How a fine HORNSKOV custom hat is distressed 🔥 

That WAS a nice hat.

I have been reconditioning older hats which were made with quality materials. Some are Stetsons, Resistols, Dobbs, Beaver Brand, etc... In the process of distressing the first couple of hats, I began thinking, "why am I going to puncture, stain or tear this perfectly beautifully made hat". As I thought it through, I refused to do it. Instead, I became more creative with distressing the hat and brim bands. When this fad is over, people may want to reshape the hat to a different look without holes and stains all over it. Here are a few suggestions that can help achieve the distressed look while saving the base material of the hat. 1. Become familiar with the roots of Bohemian Fashion. This will help give you an understanding of the types of materials to use and how to use them. 2. Layering the hat bands with diverse widths, textures, patterns and tones (petersham-grossgrane, lace, paisleys, jeans, satin, leather, etc) 3. Make holes in solid earth toned petersham that reveal colorful patterns underneath. 4. Sew 2 or 3 different textures together to make one band the same width. Then, move on to layering. 5. Exaggerate sizes and styles of stitching. Use diverse colors in thread, waxed string or round leather. 6. Add buttons, conchos, snap rivets, large safety pins, or broaches. 7. Tuck into the bands concert tickets, playing cards, or other memorabilia. 8. Fray and Fire. Burn the edges of cards, ribbon or other materials used. Fray torn areas and holes. 9. Feathers. Paint or dye feathers. Spray fixative on feathers before painting. Attach feathers to the hat band or brim ribbon (no need to puncture the hat). 10. REMEMBER- Have fun with it, but don't destroy it. Once this fad is over, there is going to be a sea of very, very nice hats that will not be salvageable. Don't let a season of style, destroy what should've become a classy heirloom.

I started crying when he distressed it

Me and my son sitting in front of the tv mesmerized… cool!

My good the man is gifted .. that is a lot of hard work in fairness beautiful job❤

It seems like such shame to destroy such a beautiful hat!

Amazing! Thanks for so generously sharing. You are a master at your craft.

Gorgeous hat! Fabulous work! The craftmanship is superb!

I wear a cowboy hat, baseball hat and a fishing hat. But seeing a beautiful hat like this one makes me want one.

I love the 'gentle care' put into the hats.

Speechless!!! 😍 you are a fantastic artist. 💯🔥👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I am distressed seeing how you hurt the hat! But I like it 😅 My next Horsnkov will have this style 😍

❤️ you’ve mastered your skill! Love this video.

I would love and so appreciate one of these art pieces. Beautifully crafted and a lost art. He can pick my hat anytime!

It was a pleasure to watch the creation process. Even the distressing is it's own art, even if I would never personally go for it. But one thing to remember is that there are times when distressing is called for, usually in the arts. Movies, t.v. shows, even stage shows could benefit from a series of identical hats that get swapped out between scenes or acts. Look at Captain Jack's hat from "The Pirates of the Caribbean" series. Brand new hat possibly only a month or two old when the cameras first rolled, but it certainly didn't look it.

Wow, that was amazing

Extraordinario trabajo, sublime acabado; espero algún día poder usar alguno de estos hermosos sombreros. 🥰

Have just come across your channel. The second one I watched and watching you shape the hats with your hands seems almost sensual, I feel I shouldn't be watching this private moment. Please do more videos. Thank you, for sharing your outstanding gifts.

THIS WAS BEAUTIFUL!! 🔥🔥

Love it!

This was so satisfying! I plan on taking a course soon and this is inspiring! Would you mind telling me about your sewing machine and iron/steamer?

Здравствуйте, потрясающая работа! Благодаря вашим видео я начал увлекаться созданию шляп) Не подскажите, что за ткань вы используете для торцов полей?

True Artist!!

Great job, beautiful craftsmanship, do you pounce on the felt or do you buy it already done with the smooth finish?

To me that hat was much nicer before the distressing.

Fantastic man! Really liked the editing at the end very nice touch 🤘🏻 I’d love to make you a video!

I felt the hats pain when he cut that hole in it....

I wonder what kinda is sandpaper/grid he use? I received a brand new hat its too new I love the broken in look

Maybe for a movie but to purposefully do this to such a work of art prob angers God. ;-)

Fantastisk! Tak for delingen. Der er abonneret!

Хорошо выполненая работа, для хороших людей :) Удачки :*

I almost had a heart attack at the end.

She’s a beauty.

Wow...!

Do you put shellac on it? What’s the liquid you sprayed on it before you lit the hat on fire?

What product did you use to spray the hat to flame it?

divino

Are you using sand paper? Some kinda steel wool? Grater?

Did he spray rubbing alcohol on the hat to.make it.look more vintage ir just to burn off the extra ends

Okay for a theatre prop otherwise criminal

만들기 쉽네요ㅎ

Ok I’m calling the hat shop there’s nothing wrong with my hat I want it back 😂

BEAUTIFUL HAT ( till You got through with it *

From modern to antict

12:18: 😳🥺🤯

I think I'm having a heart attack.

My cowboy hat looks distressed in 6mths on my TX ranch so no need to buy pre distressed

I don't understand why you have to spoil such a nice hat.

you forgot to kick it around in the dirt.

I'm definitely going to Google you...

I will buy for 12 keys and 13.00 ref

He isn’t a craft person, he is an artist and his hats are his canvases. Much like Picasso and his blue period who brought us cubism, or Van Gogh, who understand the relationship of light and color like no one before him. But was mercilessly criticized for his brush strokes in his time. But today his paintings sell at record breaking prices. People thought da Vinci a madman at first, but I don’t think we do now. An artist has a vision, hunger of what something should look like and they cannot stop until it is realized. I was ready to turn off the video until he started cutting the hat because it was “ordinary” there are thousands of companies showing you how they make hats. Who cares? Then he cut it and crushed it I love vintage things. I build tiny foam buildings for no one but me, just to see how ages I can make them look. I bought a run if the mill fedora and I want to make it look aged and I watched an artist work tonight. I would buy 10 if I could or a least one. Someday. Someday.

This was, for me, a fine tutorial on how to make a hat. As an amateur, this was a good close-up view of the process. But don't cut holes in it, OK?

Distressing is one thing. Making it look like it's been worn by a homeless person is another. Aging should be graceful, not haggard; especially not with a $500 to $600 price tag.

Modern society worships things that are old and have mojo, or patina. But we lack the attention span to use these items enough to develop that patina honestly. It bugs me in hats, it bugs me in guitars, etc....

It distressed me seeing a fine hat distressed before it even worn. Pardon me but that doesn't make sense. But, it ain't mine. I wear nice looking hats.

Why this master hatter did it to such well done work?

That was better than sex. Great hat.

No! OMG. That was a masterfully crafted hat and you wrecked it. It looks like it was picked from a dumpster. 😕👎

Decadent. Obscene. Akin to wearing new Levi's with holes in the knees. Are we so affluent that we have ape the 30 year heavy wear of a hobo?

What a waste of a perfectly good hat.

😒Disgusting. Hats for rich people who want to look poor.