Hat Making Tool: Leather Sweat Band Decorative Groove Marking Tool for Vintage Looking Custom Hats

This custom designed Hat Making Tool was a commissioned item, and has been SOLD.

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I’ve been pretty busy the past few weeks working on Maloof-Inspired rocking chairs, and since they aren’t finished yet, I’ve not posted much for projects lately. I did take a break from all the rasping and sanding though to design and build this tool late this week.

This hand tool was designed to add a small groove around the top of a leather Sweat Band on a custom hat. It is made to exactly match the old Borsalina Fedora sweat band. The specifics of the groove size and distance from the top are proprietary. The customer sent me photos of the sweat band he was trying to replicate, and then I scratched my head a couple of weeks and then designed the tool for that purpose. I make quite a few custom hunting knives, and so I decided to make the handle as ergonomic and decorative as I do on my knives.

Materials:

1. Yellow Brass
2. Brazilian Walnut
3. Abalone Shell
4. Heat Treated Steel

Thanks for looking,
Mark DeCou

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Collector’s Edition Model Rounding Jacks:

1. Ebonized Walnut Clockwise with Laser Engraving
2. Walnut Counter Clockwise w/Laser Engraving
3. Walnut Uni-Directional Cutter

Deluxe Model Rounding Jacks:

1. Maple Deluxe Model, Counter Clockwise Cutter
2. Maple Deluxe Model, Clockwise Cutter
3. Walnut Deluxe, Counter Clockwise Cutter
4. Walnut Deluxe, Clockwise Cutter

Hobbyist-Hatter Model Rounding Jacks:

1. Walnut Hobbyist-Hatter Model, Counter Clockwise Cutter
2. Walnut Hobbyist-Hatter Model, Clockwise Cutter

Bench-Top Display Stands for Rounding Jacks:

1. Walnut Bench-Top Display Stand
2. Oak Bench-Top Display Stand

Customized Rounding Jacks, Personalized for Specific Hatters:

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2. Rachel Pollock of La Bricoleuse
3. Brainpan Hat Shop in Sumner, WA
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5. Marc Kitter's Adventurebilt Hat Co.
6. Pyrate Trading Co.
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8. Inaaya Hat Co.
9. Penman Hat Co.

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5. Maple Wrench for Tightening Formillon Thumbnuts

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6. Foot Tollikers, Birch Wood Double Set, on Display Stand

Brim Edge Curling Tools:

1. Hinge-Shackle Curling Tool for the Homburg Hat
2. Full Circle Shackle Curling Tool
3. Half Circle Shacking Curling Tool
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Hat Block Spinners:

1. Hard Rock Maple and Walnut Ornamentally Turned Hat Block Spinners

Puller Downers:

1. Puller Downers, made in Birch & Maple

Pusher Downers:

1. Pusher Downers, made in Walnut, Hard Rock Maple, & Poplar

Stainless Steel Slip Stick:

1. “Coming Soon”, please check back.

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(Note: This tool design is protected by copyright 2009 by the Author, Mark A. DeCou, no unauthorized use is permitted of the photos, design, or text without expressed written permission.)

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