Leather is My Art Medium -- Making The Most Epic Steampunk Hat Part 1 -- An Armadilloman Leather Craft Gallery
I get a commission to make some pretty interesting stuff sometimes. I just finished up the latest which was an attempt to make the "most epic steampunk hat."
Here in the part 1 post is a photo gallery of the completed hat. I have 30 photos of the process to make this hat I will post in part 2 when I have time.
This is a patch work hat made of little pieces of leather stitched and riveted together into a hat shape. Each piece started out as a plain unfinished piece of 3 oz vegetable tanned cowhide.
The leather was hand textured, colored and distressed before cutting the parts and assembling as a hat.
I have made quite a few of these hatbands and this is the version with the brass cased compass and the small apothecary bottles. Each one of my hatbands are unique in tooling as well as ornamentation.
Stay tuned for part 2 where I will show you the very involved process to make this, the most epic of steampunk hats.
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You are an artisan par excellence, awesome hat dude.
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This leather hat looks very elegant and is the quintessential of steampunk style 🎩🔝✨
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I was wondering... I often like to carry a rifle, but they don't fit in a traditional holster. I bet you could make a pretty cool over the shoulder sling holster to carry an upsidedown rifle butt end up on your back.... couldn't you? Just a little something for hands free boom-stick toting...
Looks pretty cool.Good luck you young entrepreneur!!You don't see these around like you used to.Maybe a few around Holloween!
Master craftsmanship @armadilloman! I've never seen a hat quite like that before, it looks award-winning! great photos too.
Hi Armadilloman! I have a red leather bracelet that has gotten darker over time and now looks black. What’s the best way to clean something like that?
Cheers
greetings good publication
Waoo me quede asombrada. Un trabajo tan realista, con tanta fuerza y detalles . Te felicito de verdad que me gustó es bueno ver algo nuevo algo que asombre para bien. Saludos luz fermin.
Pretty cool hat! Looking forward to part 2.
You are really great, I've made a post about you and @papa-pepper,About making a very cool belt strap in use @papa-peppe.