Made myself some hats

[springfield art]

Military cocked hats were black. So were the majority of civilian ones. You could totally have kept it.
Jay

Yes, you often see depictions of civilians in black cocked hats; they're plain, no trim or cockades, etc.

 

[DiMarco_Mercantile]

My grandfather and grandmother on my mother's side were Stetsons, and I understand distantly related to the family of the Stetson Hat company. Distantly related, considering they were probably 2 or 3 generations from the original family. BTW, I wear a Stetson crushable, and really would like to know how to make a hat like this for reenactment demonstrations. Please post process and pictures!

That’s really cool that you’ve got a distant family connection with the Stetsons! Here’s the link to the forum where I posted my process How I made my Felt Hats