The first is your basic duty cocked hat, tried to get it as close as possible to the ones in the Hornblower miniseries;

This one I'm going to keep for myself. Sorry about the hideous looking creature ruining the picture, but I wanted to give a general idea of the size of the hat.

Now let me ask a practical question; as I'm working towards starting my online hat site and plan on offering these two hats as standard designs, what do you think I should be realistically charging for them? As there are so few people offering stuff like this it's hard to get a good idea of what people are willing to pay.

Thanks!

[Yellowbeard]

Here is a glazed canvas covered one, just waiting on the cockade

Tried to base off this one at the National Maritime Museum in the UK:

Edited January 13, 2011 by Yellowbeard

[peglegstrick]

As allways.....your tallent for hats are amazing.

Good Luck with this endevor.......You'll go far

[Yellowbeard]

Thank'ee Strick, I sure hope so!

I've been wanting to do one like this for a while now, and as I ruined a blank trying to make something else I figured I'd use the scrap to make it.

Edited January 16, 2011 by Yellowbeard

[Captain Midnight]

Thank'ee Strick, I sure hope so!

I've been wanting to do one like this for a while now, and as I ruined a blank trying to make something else I figured I'd use the scrap to make it.

That is VERY nice work indeed!

[Mr. Noland]

Any chance at getting a "Dutch Masters" type from you sir? Been wanting one of those since the first time I saw them on grandad's cigar box.

R. Noland.

[Yellowbeard]

Thanks Captain Midnight! And I just shot a PM to you Mr. Noland regarding your question.

[Dread Pyrate Greyhound]

These are all really cool, eventually I'm going to commission a 17th century style bicorn, similar to the one Governor Ensley had in Cutthroat Island.

[Yellowbeard]

Back with more! These ones are all commissioned pieces.

First up is a very weathered and piratical looking one;

A more conservative look (I lightly weathered it since I took these)

And this one was for someone who wanted a "Horatio Hornblower Hat";

Hope ye like 'em!

Edited February 12, 2011 by Yellowbeard

[peglegstrick]

Love the first one....bullet hole & all !!!

[Laura Coughlin]

got our hats today. The fit is perfect, couldn't be better! The workmanship is outstanding.

[Yellowbeard]

Thanks Laura, I'm thrilled you like 'em!

[marlinspike]

Thank'ee Strick, I sure hope so!

I've been wanting to do one like this for a while now, and as I ruined a blank trying to make something else I figured I'd use the scrap to make it.

Absolutely Love this!

[1stMate Matt]

Hey nice job on all of them. The last few brown ones caught my eye big time. I need a brown hat.

[peglegstrick]

Has the one with the bullet hole been sold as of yet Mr. Yellowbeard?

[Yellowbeard]

Has the one with the bullet hole been sold as of yet Mr. Yellowbeard?

Aye, that one was a commissioned piece that's gone.

I guess this one is a stretch for pirate-related garb, but it would fit in with Jean Lafitte's time period;

I'm particularly proud of this one because I made everything myself, no pre-made blank used at all. It's made of cardstock covered with canvas covered with silk plush.

And thank'ee all for the compliments!

Edited February 21, 2011 by Yellowbeard

[Dread Pyrate Greyhound]

And this one was for someone who wanted a "Horatio Hornblower Hat";

Hope ye like 'em!

The hat I got my avatar in Pirate of the Caribbean Online is almost Identical to this one, it's a nice hat, but is more Napolionic than PotC timeframe