Coolest hat I have ever seen. And you just can't beat the pride of making something with your own hands.

@Rambooutfitters

8 жыл бұрын

+Laszlo Musho Absolutely my friend

One of the most amazing hats I have ever seen, a wonderful DIY project, and its probably more realistic than most "cowboy hats" in the movies. Wonderful

Dude, that aint no middle of the mall shit right there. I like that! I may make me one, more like a military boony hat though. Maybe take that copper head skin I got and use him as a hat band...

I like theese kind of videos no intro no asking to sub or like just straight to work. Nice work 👍🏻

I love natural earth tone items like this. Outstanding work.

That is a killer hat. Colors turned out great. Love to see that bad boy 20 years from now, it will just get better. Great project.

@Rambooutfitters

8 жыл бұрын

+Nick C Thank you my friend. Your'e absolutely right on that.

You are an excellent teacher.

Never seen a hat made this way before. I never thought of making a hole in the ground! Simple. Great hat.

@Rambooutfitters

7 жыл бұрын

It works, give it a go

Fun Fact: According to Dave Canterberry, the reason smoking the hide waterproofs it is due to the particles of wood and carbon that are trapped within the fibers of the leather.

Dig a bit, then stand on yer' head for sizing...! 🤣

@rockformypillow

3 жыл бұрын

Do a little spin to make sure it’s even on all sides

If you still have this hat, I think it would be really cool to see a layer of buckskin, or some softer, thicker leather, sewn around the brim and glued/sewn into the head portion. :)

@Drebotchris

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if someone can sew an animal skin like goat with the fur side for the human head making it soft & warm for winter months?

@johndowe7003

Жыл бұрын

@@Drebotchris that's how it's normally done

Nice hat buddy thanks for the video too.

It looks great! Good job.

اعجبني عملك 🇩🇿😍👍🤩🙏❤😘🇩🇿I like your work and I like the hat

Awesome hat!! Great job you did. The only other thing I would suggest would be to see or glue a cloth sweat band to the inside to keep sweat from your head from staining the hat.

Great project ! People where I'm at always discard their hides . But it works great for me because I love working with rawhide

@Rambooutfitters

8 жыл бұрын

+Coyote Walking So many uses and it gets easier as you go.

I like it! I have been reading up on tanning with walnuts and acorns and other sources. I am wanting to make a hat also. Your hat turned out nice. Thanks for the video

What a great video! You did a hell of a job! Thanks for sharing! Cheers Marc

@Rambooutfitters

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks Marc. It takes some work, but you end up with a cool hat in the end. Indians used rawhide for lampshades and other cool items as well. I feel rawhide is overlooked today, everyone wants soft hide.

Impressive! That's a great looking hat, especially considering it started as a hole in your lawn, lol

@Rambooutfitters

9 жыл бұрын

OntarioBushcraftThank you. Haha I suppose you could form the hat out of clay to avoid digging up the yard.

@vinkovinko9605

7 жыл бұрын

Amazing project. Thank you!

Nice video! That skink at the beginning is absolutely beautiful.

Great vid. I’m going to make myself one

Well hello Santa clause! Great tutorial for the kind of hat I'm going to make.

Cool hat. Thanks for the vid.

That is so nice!!! Never seen one like it! Amazing skill and talent there!!!

that's cool! liked it! thx!

Very nice hat, I think I’l try to make it someday

Great video

Perdy neat. Thanks for sharing.

Bad Ass! Awesome work man I love it!

@Rambooutfitters

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother, give it a try

Another update: hat's still doing good. It's definitely very warm (winter hat). It actually fits a lot better now. All I did was let it sit unworn over the warmer months.

Found your vid on making the tanning juice! Thanks alot!

Thank you, no machine no chemical it's natural

@Rambooutfitters

8 жыл бұрын

+Erkan Turan Thats right. Thank you my friend.

Super cool!!!

Thanks for sharing and taking the time to make the video. I've a deer hide, I've half tanned with citric acid and salt, I'm going to give it a try. I think the skin will be similar to rawhide. I really like the hat awesome work.

@Rambooutfitters

9 жыл бұрын

Craig Ballantyne Thank you. I hope it turns out well for you. It may take a couple tries to get the right size hat. Good thing is you can redo it until its perfect.

