Crafting a Fedora
With Robert Gault of Wolfbrae Hatters
Learn how to craft your own fedora, with this comprehensive course, using traditional hatting techniques.
This easy-to-follow course is split into modules, allowing you to review and recap the skills you gain in your own time.
This wealth of information will benefit both beginners and more experienced makers, with insight and valuable knowledge from Canadian hatter Robert Gault of Wolfbrae Hats.
Apply these tried and tested techniques to propel your hat designs to the next level.
What You Will Learn
Module 1: Getting Started
Module 2: The Blocking Process
Module 3: Pouncing the Felt
Module 4: Adding the Sweatband
Module 5: Lining the Hat
Module 6: The Flanging Process
Module 7: Trimming the Hat
Module 8: The Finishing Touches
What You Will Need
You don’t need to have a complete hat making workshop at your disposal to complete this course. Robert has identified the tools and materials that are essential for creating a custom fedora and suggests inexpensive alternatives to specialist tools whenever possible.
We have partnered with Guy Morse-Brown Hat Blocks to create some specially curated bundles which include some of the tools and materials that you will need to complete this course.
There are two options available:
Using these bundles is not a requirement but it is a great option if you don’t want to spend the time and effort required to source everything individually.
SIZE ADVICE
When buying your blocks (crown, brim/flange and band stretcher block), matching oval profiles and sizes that work together is crucial. For clarification, Guy Morse-Brown Hat Blocks offer the following sizing example:
If you want a hat to fit a 58cm head size, 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.
The ovals also need to relate to each other – eg. all components are regular oval form (OVAL 36).
Already enrolled?
You must log in and have started this course to submit a review.
