Dan the Hat - #
New manipulation Hat!
Hi People, I am just about to launch a triple layer ,100% wool Cap for manipulation. Designed by me, Dan the Hat (www.danthehat.co.uk) and tailored by Anderson & Berner (the lovely chaps in Denmark who brought us The Manipulator ,designed by Nils Pol).
In these early stages I am seeking out peoples interest in such a product. Having played around for the last couple of months with the prototypes I can see that these caps open up a whole bag of worms as far as new moves and manipulations go! We have all seen cap tricks being performed with the classic 59fifty caps but these A&B caps make it easier to learn tricks because of the extra weight and sturdy build.
A short promo for the caps will be released soon as well as various shots of the hats,so watch this space.
If you are interested as to what they look like etc then drop me an email.I am hoping to get them in the juggling shops and on associated websites pretty soon. You will be able to pre-order the hats in various colours and sizes before the official launch day. Thanks for reading and do get in touch.Dan the Hat
Little Paul - - Parent #
Interesting! I've not really played with a hat in years, but I like the sound of this.
Will you have some at BJC?
Dan the Hat - - Parent #
Hi Paul, Yes I will. Thinking I may try and run a workshop with them. :)
mike.armstrong - - Parent #
Brill, I'm looking forward to it
You might want to let the workshop coordinator of the bjc know. I gather he is a helpful chap. Ahem
Nigel
Dan the Hat - - Parent #
Hi Nigel, Is that going to be ok? The only thing is ,I will only be able to get to the BJC for the Sunday as I have gigs on all the other days..Will be going up and down from Exeter for the day. Would like to run a workshop with both Manipulators & The Caps...maybe 2 workshops?
There won't be many workshops on Sunday as it is the day of the public show. Some workshops possible in the morning and hopefully there will be quite a bit of interest in a different style hat.
regards,
Nigel
I would definitely buy a manipulation hat with a 59FIFTY form factor, though I'd prefer snapback. My only concern is that it would be too thick and wouldn't look/fit correctly. I think with hats aesthetic is super important because you want the audience to believe you are using a normal hat.
Little Paul - - Parent #
I don't think I could carry off wearing a 59fifty without looking rediculous[1], but this thread has started me wondering about flat cap manipulation - and a flatcap rather suits me at the moment.
Hmm.
[1] truth be told I think that whole wide flat brim looks rediculous on most people
I like flat caps. I should find one, but the bloody things never fit.
Actually, hats in general never seem to fit. I seem to have an overly large head.
Stop laughing at the back there!
Little Paul - - Parent #
The key to finding hats that fit, is to measure your head and work out your hat size - and then buy a hat from a shop that sells them in proper sizes rather than "small,medium,large" - even with a size buying mail order is a risk because some milliners are a little erm "flexible" with their sizing.
Metric is the easiest size to work out. Measure round the fattest bit of your head, just above the ears. The circumference in cm is your metric hat size. Make the same measurement in inches, divide it by pi (3.14 is close enough) and round up to the nearest 1/8 inch.
At 7 3/8" (imperial) or 58cm (metric) my head is on the large size, but I don't have too many problems finding the right size.
I know. I seem to have a long head, since it is usually too tight at the front and back. But, at some point I will have to get to a proper milliner. Not many in .za though.
Dan the Hat - - Parent #
True LP , I too look ridiculous in a 59fifty !These hats have a slightly different look than the snap back caps.. they are far more aesthetic than the manipulators, and have a couple of different ways of being worn, normally or think fresh prince in the 90's! Because they are heavier and more solid and normal cap trick is far easier. In a range of colours too these caps are not too far off the mark. On stage they would like real caps, we had this discussion last week at a convention funnily enough. Anyway photos in a week .
Awesome, they sound cool, looking forward to seeing what they look like and then possibly buying one! Different styles of manipulation hats are the future, not everyone wants to wear a bowler or tophat!
yeah where are all the lady hats?
I suppose first you'd have to answer the question what in hell is a lady hat.
Little Paul - - Parent #
Oh go on, I'll have a go
Fascinators - look rediculous, and are usually pinned on so no good for manipulation
Wide brimmed sun hats - too floppy, but would work for a boomerang act
Old lady Sunday best hats - I've got a blue felt wide brimmed hat which I used to use for hat spinning, but you're about 40 years too young to get away with wearing it
Straw boater, 50s private school, st trinians sort of thing. Probably a reasonable amount of potential
Retro 1920s style flapper hat, far too floppy and shapeless
Youngsters don't seem to wear hats these days, apart from baseball caps or beanies
If I were to play "Emily's stylist"[1] I think a brightly coloured traditional shaped bowler would suit you best for a character act, or a small brimmed, pillbox style hat. Actually, scrap that. A beanie is probably more "you"
[1] an exercise I don't think either of us would enjoy
Little Paul - - Parent #
I wrote all that on the train, got off and saw a woman, late 20s early 30s wearing a hat which would be perfect. Like a bowler with a high crown, small brim, and a great big red flower on one side.
If it wasn't dark, raining and windy I'd have taken a photo :)
you're about 40 years too young to get away with wearing it
My hypothetical stage character might not be so young, though...
A cloche hat is probably closest to a hat I might actually wear. It might require some reinforcement but there's no inherent reason the thing needs to be floppy. I don't know how you go about reinforcing a hat... hm....
Next I suppose I should establish what kind of handbag lends itself to silly tricks. Either that or learn zimmer frame manipulation.
A beanie is probably more "you"
I am amused to realise that many of my friends have only seen my "I got dressed in a tent" look which in my mind is distinctly not me at all. But I suppose it's probably the only version of me that would go juggling hats.
(You can play my stylist any time, so long as we don't invoke the demons of that fucked up lady-gets-gay-shopping-friend thing with the shrieking. we might explode into antimatter. we would have to discuss linux or something afterwards to redress the balance).
Little Paul - - Parent #
I don't know how you go about reinforcing a hat...
I'd start by building another hat out of felt and stitching it to the inside. As for handbags, I'd have thought anything with a single stiff, tubular handle would have some obvious possibilities. Just don't go down the Kris Kremo route - those bags looked awful!
As for the beanie comment, I guess you're right about the "got dressed in a tent" thing - but that's not really the look I had in mind. I'm finding it hard to prod google into giving me image search results which match the mix of stylish, practical, quirky, feminine but not overly girly. I guess Sue Perkins probably comes close.
If I *do* ever play stylist, can I skip the shrieking... and preferably most of the shopping, and skip straight to the tea, cake and gossip? :)
single stiff, tubular handle
hmm possibilities.... and one could rig the bag with a dent in the bottom for head balancing purposes.
It would be interesting to make an act with a character that wasn't either tarty or gentleman drag.
Sue Perkins
I googled to see what kind of a hat Sue Perkins would wear and the only thing I came up with was this which made me laugh.
tea, cake and gossip
Now you're talking.
Cedric Lackpot - - Parent #
Please let it look like, you know, an actual hat.
Please let it look like, you know, an actual hat.
Please let it look like, you know, an actual hat.
Please let it look like, you know, an actual hat.
Please let it look like, you know, an actual hat.
Please let it look like, you know, an actual hat.
Please let it look like, you know, an actual hat.
Please let it look like, you know, an actual hat.
Please let it look like, you know, an actual hat.
Please let it look like, you know, an actual hat.
Please let it look like, you know, an actual hat.
Please let it look like, you know, an actual hat.
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