Comments on: tricorn hat off the port rubrail

Question: tricorn hat off the port rubrail

fish tick — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:34:52 -0800

Ahoy - September 19 looms larrrrrrge! Can ye point me bowsprit towards fabric tricorn hat patterns/instructions, ripe for the takin'?

By: Kickstart70

Kickstart70 — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:43:52 -0800

Is there where I get to talk about glorious booty?

Check with your local rennaissence festival organizers and society for creative anachronism. I'd bet they've got people who have made them, and may even have one you can borrow or buy.

By: jamaro

jamaro — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:44:57 -0800

Avast! Ye link opens as a PDF, arrrrr.

By: La Cieca

La Cieca — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:07:13 -0800

The "Jack Sparrow" hat described in the pdf above certainly sounds like it would work (eventually) though the thought of boiling water, dye, and hand-stitching leather gives me the heebie-jeebies.

A shortcut might be to purchase a "J. Lo." hat like this one:

... then bend the brim into the tricorne shape. You can fancy it up with braid trim glued or sewn around the edge of the brim, feathers, or whatever piratey stuff you have lying around the house.

The original of the tricorne was a hat more or less this shape, though probably in a stiffer felt than the J. Lo. model. But since you'll be pinning the brim up anyway, the softer fabric probably won't matter all that much.

Froogle for J. Lo. Hat

By: Lockjaw

Lockjaw — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 13:27:06 -0800

Just type "tricorn hat patterns" in the search bar of your browser and you're there.

By: fish tick

fish tick — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 13:54:11 -0800

Now why didn't I think of a browser search?

By: fish tick

fish tick — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:38:26 -0800

(kidding, that last bit!)