Custom Hats & Traditional Hat Making

The Workshop Ledger is a custom felt hat company dedicated to individually made fur-felt hats and the preservation of traditional hat-making knowledge. The workshop brings together custom hat making, restoration, historical research, and firsthand documentation of the tools and techniques of the trade.

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Explore custom hat making, traditional tools and techniques, individual projects, restorations, technical references, and the continuing work of preserving the hatter’s craft.

Knowledge

Research, techniques, tools, materials, and reference information gathered while learning the craft.

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Workshop Journal

A chronological record of projects, restorations, experiments, discoveries, mistakes, and progress in the workshop.

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Projects

Individual hats, restorations, experiments, and builds documented from start to finish.

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Gallery

Finished work, workshop details, and selected photographs from the journey.

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