Making a Handmade Leather Hat Band
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Give a plain hat an instant upgrade with a handmade leather hat band! In this video, Chuck shows us how to create a simple leather hat band that can be customized any way we like. Chuck added a beautiful Mexican Basket Weave design, accented with antique nickel spots. You can use different colors, laces, and hardware to make a hat band suited to your unique style.
For a full list of supplies used in this video and a free printable hat band pattern, visit: www.weaverleat...
Chuck's enthusiasm is infectious, love it!!! This will likely be my next project as well :)
I have sever ideas for the little punched out dots. 1 altiods game tic tac toe game. Checkers 2 cushion fee for small electronics or doll house funiture 3 spit balls
How about a Leather Hat build to go with the new hatband?
Great project, Chuck. I’m needing to make a hatband for my Indiana Jones leather hat.
Btw, many months ago you suggested thrift stores as a source for belt hardware. I took that suggestion to the next level. I’ve made friends with the owners of the local thrift store. I small leather gift once in a while goes a long way. These folks get a lot of junk donated that they cannot and will not pass on to others. So they save the purses for me. It is a great source of zippers, rings, buckles, magnet closures, etc. not to mention ideas for more projects.
Hi Chuck, long time subscriber and love the videos, watched every one. Question: is curing leather in the oven safe? This is in regards to an older video concerning hardening leather. My wife doesn't want an unsafe oven to cook in that's all. I'm pretty sure it's safe but if you can reply to this that would be great. Thanks in advance 👍🏻
OLD LEATHER SMITH here. Suggestion, try a toaster oven it works great and you can use it 4 a lot of other things in the shop, that is what I do, and my wife is a lot happier. Any more questions please feel free 2 ask. GOD'S BLESSINGS ✝️⚾️🙃
The hole punch plugs make excellent ammo in a blow straw .😜
Just stumbled across this video and the timing couldn't have been better. I'm a beginner and just finished my first major project and was looking for my next one. Several months ago, I found a black Stetson cowboy hat in my size in excellent condition at a thrift store for $5.00. All it needed was a bit of steaming to reshape the brim. A nice hatband will be just the thing to get it ready to wear out and about. I learn a lot from your videos, so keep 'em coming!
Nice! Very nice looking hat band. I might put one on my boonie hat.
Beautiful colors!!! I'm not a fan of dying leather, had a rough time with it when I first started leather, and now 9 years later it still intimidates me but this looks so lovely I feel I need to try it again.
nice .
I'm new to this and started it simply as a way to cope with leftovers from army time. I have found that the process is very helpful. The stuff I make, not so nice. Thanks for all your work. I'm hooked on this hobby but doubt I'll ever make anything this nice.
Don't worry my stuff looks like a 3rd grade art project (not the good ones)
Give it time mate, my first projects were horrible, now they're reasonable. You'll get there 👍🏻
OLD LEATHER SMITH here. Don't worry the more you do it the better you will get. I have been doing this 4 over 40 years and I am still learning new ways and my first projects were bad 2 what I do now. GOD'S BLESSINGS ✝️⚾🙃
Keep at it. I'm retired Navy and it is great therapy. You're in the right place to learn. Key words are still practice, practice, practice! Good luck, Brother!
that is a very good looking hat band
Thank you!
Just awesome. Love it. 👌🏻👍🏻
Just awesome. Love It. Brasil
Thanks again, Chuck, for helping to pick my next project! BTW, you wouldn't know a great way to tool fish scales on a largemouth bass would you??
OLD LEATHER SMITH here. Great Job Chuck. I have a use 4 your holes, when I carve I usually do 3d, especially if it's a Flower, Leaf, even a picture of a Dragon. I lift the leather and push the holes I have behind the lift, makes it more real and when John Q public likes 2 press said lift it's solid. When I punch holes in any leather especially a belt the client Always asks how much, I tell them $2.00 a hole unless you let me keep the hole, and then I show some of the different holes I have saved. I also have kept a practice flower 2 show when asked. Sorry 4 so loooong. GOD'S BLESSINGS ✝️⚾🙃
Nice job Chuck. It’s a mighty good lookin hat band.
