Dutch Hood - the making of.....

[FlameHairedFalconer]

As promised here we go:

I had already cut out and dyed the centre piece and two eye peices:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/PB010003.jpg

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Next stitch marking and making the holes:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/PB010004.jpg

I mark and make the holes for the rolled edge first.

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Then the eye pieces:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/PB010005.jpg

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Then the centre piece:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/PB010006.jpg

I use the eye pieces as a guideline for these holes.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/PB040007.jpg

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Then I sew up the eye pieces using a reinforced cross stitch:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/PB090008.jpg

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Both eye pieces stitched:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/PB090009.jpg

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Completing the holes for the rolled edge:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/PB090010.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/PB090011.jpg

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Sewing on the rolled edge - note where I start:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/PB090013.jpg

And finished:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/PB090014.jpg

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Hood is now wetted and turned the right way out.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/PB090015.jpg

Placed on the block and allowed to dry.

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That is as far as I have got at the moment. Will show the rest once the hood is dry!

[As The Falcon Her Bells]

Thanks hattie, interessting to see, its the first time i actually seen it from scratch. Please keep em coming!!

[Phoenix1]

harriet, looks good nice to see how there made step by step. keep it up ,mick :-D

[Quiver]

thanks hattie, do you know the process if i was going to make a glued dutch instead of the stitched?
ie; what sort of glue is used for it then to be wetted and turned inside out?

chris.:)

[Fly]

Looking good Hittie cen i ask what hood blocks you use. As mine are about 30 years old .In need of some new ones

[FlameHairedFalconer]

thanks hattie, do you know the process if i was going to make a glued dutch instead of the stitched?
ie; what sort of glue is used for it then to be wetted and turned inside out?

chris.:)

Sakerjack has put up a thread on how to make a glued weyburn. I believe you can now get the cement glue he uses from Tandy leather in the UK.

[FlameHairedFalconer]

Looking good Hittie cen i ask what hood blocks you use. As mine are about 30 years old .In need of some new ones

Its a set of blocks from Falcon Fabrications. I'd love a set of rollins or similar but they are out of my price range at the moment.

[SakerJack]

thanks hattie, do you know the process if i was going to make a glued dutch instead of the stitched?
ie; what sort of glue is used for it then to be wetted and turned inside out?

chris.:)

Very Good job Hattie,, Quiver, try to get Barge cement from Tandy's, I use another glue that is only available in Canada but have had good results with the Barge..

[Quiver]

Sakerjack has put up a thread on how to make a glued weyburn. I believe you can now get the cement glue he uses from Tandy leather in the UK.

Very Good job Hattie,, Quiver, try to get Barge cement from Tandy's, I use another glue that is only available in Canada but have had good results with the Barge..

thanks Hattie and Ken.

chris.:yawinkle:

[HallBeck]

When you wet the hood and turn it the right way round - how long do you soak it for? I have heard that warm soapy water is the best for this - is that right.

Great thread by the way :)

[FlameHairedFalconer]

I tend just to wet the hood with warm water from the tap until it goes slightly flabby. I do, however, trust my stitching and therefore dont go for anything more elaborate when turning the right way out.

For years I was always so concerned about bursting the stitching when turning the right way out so used to soak the hoods. I have yet to have one do that, so I dont bother any more.

More photos later!

[SakerJack]

thanks hattie, do you know the process if i was going to make a glued dutch instead of the stitched?
ie; what sort of glue is used for it then to be wetted and turned inside out?

chris.:)

Chris a bit late perhaps but with a glued hood you do not turn the hood inside out, it is constructed the way it would sit on the block, you do not glue it inside out then soak and flip it out.. Hope I make sense?

[OutHawkn]

Hope I make sense?

You?....Make sense..LOL. Perfectly!

[FlameHairedFalconer]

Here we go - the rest of the making of....

Hood is now on the block and has been burnished:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/PB100016.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/PB100017.jpg

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I then coat my hoods with a flexible waterproof coating. This isnt to everyones taste but I prefer to do this.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/PB100018.jpg

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Next cut out the beak opening.....use a new scapel blade and do it very, very carefully.....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/PB100019.jpg

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Next the hole and slits for the top knot:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/PB100020.jpg

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I have already done a thread on the turks head knot so I will not duplicate it here:

Fitting the braces:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/PB110021.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/PB110022.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/PB110023.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/PB110024.jpg

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Duplicate the above on the other side:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/PB110026.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/PB110027.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/PB110030.jpg

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And the finished article prior to the beak opening being shaped:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/PB110032.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/PB110033.jpg

[K.K]

Bravo, Hottie.

Nice work, not perfect, but good enought, from what I see on the pigs.

[FlameHairedFalconer]

Bravo, Hottie.

Nice work, not perfect, but good enought, from what I see on the pigs.

Er thanks, I think....

[As The Falcon Her Bells]

PMSL I think pigs should have read as pics...
Anyway as i said earlier, it looks like your best so far, cant believe how much you have improved, nice work and thanks for shearing!! :supz:

[OutHawkn]

Sewing on the rolled edge - note where I start:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/PB090013.jpg

And finished:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/PB090014.jpg


Hello Hattie

It looks like you have pre-punched the holes for the neck strap. I'm not familiar with this. Could you explain more about how you it please?

PS. Where did you get your stitch marker? if you dont mind me asking?

[Pearl]

great thread , i have an hour long video step by step how to make them , spent more time on rewind lol :supz:

[OutHawkn]

great thread , i have an hour long video step by step how to make them , spent more time on rewind lol :supz:

Ron Rollins video?

[Pearl]

Ron Rollins video?i think so mate not sure

[Gozzhawk]

I've got a rollins dvd , fallen asleep every time!!

excellent demonstration though

[OutHawkn]

I've got a rollins dvd , fallen asleep every time!!


Me Too! I have to watch it in 5 minute segments..........:lol:

[OutHawkn]

Does anyone pre-punch thier holes in the neck piece?

[FlameHairedFalconer]

Hello Hattie

It looks like you have pre-punched the holes for the neck strap. I'm not familiar with this. Could you explain more about how you it please?

PS. Where did you get your stitch marker? if you dont mind me asking?

Sorry Bill - just seen your post.

Yes I do prepunch the holes for the neck strap. I use a very fine needle and find if I try and punch through the leather with the needle alone it bends the needle. I have tried using thicker needles but just prefer the shorter thinner ones to sew with.

I have had that stitch marker for so long now I cant remember where I got it, it might have just been a local department store - in the sewing/knitting department.

Hattie

[OutHawkn]

Sorry Bill - just seen your post.

Yes I do prepunch the holes for the neck strap. I use a very fine needle and find if I try and punch through the leather with the needle alone it bends the needle. I have tried using thicker needles but just prefer the shorter thinner ones to sew with.

I have had that stitch marker for so long now I cant remember where I got it, it might have just been a local department store - in the sewing/knitting department.

Hattie

Thank you.........

[Shikra]

Thanks a lot for such a detailed thread on Dutch hood making. :supz:

regards,
Rafey.

[Zvizda mora]

Thanks Flame,

I was absent for a few months due to connection problems but never is too late for such a nice and detailed thread. :supz:

[FlameHairedFalconer]

No probs guys - pleased you find it useful and interesting. 8-)