http://www.ebay.com/itm/272132419240
This vintage cap was made in the 1940s by Maler and sold by Desmond’s of Southern California. The body is wool, with a seal brown visor and strap. It is a size 7-1/8.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/271978780527
This vintage cap was made in the 1930s by Personality Caps. It is a great blue and white tweed, with an eight panel cut and leather sweatband. It measures a size 7-1/4
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281131760535
This vintage cap was made in the 1930s. It is marked “Fashion Club DeLuxe”, and that it has a waterproof peak. It is made of a heavyweight brown wool tweed. The sweatband has dropped most of the stitches.
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Here’s a rugged vintage look for you all. Eight panel cap, leather jacket, tall lace up boots.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281050908706
This cap dates from sometime in the late 1930s through mid 1940s. It is an inexpensive workwear one, with cheap imitation leather sweatband, cracked all to hell from years of sitting in the back room of a shop.
Because of the condition and small size, I have taken it apart to make a pattern from it. By sometime in the summer, expect to see reproductions based on this 1930s cap for sale. I’m working on other patterns as well, including a one piece, eight dart type cap, also based on a 1930s original.
In keeping with the original $0.50 price of this cap, the brim is made of the finest material- heavy cardboard.
The eight panels taken apart. The pattern is cut from the material with very little waste.
The eight panels are sewn together to create the top of the cap. As this is an unlined cap, seam tape is sewn over all the seams for a neater look. The last piece of seam tape is double the length and goes over top all the other pieces, hiding all their edges. A cloth covered button is riveted at the center of the cap, where the eight panels meet. The bottom edge is folded over and sewn with a piece of interfacing to stiffen the opening of the cap.
The brim, in this case cardboard, in other cases rubber or leather, is covered in fabric with a trailing edge. That edge is sewn to the inside of the cap’s opening, and the brim is flipped out. Finally, a sweatband is installed, covering the rough edge of the brim.
This one dates smack-dab in the World War II period. It has the union jack and an English Bulldog on the liner. This is deadstock from a Canadian source.
Another deadstock cap, this time from a Canadian source. Really evocative graphics on the lining, and a nice bold herringbone tweed.
This cap is deadstock and still has the original tissue paper inside. It has a white leather sweatband and a removable lining, making it more comfortable for year-round wear. These old caps don’t survive nearly as well as felt hats of the era. These were more popular as sporting hats, or with the working class. They were inexpensive, they were treated rough and they were thrown out. Most deadstock you see is in smaller sizes- the ones that were harder to sell.
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