@craigballantyne159

9 жыл бұрын

I made my mould in a big container with potting soil and I used clay made out of flour and salt to get the actual form to hold. I can already see it's going to be a challenge to get the brim of the hat to stay flat. Anyway at least I have a use for the deer skins, I'll keep making them till I get one I like. Maybe this one. I will let you know how it turns out.

@Rambooutfitters

9 жыл бұрын

Craig Ballantyne Very cool approach. You'll get it after you work out the do's and don'ts. Just be patient with a task like this and you will get something not to many people can say they made. I used flat rocks to flatten the brim while it dried. A little crinkle is ok. Gives the hat some character.

So I'm in the process of attempting this. Made my own walnut solution and everything. About to put it in the hole but I need to run and get some more salt. My only worry is that I didn't make the hole deep enough. Guess I'll find out after I put it in and let it dry a bit

Awesome job!

@Rambooutfitters

9 жыл бұрын

David Oshiro Thanks my friend.

Very cool, I'm gonna make me some hats!!! Where would I get some Black Walnut Bark for making the Tanning Juice? Is there a video you do showing that process? Can I just use a bunch of old leaves and sticks to make the tanning juice?

Good stuff, thanks for sharing. I have a cold smoker I made for making summer sausage. It is basically a big wooden box with holes that is elevated & without a floor. I slide a grill underneath it and play with the ventilation so the smoke rises into the box but the heat doesn't usually get above 100F. I use this for smoking my hides; place a hide on the rack instead of fish/meat. This reduces the time I have to spend on this part of the process. Then again, who doesn't like to sit around a fire? Just thought I'd share in hopes of giving back. Loved your video; just finishing my authentic buckskins and was wondering what I'd do about a shade hat when I accidentally came across your video.

@Rambooutfitters

8 жыл бұрын

+Rich Brower Sounds like a nice smoker. I enjoy cold smoked meat. Hope your hat turns out nice.

A face sculpted by God himself.

@seeamerica1

8 жыл бұрын

He reminds me of a young LaVoy Finicum

@johndifrancisco3642

6 жыл бұрын

seeamerica1, I had to look him up. He apparently was an awesome guy!

@johndifrancisco3642

6 жыл бұрын

John Workman, You could not have said it better! (and I'm Atheist) You don't get to see it much but his body too. He must put a lot of work into it.

That is so cool!!!!

Nice project can a wire outer brim for shaping be sewn into it along with a hat band both interior and exterior so that it will fit the head better and give it some weight incase of wind?

@Drebotchris

2 жыл бұрын

Or some goat skin inside for softness & warmth?

Really cool!

I recall reading Stetson Hat Co. got it's start making rawhide post hole hats..............I guess this is what those were.

Good looking deerskin hat. But IMO it needs a hatband to be complete. Thanks for the video and keep 'em coming!

@Rambooutfitters

8 жыл бұрын

+Vin Lee Haha I agree my friend, a hatband would finish her off. Videos coming soon, sorry I've been mia for a while.

@xxxorg

4 жыл бұрын

A rattle snake hat band!

@xxxorg

4 жыл бұрын

@@Rambooutfitters A rattle snake hatband

Awesome video!

@Rambooutfitters

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend

Dat iz totally awesome n kool bud saweet

Way to cool........👍

Nice job

So an update to all who care. I've been occasionally wearing my hat the last couple months. Honestly it's annoying. It seems like it's a bit too tight. I have to stretch it everytime before I wear it so it sits ok. If I bend over or do something while wearing it it falls right off. Tomorrow I'm going to try to steam it and stretch it..

Shoot, I was hoping this strategy was done with buckskin, not rawhide haha. But still very very cool!

That's awesome I'm definitely saving my next deer Hyde. How long did you soak it in the Walnut solution?

Great job! When you say you made your walnut oil, can you make a video about that?

@Rambooutfitters

8 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/lpudj8GGprmtiLA.html

Ah id like to know the tanning method you used.

@khatdragon7694

Жыл бұрын

@Sophia ive handled 14 deer hides. Various preservation methods. The only ones that didn't last were the album tanned ones and the no tan ones. What are you sealing with to prevent moisture? Moisture caused my untanned hides to rot.

