how to make an Einheitsfeldmütze
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As far as I know, those ventilation holes were the exception on normal M43 caps... almost all Bergmützen (with a short visor) had those ventitlaion holes but I think there weren't so common on M43 hats.moses wrote:one last potentially improper thing in my design is the absence of ventilation hole rivets.
i left that out because you need extra tools and hardware to do that stuff.
not all hats seem to have had this, though, so i think it can be overlooked.
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Hi Moses, (and everyone else
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I just finished my early green Sumpftarn (aka. tan & marsh pattern) M43 field cap... And I really have to thank you for this pattern.
The whole cap was completed in about 1 hour, the only thing, that disapoints me a bit is, that the fabric In used is as as thick as a Zeltbahn was, and so, it's not so hard/fixed as wool is.
(and because of that, it more looks like a field-made cap)
But photos will follow tommorrow.
Best regards, David

I just finished my early green Sumpftarn (aka. tan & marsh pattern) M43 field cap... And I really have to thank you for this pattern.

The whole cap was completed in about 1 hour, the only thing, that disapoints me a bit is, that the fabric In used is as as thick as a Zeltbahn was, and so, it's not so hard/fixed as wool is.

But photos will follow tommorrow.
Best regards, David
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Ok, here's the photo of the cap...
As you can see, there are some things that won't look so good but for as a "field-made" impression (and a "1 hour made cap") not bad...

No serousily, in the visor are 4 layers of fusible interfacing instead of cardboard, it works well, but I wasn't able to make those "nooks" disappear...
Hope ya'll like it.
Best regards, David
As you can see, there are some things that won't look so good but for as a "field-made" impression (and a "1 hour made cap") not bad...


No serousily, in the visor are 4 layers of fusible interfacing instead of cardboard, it works well, but I wasn't able to make those "nooks" disappear...

Hope ya'll like it.

Best regards, David
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Nooks
A hint when cutting the angle cuts on the beak if after you make all the cuts flips the material over and recut the cuts to form "V"'s then when turned inside out they won't overlap and cause the bunching. be carefull not to cut the bottom of the V too close to the stich line or when you turn inside out and insert the stiffener the seam will open abit at the stitch line there. I will make up a beak with the v notches later and post here
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ryan: you faked those buttonhole stitches amazingly well. i tried to do the same thing with my machine zigzag stitch and it was a dismail failure.
of course you can do it by hand, if you use some thicker thread, like so:
http://www.embroiderersguild.com/stitch ... nhole.html
i'll have to try that eventually.
i like the look of that camo hat a lot
of course you can do it by hand, if you use some thicker thread, like so:
http://www.embroiderersguild.com/stitch ... nhole.html
i'll have to try that eventually.
i like the look of that camo hat a lot

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Newtons M43
Nice Newton just one major fault and that was your choice of thread other than that looks good. I have seen some original M43's made alot cruder than that. But as they say practice makes perfect. Next one will be better as you wikll know where you made your mistakes don't give up keep pluggin' away
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My Splinter caps
Here are a few pics of the splinter caps I've been makeing for awhile now. I have a dealer in the US who sells them
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