How to Make a Pirate Hat

[@coroixiwa]

This is going to help me a lot when I got to finish my Victorian inspired pirate costume for Renfest. I wasn’t sure how to get the shape was my problem.

[@HeyMackenzieJ]

I forgot to mention that if you happen to wear the hat out in the rain an it gets floppy, don't worry. Just set it out to dry in the shape you want and it'll be fine.

[@LisaSchaefer007]

I like the list of ingredients required at the beginning. It helps.

[@HogandDice]

I recently restored an old felt hat of mine that had lost it's shape. And I found dabbing it with warm water then stuffing it with balled up paper and leaving it by a radiator to dry was enough to get the stiffness back. However, it was a pretty expensive hat when it was new, about fifty quid so it may have been made with a different process that allows that to work.

[@HeyMackenzieJ]

Yeah the ones I use for this are untreated cheap floppy felt hats that thrift stores. Reassuring to hear that an expensive hat can be saved that way. There's also hat stiffening spray but I believe that stuff is just watered down glue or starch and the glue or starch meathods can leave a hat blotchy.

[@twistedghost3585]

I'm going to use this for the renaissance festival

[@ONKELREY]

Thank you very much for this video. I searching a long time to find a nice hat for my pirate, now I know to make them

[@HeyMackenzieJ]

Glad I could help! Careful using too much glue on the crown of the hat. I've gotten headaches from making them too stiff.

[@miiylofalck4809]

This is so inspiring!!! Me and my friends like to do a sort of larp when the Renaissance fair comes around but it's mostly between the three of us. We come up with our own characters and play them for the day. (Also we get girls scout badges for it ) it's super fun!!!!

[@HeyMackenzieJ]

That sounds so fun!! If you're ever at the Southern California Renfaire come to Rogue's Reefe and say hi! I perform there with my band Sportive Tricks.

[@miiylofalck4809]

Hell ya dude I'm actually working on my first larp sword I think I'll post it to my KZbin

[@sydneywaterhouse2660]

Thank you for making this video!! It helped me create a really cool scar look for my pirate costume- I really loved it!

[@TheImmortalDivine]

Awesome!! This makes me wish I'd picked up one of the felt hats I saw in Target yesterday, they were only 5 dollars. This is definitely going to be my next project. ☠️

[@ginnybaumeister9561]

Fantastic...but will the glue drip if it rains???!! Ughhh

[@natureselement7588]

Stumbled upon upon your vid.. love it.. I need to make me a hat... 🏴‍☠️🦜

[@promisestarxd9487]

Wondering if the glue was even necessary since you sewed it up on the fold anyway

[@Genam888]

I imagine it helps with the form.

[@nikoisland6731]

So you still ended up cocking the hat. Lol. Looks really good

[@CherokeeFlutist59]

This is a perfect tutorial! I may make a hat for my girlfriend since I'm getting her into ren faire lol

[@HeyMackenzieJ]

Yay! I love Ren Faire! Btw, I checked out your flute playing on your channel. That was really pretty.

[@CherokeeFlutist59]

@@HeyMackenzieJ oh thank you. Lol. I'm not much into that vid (first vid, gotta love it) but I do appreciate the compliment. And thank you for uploading such a resourceful video :)

[@ImaginaryHero07]

Oooooo!

[@KiwiJuiceee]

Where did you get the hat?

[@crafty6102]

How did you make the hat in the intro?

[@rampagegaming4184]

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[@nova7751]

@@rampagegaming4184 hello me on my old old account that I can't log into

[@thechadhuntress8061]

I’d love to do this! Only problem, my head is freaking huge and most hats don’t fit me #problems

[@HeyMackenzieJ]

Lovely thing about felt hats is that you can stretch them. Get it wet and pull on the crown and band area.

[@abbykiehn865]

Where did you find the feathers for your hat? I looked at JoAnn's but the feathers they had were too small.

[@HeyMackenzieJ]

www.save-on-crafts.com, ebay and amazon are my go-to's for feathers.

[@abbykiehn865]

@@HeyMackenzieJ Thanks!

[@2224addy]

Have you ever tried to make a Hector Barbossa hat

[@HeyMackenzieJ]

I have not, but in my latest video about my Pirate Troll, the hat in that video was based on the Barbossa hat.

[@2224addy]

Ah yes thank you @@HeyMackenzieJ

[@jeffersoncapulong8886]

What is the cap messue

[@sydneyfiredancers7301]

Can you add your social media links into the description please and thank you! I love this video, I will for sure be making these!

[@HeyMackenzieJ]

Absolutely! I'll get on that asap.

[@Holagrimola]

If you dont care about your hat being stiff, can you leave out the glue? :?

[@Carcosa22]

What is the name of these types of hats? Im living in germany ... i can i find these types of hats?

[@Apeiron2608]

Try searching for "cavalier hat"... or as DeepL suggests me: Kavaliershut, Kavalierskappe, Kavaliersmütze... Don't know what's correct. Good luck!

[@captainzachsparrow6193]

That one thumb down is Davy Jones.

[@joseftomsicek3967]

Ahoj

[@HeyMackenzieJ]

Yo ho!

[@Apollo_Blaze]

Pirates never talked that way...One actor in the Disney movie Treasure Island was from England and that was his particular and that was pretty much how he spoke in real life, so his character had that sound...Pirates were from all over the world, they all spoke normally as we do now, so there was no "pirate accent" at all....its not like every pirate in the world was from the same place. Pirates did not go around talking in that ridiculous way of speaking anymore than non pirate people did.

[@gorgon6680]

Dude half of this crap isn't even available to regular people on a daily basis.