Of course the originals have seen are round and not oval. The leaves (flaps) are held up in period by a stitched tacks, hook and eyes, or tapes, usually two for each leave. The arrangement of the leaves depends upon style. They are properly referred to as cocked hats, tricorn being a modern term for them.
"I'm your huckleberry" Ron Carnegie [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Melody Watts Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 10:53 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] 18th century Tricorn hats ....round heads ...not! You know what the worse part of using a ball or bowl,is the shap is indeed round. Most peoples heads are actually oval, so if you set it to dry on a ball the fit is off and really hard to keep on your head. I had this happen with a very nice 1900 era straw boater, I set it to dry on a gallon paint can and when it was dry it looked like a cheap party hat,a round hat trying to sit on my oval head. If I had to do it over again, I would don a plastic shower cap and wear the darn hat til it dried.Those wig head stands usually have a very small circumference,too melody --- On Mon, 4/6/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [h-cost] 18th century Tricorn hats To: "Historical Costume" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, April 6, 2009, 5:38 PM The tricorn origin was just pinning up wide-brim hats until the floppy bits were out of the way. The most common of what we call a tricorn had a dome crown (cylindrical is not unheard of but the dome is the most common). So: Grab a hat that matches your size requirements. If you have a larger one, pin it up and cut the brim; Wet the thing with felt stiffener (there are several brands, all stink to high heaven so do it outdoors or in a ventilated area), set the shape that you want and leave it to dry; As a tip, if you do not have a reliably heavy hatblock or mannequin head to leave it dry upon, use a ball of the right size; Add decoration and edging when dry, -C. ------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
