Brown Felt Hat 2

A brown felt wide-brimmed hat with the brim sewn up to the crown on 2 sides 

I've posted this hats twin previously here both came from a batch of hats which were being sold £2

With the look of this hat and the padded jack, I'm wearing I'm sure it belongs to a medieval cannon crew 

Worn at an odd angle for the photos not sure why

Green Felt Hat

 This green felt hat has seen better days, crushed at the bottom of the pile, it needs steaming over a dome to reshape it.

Listed as a Richard the 3rd style hat.

Made of green felt.

Masonic Hat 2

 I now have 2 masonic hats, this one is superior in quality to the previous one

This was a gift from someone who was part of the Freemasons or just Masons

The red one previously posted about sported a Knights Templar cross, but this new one has a Maltese cross so could be for a different order.

Masonic hats when you search online seem to come in many different shapes although like this one they are predominantly pillbox shaped hats.

It's the badge rather than the hat that matters since that is an item that ties it to the lodge and his rank. 

I say his since in my 30 seconds of research I don't believe they allow women to join, although it does say there are 2 females only lodges in the UK.

Steampunk freemason

Black Fedora

This hat today will be a Fedora.

There are way too many definitions of what Trilby or Fedora should be often conflicting with each other to do with brim size, brim flatness, pointiness, even smartness, I just get confused everyone has a different opinion and most hats end up sitting somewhere between the two even then.

Is this a wide brim making it fedora, the brim is rolled so maybe a trilby, it's not pointy at the front so more fedora, probably on balance a fedora.

This hat was gifted to me and has not been worn much yet.

However a good and comfortable fit.

Decorated Tricorn

 This tricorn is decorated quite modestly compared to some.

The badge has a medal like an appearance, so it feels like it could be used by some militia or perhaps an officer, not a tricorn for a pirate.

The badge was poorly attached and the ribbon not at all when I got it from a market, so had to sew it back together. 

Hat Gone Wrong

 Spot the problem the corded knot around the base of crown is normally on the side occasional on the front.

At first, I thought I must have worn it wrong and so went back to check and the knot is at the back of the hat. Perhaps a manufacturing error or particular regional quirk, it still looks OK, hats certainly don't follow any hard and fast rules.

This hat is also a bit more Fedora than Tyrolean hat the brim is the same width all around and not rolled up at rear or tyrolean hats also have a bit lower slightly more rounded crown.

2 Sided Tricorn

This tricorn is 3 pointed but only has 2 of sides folded up

A nice black felt basic tricorn fit for anyone from the end of 17th but mainly 18th Century

Tricorn is actually a more modern name for the hat established in the mid 19th Century, in the 18th Century they were more often called cocked hats or 3 cornered hats or maybe just hats

 The tricorn is always worn with one of the corners pointing forward, although musket men did shift the point over one eye to help with firing their guns.

Capotain

The Capotain (Copotain/Capatain) is tall wide-brimmed hat worn during the late 16th and 17th centuries

The hat is associated with Puritans and English Civil War

The hat is also with Pilgrim that settled in the Plymouth colony America in 1620, hence its often also called a Pilgrims Hat

The hat is also worn by witchfinders and had a buckle on the front of the crown, but both of these are images created in 19th Century fiction probably untrue. 

Slitted cap

This Tudor shape flat cap is made from one piece of felt

 

The crown is slitted around the edge to give it a distinctive look.

This is hat is part of our groups larp kit and has been around for donkey's years (donkey years = an unspecified long time) and worn by many people.

Recently patched with a bit of felt and glue wear one of split hat torn through.

Fez like

This tapering hat is very fez like in shape, but lacks the tassel on top and is actually too tall,

however I suppose you might still call a fez.

A hat for use in War of the Roses medieval reenactment the shape can be seen in many contemporary illustrations.

I can't remember where I got this, as it was over 15 years ago but would have been a reenactors market no doubt.

Worn a couple of times, but never found a costume that it went with so ended up not being used much.

Not a Octopus Hat

This hat was described as Octopus hat however the seller cannot count as it only has 6 legs, so should really be Hextopus Hat.

Found in the £5 squid bin at the TORM the original reenactors market

The seller apparently thought it was hat they would never sell, been on their stall for a long time.

Basically looks like they cut up a wide-brimmed felt hat for some reason.

To make a hat that fits into no particular bracket.

Not sure what sort of idiot would buy this hat.... wait I did.