Homemade Schoeller Hat

very nicely done…

Nice, I think Bill Fornshell was going to mkae a cuben tilley.

Bill do you have pics?

schoeller is a good fabric for a hat, I wish tilley would make one with it so us…uh…less talented MYOG people could get our hands on one

Thanks for the compliments! I really enjoyed making the hat.

But you know what’s funny? I still have no idea why the brim of the hat is able to curve like that when I wear it. I tried to figure it out logically, but it’s just not very intuitive. Is it because the brim is oval rather than round? Or is it the stiffness of the wire in the brim? I have no idea.

I did look at Bill’s photograph of his paper hat dummy and got some ideas about how to measure my hat from looking at it. I’m still not sure how Bill got such clean lines. Bill, were you able to directly transfer the irregularly-shaped panel at the top of the hat to the paper? Or did you measure it in many increments, as I did?

Ryan, for a long time I have thought that Schoeller would be a fantastic hat material and I really wonder why more people don’t make hats out of it. I got my idea from using MontBell’s Schoeller “Trail Cap”, which I’ve been using for about a year and a half. It works better than any other hat I own for all around back country walking, both in cold and hot weather. Not sure they sell it in the States, though.

I’m not sure I would be happy with a Cuben hat. Since Cuben doesn’t breathe I think it would be a sauna up there. I only use a waterproof hat when it’s really pouring (I hate hoods). Both for pants and hats I don’t mind if I get wet (I usually walk with breeches or with the lower legs of the pants rolled up to my knees), as long as I’m not chilled or overheated. I always wonder why people are so intent on staying dry. In light rain I’m usually hiking in a thin wool t-shirt, letting my body heat keep me warm and relying on drying out when the rain stops. Meanwhile I often see other walkers huffing and puffing in Gore-tex jackets, overheating and pouring sweat, much wetter than I am.

So Schoeller is just what I want on my head in most situations.

Thanks Miguel,

I will check the American site for the trail cap.

Miguel your hat looks great.

My Cuben Tilley Hat is 1st for rain protection to wear with my hoodless Cuben Poncho/Tarp. I also will have to wear it awhile to decide if the fact that Cuben doesn’t breath makes any differences. It would be easy to make the hat in a way to vent in dry weather.

Most of my Cuben garments have CoolMax inserts at the “hot” spots and vents that I can open or close as necessary.

Bill,
When do you hit the trail?

Vick, I am putting my reply to you at Tilley Hat Thread.