Hello. I just tried my first cowboy ( or any ) hat. I messed up and dinged the front, but otherwise
I am happy with it. Comments and critiques welcome. Thanks for looking.

Mitch

Nice work! THe dings on the front give it a "fresh off the trail" look. How big is it?

Thanks! It started out at 3" in diameter. I'm definitely going to have to make more. :)


Mitch

Good job, Mitch. Boy, looks like you used pretty heavy metal for that hat. I use some 18 ga sheet on mine. Works pretty well but you have to take it easy on the depression or you'll break thru. Looks good. I agree that the marks on the front don't detract at all. :)

Thank you CurlyGeorge. Yea, the material was a bit thick for this. It's 1/8" thick. I liked it though. I didn't have to worry so much
about punching through.

Mitch

That came out nice. Must give it a go oneday.

yep..i gonna have to try one of them, great job

Character marks look nice. Good job.

Thank you all for the nice comments. Much appreciated.

Mitch

I once made 60 or so from real copper pennies for our church's cowboy dinner dance and what I noticed was that the more character they had the better they looked...

WOW Thomas. Would you share with us how you did them with pennys, please? That sounds pretty cool. Did you thin the penny first and did you heat or form them cold? Thanks. :)