Good job

hey man I just stumbled across your channel. love this hat, love what you do. I have a question though, what exactly is that " walnut solution?" And what else can I use to "color " the hat

@johndifrancisco3642

6 жыл бұрын

I'd like to know that too :) I am looking at all the videos little by little so maybe I will come across it. I love listening to Tyler. It's so relaxing. FOUND IT! Tyler put a link in a comment below kzread.info/dash/bejne/lpudj8GGprmtiLA.html

@hannahmargaret7281

4 жыл бұрын

I know I'm 2 years too late but just a few comments down he links a video

@uarbor70

4 жыл бұрын

You can use extra strong black tea as a substitute for the Walnut solution

I like your way for make an hat, lolllll

@Rambooutfitters

7 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks my friend

Have you put a head liner inside like a young animal skin (ie a baby goat or sheep)? And if so would one us the same hole to form the edge before sewing?

good for you my my my a good hat man!!!

@Rambooutfitters

9 жыл бұрын

Conrad Meyer Thanks brother. Definitely worth making.

im just wondering would it take a hole deer hide to make a hat?

Coloration of that hat reminds me of jeepers creepers hat

Would it be possible to do with hair on?

Looks great!! I watched your tutorial on how to make the walnut dye, but how do you dye the hide with the finished dye?

@Rambooutfitters

9 жыл бұрын

giovannis11607 Sorry for the late reply and thank you. I soaked it in the dye for a night or two. If you heat the dye over the fire and put the hide in it will dye better and faster. Then I rub some in after I smoke it to give it one last coat. Just use a rag to wipe it in like staining.

@giovannis11607

9 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@Rambooutfitters

9 жыл бұрын

giovannis11607Anytime just ask.

But could you do this with tanned leather

Iam droping my jaw, thats my hut :)

@Rambooutfitters

7 жыл бұрын

Haha worth making my friend

@iSTAYuGO

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for showing that, was just thinking to make something similar, but i did not know what material to use.

Can you cold smoke this? I'm looking for info on cold smoking hides. Cheers

@overratedprogrammer

2 жыл бұрын

You basically want to cold smoke it. You don't want heat you just want the smoke

I love this this is cool I will have to do this with my brothers pelt

@Rambooutfitters

8 жыл бұрын

+Jeanette Baker Absolutely. Give it a try

@EndingTimes0

8 жыл бұрын

+Jeanette Baker You skinned your brother and you are making him into a hat? Thats brutal.

@seeamerica1

8 жыл бұрын

ha ha funny!

How should you maintain this?

Totally kool just embellish with some rattlesnake,

great txs ;)

I was expecting you to be Australian at first lol.

@Rambooutfitters

7 жыл бұрын

Nope born in Michigan haha

Just awesome?

Is it possible to make one with the fur still on it and for the fur to hold up?

@overratedprogrammer

2 жыл бұрын

That's basically a trapper hat then

Can this be done with having the deer fur on the outside?

@thicc6785

4 жыл бұрын

It’s not really the best idea to have the fur on the hide. And I don’t think it’d work really

I was waiting for a "then drape the soaking wet hide over white dog to turn it walnut colored" haha

So my hat is really thick and flimsy. What did I do wrong? Anyone got any ideas? Edit: so my problem was my ground was just too wet. The hide basically never dried. I even used a whole big bag of pool salt lmao. I put the hide in a hard hat with wet dirt on the bottom (top inside of the hard hat) shaped like my top and it dried enough to keep its shape in 3 hours. So maybe try this if you have really wet dirt like me

Do you sell your hats

great video definitely gonna try this and just wondering is that a pot plant behind you at 16:30??? XD

@Rambooutfitters

8 жыл бұрын

+Tight-lines Fishing Glad to hear and no it is bamboo and amaranth.

09:40 what is that?

@Rambooutfitters

9 жыл бұрын

ILe Gal If you mean the brown colored solution, it is from black walnut hulls. I husk, put them in a pot of water and then heat them up. It gives you a strong dye or solution to tan with. It is full of tannin, juglone and iodine. Has some good uses for sure.

@MrBenBrave

9 жыл бұрын

Rambooutfitters thanks dude

@Rambooutfitters

9 жыл бұрын

ILe Gal No problem

how did you stuck your head in the hole?

@seeamerica1

8 жыл бұрын

He first pretends he's an ostrich : )

Shoulda gone with the fedora.