mollen hoods

[Merger]

does anyone know a little about mollens hoods, I have a few given to me by a little old lady, her father gave them to her when she was a lttle girl, back in the twentys, she was eighty six, he was employed by the maharaja of india,in the 1890s they look like mollens but sadly the plumes are missing, any ideas on value!!

[Barbary Boy]

does anyone know a little about mollens hoods, I have a few given to me by a little old lady, her father gave them to her when she was a lttle girl, back in the twentys, she was eighty six, he was employed by the maharaja of india,in the 1890s they look like mollens but sadly the plumes are missing, any ideas on value!!
ill give you a fiver for them m8? seriously i wouldnt know what there worth or even if they are genuine mollen hoods but i love owt like that! ive got some"handmade" morrocan hoods i bought in marracesh but you wouldnt be seen dead with one on your bird?nice soveneirs though.

[GriffMJ]

does anyone know a little about mollens hoods, I have a few given to me by a little old lady, her father gave them to her when she was a lttle girl, back in the twentys, she was eighty six, he was employed by the maharaja of india,in the 1890s they look like mollens but sadly the plumes are missing, any ideas on value!!

Hi Merger

It would be great to see some pics up on the thread..... I have handled a couple of Mollen hoods and know the sewing style etc used by Adriaan Mollen and his son. If you could take somes pics of the inside of the hoods as well so I can see the stitching. Value all depends condition and proof of "provenance". If you go to my website and look at the "Historical hoods" section and click on Adriaan Mollen....you will see some A1 condition hoods and also a bit more :)

[Red-Devil]

has any one seen m jones hoods they are a modern classic in the making nice one martin

[GriffMJ]

has any one seen m jones hoods they are a modern classic in the making nice one martin

Hi RD

You mean this one "A6".... in the Mollen style?
http://www.falconryonline.com/graphics/hoods.jpg

[Red-Devil]

Hi RD

You mean this one "A6".... in the Mollen style?
http://www.falconryonline.com/graphics/hoods.jpg
griff not quite its not blocked more like flopped together lol

[Finnish]

Take some pic's Kev so we can all see them. If not bring them to club and i'll take some pic's for you mate....:D


Lee

[Merger]

Hi lee, have sent you a pic to put on for me,

[GriffMJ]

Hi Merger

There u go ...had to touch up the pic a bit to try and get a sharper image etc :) Yes.... they are Mollens (but you know that anyway :) ).... having held the real things in my grubby mits.... the sewing is right and the braces are correct etc The only thing that I cant see is the tooling.... is there any on them? If I could see the tool pattern then that would definatley confirm it for me.
http://www.m-jhoods.co.uk/images/Slijper/GoreTex/mollenhoods.JPG

[Merger]

Thanks griff, There doesnt seem to be any tooling on them, They look like a female saker, and two red headed merlins? the old lady said she played with them as a little girl and pulled the plumes off!! but there are traces of bits of red wool inside. Have you got a stand at the fair , if so I will bring them along, so you could get your grubby little mits on another one !! cheers kev riach.

[GriffMJ]

Thanks griff, There doesnt seem to be any tooling on them, They look like a female saker, and two red headed merlins? the old lady said she played with them as a little girl and pulled the plumes off!! but there are traces of bits of red wool inside. Have you got a stand at the fair , if so I will bring them along, so you could get your grubby little mits on another one !! cheers kev riach.

No stand this year.... but will be there on Monday :)

[Merger]

Im a good friend of steve hallsal, so Ill bring one along anyway for steve to see on monday, perhaps we may meet sometime in the day.

[GriffMJ]

Im a good friend of steve hallsal, so Ill bring one along anyway for steve to see on monday, perhaps we may meet sometime in the day.

Will Steve have his own stand....isnt he the treasurer for the Chesire lot?

[Merger]

I hope so ,it will be one of the first years for a long time if he doesnt, but Im not one hundred % sure, Ill pm you my mobile, give us a buz.

[GriffMJ]

I hope so ,it will be one of the first years for a long time if he doesnt, but Im not one hundred % sure, Ill pm you my mobile, give us a buz.

Try the PM's again...my inbox was full...just cleared some out :)

[Merger]

If I can find someone at the fair, trustworthy enough to look after it, Ill bring one along, for viewing by public, it may be the only chance some falconers get to see one, close up.

[Gaz]

...One day Kev,Griff might send one that fits:!: :mrgreen: :finga: :mrgreen:

[Gaz]

:butthead: :ctf2: :ctf2: :ctf2:

[Afshimo]

thats a huge hood! What bird that gona fit lol. Made out of leather or other materials?

Hannah

[LanczSpringer]

I was going to buy one of them to keep jen quiet!

Well worth a £10 just to see peoeples faces!!

[Merger]

Ok ,lol, having returned from the fair and, seeing several friends, the mollen puzzle is at an end , quite a few different answers and as Roger upton was not there I could not get his view , but the belief is , that these are not mollens but copys, however copys of about 1910, buy an iIndian hoodmaker, who was given a mollen hood to reproduce?, been as they belonged to the raj, of the time, he either had mollens birds in his possesion, or possiably an army officer at the time gave him the hoods to reproduce, the twine is not mollen, they are not blocked on mollens blocks,and one has the most dainty turks head knot ,on the braces, bearing all this in mind ,I might just put one on ebay, out of curiosity anyway.their still nearly 100, years old!!

[GriffMJ]

Ok ,lol, having returned from the fair and, seeing several friends, the mollen puzzle is at an end , quite a few different answers and as Roger upton was not there I could not get his view , but the belief is , that these are not mollens but copys, however copys of about 1910, buy an iIndian hoodmaker, who was given a mollen hood to reproduce?, been as they belonged to the raj, of the time, he either had mollens birds in his possesion, or possiably an army officer at the time gave him the hoods to reproduce, the twine is not mollen, they are not blocked on mollens blocks,and one has the most dainty turks head knot ,on the braces, bearing all this in mind ,I might just put one on ebay, out of curiosity anyway.their still nearly 100, years old!!


Ah ha.... hence no tooling on the hoods.... I did think it was a bit strange...as all the mollens I have seen in mags and in my mitts have tooling :)

[Merger]

well, spotted griff, I honestly was not sure, hence the thread, however at least I now no a bit more about mollen hoods, for future reference!!