Knowledge – The Workshop Ledger

Research, techniques, tools, materials, and reference information gathered while learning and documenting the traditional craft of felt hat making.

Hat Making & Construction

Blocking, shaping, finishing, and construction methods used in traditional felt hat making.

Tools, machinery, and workshop equipment used in traditional hat making, including both historical and modern alternatives.

Felt bodies, sweatbands, ribbons, liners, thread, and other materials and components used in hat making and restoration.

Methods for cleaning, repairing, reshaping, resizing, and renovating vintage and used felt hats.

Historical information, makers, terminology, identification, dating, and other reference material related to felt hats and the hat-making trade.