Flat-Cap Jigging!!

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Very cool, Charlie! My own inclination might be to refer to this as "Herringbone" jigging -- which is the name of the weave used on Harris Tweed flat caps. The photo posted above by Will Power Will Power is a great example of this. And, from one of mine...

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No name Japanese Fish Knife with American weave and Irish weave. I bought that one at Armstrong's in Edinburgh, so I have Japanese jigging on American and Irish wool (with a Scot's name written in ball point pen on the label), on caps that originated in Northern England- but I see the herringbone in the jigging. 🧐

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"In 1571, the Parliament in Northern England imposed a law that required all males over the age of six to wear woolen hats every Sunday and holiday. Any man or child who didn’t follow the law was fined a hefty three farthings. " ~ https://www.peakyhat.com/blogs/the-...WLYRZgXq3BVFWb44oFf85Jd8zvs8E_rEUtUyj2lOOwsjm​


Vendor's website, but a few paragraphs on the origins of the flat cap.
 
echoscout said:
Couple fine looking knives 👍 🤠
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Thanks David.

A good older friend and churchmate in my later life, was telling his teenage boys that these male headdresses were "courting hats".

I had a flat cap when I was 15 and my interest was beginning towards the female persuasion. One evening at a local restaurant another male trying equally to impress , looked at me, and didn't refer to my headdress as a flat cap or courting hat , but he said look at that donkey cap. I wasn't a pacifist at the time and a major fisticuffs erupted , during which we almost went through the restaurant's large glass window. Luckily we continued our contest outside and I ended up with a shirt ruined by his bloody nose and him with mostly wounded pride.
I continued wear my "donkey cap" for years , but after my 4 younger brothers , marriage and 7 moves in our first two years , the cap is long gone.
 
wlfryjr said:
Thanks David.

A good older friend and churchmate in my later life, was telling his teenage boys that these male headdresses were "courting hats".

I had a flat cap when I was 15 and my interest was beginning towards the female persuasion. One evening at a local restaurant another male trying equally to impress , looked at me, and didn't refer to my headdress as a flat cap or courting hat , but he said look at that donkey cap. I wasn't a pacifist at the time and a major fisticuffs erupted , during which we almost went through the restaurant's large glass window. Luckily we continued our contest outside and I ended up with a shirt ruined by his bloody nose and him with mostly wounded pride.
I continued wear my "donkey cap" for years , but after my 4 younger brothers , marriage and 7 moves in our first two years , the cap is long gone.
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young lyle a rascal! 🤣
 
Amir Fleschwund said:

No name Japanese Fish Knife with American weave and Irish weave. I bought that one at Armstrong's in Edinburgh, so I have Japanese jigging on American and Irish wool (with a Scot's name written in ball point pen on the label), on caps that originated in Northern England- but I see the herringbone in the jigging. 🧐​

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"In 1571, the Parliament in Northern England imposed a law that required all males over the age of six to wear woolen hats every Sunday and holiday. Any man or child who didn’t follow the law was fined a hefty three farthings. " ~ https://www.peakyhat.com/blogs/the-...WLYRZgXq3BVFWb44oFf85Jd8zvs8E_rEUtUyj2lOOwsjm​


Vendor's website, but a few paragraphs on the origins of the flat cap.
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Thank you for the link! 'Tis very interesting.

...The Parliament established the rule as an attempt to bolster the wool industry.​

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LOL! I imagined if someone found a need to bolster cutlery industry and used the same method nowadays.
 
These caps vary greatly from Herringbone, to Houndstooth, to Harris Tweed to a square basket weave, and to finer suit material. Traditionally they were made from the remnants from a suit-making endeavor!! It is great to see all the variations!!!
Makes me want to go out and find yet another hat!!
 
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