Can’t watch right now. Just stopped by to drop a Like. But this is going on my playlist for sure. Thanks!
Nice project. Thanks for the video!
Grind up the leather hole bits for embossing filler! Or stuffing for a needle cushion.
For how much leather to add, it's the thickness of the leather x 3.14.
I wonder if those holes are usable by a patent leather manufacturer.
Hey Chuck:
One other comment about that billet??? If you suddenly buy a new (bigger) hat, you can cut the center of that band and rivet in the billet, like an expandable waist band in pants. No one will ever know?:~)))
Y'all stay warm and safe.
God bless:
Dave Two Feathers
Man!!!! That turned out awesome!!!!
So many great pieces of advice! You da man Chuck
Ha Ha, Chuck is great! Just the video that I need to upgrade my hat band.
Neat! I thought we were making the hat too, but maybe some other time xD
Absolutely LOVE that guy.
This is one very Awesome video project. Thank you Chuck for doing this. It made my day,as I was looking for ideas for my western hat band project. ❤️
You are very welcome! :)
Can't you use the leather pieces to make glue?
Kippy-yi-yi-yay! That be a mighty fine hat band.
Hey bud, if I may suggest a project, I'd like to make some gloves and there's not any good tutorials out there I could find. Thanks
Great project but the pattern is not available and you don't give any spacing dimensions in the video.\
OLD Leather Smith here, excellent job Chuck. I use all holes when I carve 3d. I place the holes behind the 3d such as a flower peddle because people like 2 push, I always tell the client 2 push or feel the petal they are usually amazed. I have used this on all my carving 4 years and have never had a complaint from a client.
When I punch a hole in a project 4 a client they always ask how much and I say $2.00 unless you let me keep the hole and then I show them what I use them 4.
Sorry 4 so loooong. GOD'S BLESSINGS ✝️⚾🙃
Good idea Chuck love the colors
Great project, Chuck. I'm going to start my own hat band quickly. By the way, those little leather beads from the hole punches are ideal for loading into shotgun shells if you want to scare your neighbors! (just kidding).
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You talk too much get on with it
Check, what’s the tape on your straightedge?
It’s nonslip tape. He is talking about it in one of his older leather elements
Great job! Congrats! Greetings from Athens 🇬🇷 🌞
Thank you, greetings!
Very nice Chuck.
Exelente👍👍👍
Awesome 👌 👏 👍 🤠😎
7.62 🥰
Do you sell the hat band patterns?
We don't but here is the free downloadable pattern for the band in the video: cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0611/5809/7036/files/hat-band-pattern-printable.pdf?v=1665602273
In Brazil
Thanks very much for this video. Question: The couple of times I tried punching holes in dry leather and it plugged up my hole punches. It goes through wet leather like butter but I don’t always want to wet the piece. Is that typical? Do you think yours went smoothly because you used a rotary punch?
OLD LEATHER SMITH here. Suggestion, use bees Wax on your punches, they go into and pull out easier, also works on your Needles, more questions please feel free 2 ask. GOD'S BLESSINGS ✝️⚾🙃
@@jimathey6153 Thanks very much. I’ll have to try that. Before and after dying to see if it affects the dye uptake around the hole.
@@bcall8970I use wax because it doesn't stay or stain the leather, just rub it off, Paraffin wax will also work. GOD'S BLESSINGS ✝️⚾🙃
eautiful
Another great project Chuck!!! Also, I've been suggesting and collaborating with other makers here on UA-cam and one salutation we have for those little hole punch nubs is different border and spatter designs for acrylic resin pouring. Different color dyes sporadically sprinkled in and around the resin castings make for beautiful paper weights and picture frames!!! ❤
You leather guys let us buy fake Chinese product's and when we ask you to advice us you never respond but you ask for people to ask questions and subscribe of which we do. Why?
You lost me at about 1:20