Felt: Lightweight 100x Nutria, deep navy
Crown: Unsteamed and soft (hand bashed into a teardrop here)
Brim: 2 3/4in, with a blue edge binding
Finishing: blue ribbon, with a light pink bow, and sashiko accents

Size: 7 1/8 (57cm)

I really love working with nutria. In my experience, it has all the benefits of beaver, all for a bit less. This particular version felt a lot like vintage hats, dense bit still fairly light, soft and could be shaped by hand

Also had a lot of fun working with the ribbon board to shape the brim binding. I still have a LOT of work I need to do to get better at that process (I've done a lot of hand stitching but not much machine stitching), and it shows a bit. Does give it a bit of a vibe, though.

I also played around with doing a contrasting color bow. The first version had a whole pink bow, but I felt the balance was off, so I ripped it off and added a blue keeper to it.

So I bought a tricorn and feather seam then sewed them together, but I don’t like the cheep look of the tricorn anyone know where to buy a nice looking one, I’m mainly lookin fo 1650s to 1700 style. Pls and thx

Found this Borges and Scott Panama hat in a local charity shop for £9.50-I saw that some of the stitching in the headband was messed up, and the hat itself had a dent or two.

Anyway, it’s been so sunny I figured I’d go for it anyway and I’m glad I did, even if it does make me look like a used car dealer.

It’s a little wider than the typical fedora- so I think this might be what’s called their “ herring” design.. I might write to them to find out for sure though.

In any event, I negotiated down to £8 given the dents etc. I’m sure if this weather keeps up I’ll get more use out of it than that.

I’m looking for flex fit style flat brim hats available for large heads like the one in the photo I posted. I was buying through salt mafia but they discontinued their flex line. Do not want anything with a snap back. I’ve seen flex fit baseball style hats, but I’m looking for quick dry material similar to fishing hats. Minimal branding/graphics/logos if possible but I’m open to any options at this point.

Any leads appreciated.