Good books for making hoods

[madadam]

hay there dose anyone know any good books to get for hood patterns and how to make them.

I've already made 6 Anglo Indian hoods from the patten found in Emma Fords Falconry art and practice, and the hood pattern creator found on the Internet.

i would like to start making other types of hoods, such as dutch etc.

please share book names and if you have pics of the hoods you have made from the patterns found in the books!!!

[Falcon Boy]

There used to be a number of videos that walked you through how to do it. Different falconry suppliers used to carry them. Can't think of any books off the top of my head that walk you through making a dutch hood

[SkyRider]

Falconry and Hawking by Philip Glasier has step-by-step instructions with pictures to make both Anglo-Indian and Dutch style hoods.

[redflighthopefull]

I have a book called "A guide to making and using falconry equipment and it has a whole chapter on making and decorating hoods and it has presized patterns for average sized RT's, coopers hawks, peregrines, and goshawks. got it from Amazon for about $30. I absolutely love this book and it was completely worth the money. ;D

[madadam]

Dec 6, 2012 18:18:32 GMT -5 SkyRider said:

Falconry and Hawking by Philip Glasier has step-by-step instructions with pictures to make both Anglo-Indian and Dutch style hoods.

just got this book form my local libary today
looks good.

going to photo copy the patterns from it tomorrow

[madadam]

Dec 6, 2012 18:42:00 GMT -5 redflighthopefull said:

I have a book called "A guide to making and using falconry equipment and it has a whole chapter on making and decorating hoods and it has presized patterns for average sized RT's, coopers hawks, peregrines, and goshawks. got it from Amazon for about $30. I absolutely love this book and it was completely worth the money. ;D

i Will have to see if i can get that book from my local library to take a look in it

thank you all for your book ideas. the more the better!!!

Adam

[madadam]

Ive also found some free soft were to make your hood patterns

this Is where the patten software is from

www.themodernapprentice.com/hoods.htm

The link to Dutch hood software is
www.themodernapprentice.com/dutchhoods.zip

And the link to Anglo Indian hood software is
www.themodernapprentice.com/hood.zip

the Anglo Indian one works OK but haven't tryed the other one yet

Adam

[madadam]

here's a pic of what my first hoods looks like

The pattern was from Emma Ford's Book

i know the beak holes are too big, I've made them smaller on other hoods I've made

[redflighthopefull]

Nice man! Defenitaly better than my first attempt. Just a question but what kind of leather did you use? And finally from the view in the pictures it looks you did a pretty good job on the braces. Keep it up and don't stop trying. ;D

[madadam]

Dec 10, 2012 19:35:45 GMT -5 redflighthopefull said:

Nice man! Defenitaly better than my first attempt. Just a question but what kind of leather did you use? And finally from the view in the pictures it looks you did a pretty good job on the braces. Keep it up and don't stop trying. ;D

cool thanks.

the leather is cow hide with the swayed side out.
I got a 20kg bag (shared it with a mate of mine) of offcuts from a posh furniture shop, on eBay. got some great size bits (been making a glove as well) and lots of colors.

will be adding more pics soon!!!!

[madadam]

Here is some more pics of three other hoods I've done, the first one is from Emma fords book but the other two were made from the hood pattern creator (link to it on page one of this thread)

Hood 1
on this one I've done a cross stitch style stitching across the two parts you can see.
the hole for the beak is 1/8" smaller than on the pattern and fits better than other ones I've made


the braces at the back are threaded through each other like shown in Emma fords book


hood 2 the red one

this one is stitched differently, as you can see the stitching on the out side but not the inside, i don't know what to call this type of stitching but it looks allot neater



I've turned it inside out to show what it looks like on the inside, see no stitch marks.
well there is the knot at the bottom.


the same style of braces in Emma fords book



Hood 3

this one is from the same pattern as the red one but is slightly smaller. I've also added a neck strap to strengthen the area around the neck (and stop it losing its shape)



inside view again


and the top knot is two knots rather than one.



hope you like them, i will be making more hoods soon, please share your patterns and completed hoods!!!

Adam

[Deleted]

Nice try but your leather is too soft. The hood needs to be able to keep its shape. If you can see the stitching you may have a week seem. you might want to make a few more. Keep going with it!

[madadam]

i got a good plan to harden the leather.

my Friend made a knife scabbard out of kip leather, then soaked it in water, then left it on a radiator for a week to dry and harden.

now its rock solid!!!

but i think i will remove the braces before i do this
(don't want them like rocks).

thank you for your comments!!!

i would love to see other hoods you and others have made and were you get the patterns from!!!
also feel free to add any pics of your hoods here

Adam

[redflighthopefull]

the stiching that was mentioned above were you can see the stiching on the outside but not the inside are what is called "invisible stiches".
Just a suggestion but if you try to harden the leather make sure there is something inside helping the hood hold it's shape otherwise it could shrink and collapse and then you could end up with a rock hard dent in the leather.

[madadam]

Dec 21, 2012 10:15:37 GMT -5 redflighthopefull said:

the stiching that was mentioned above were you can see the stiching on the outside but not the inside are what is called "invisible stiches".
Just a suggestion but if you try to harden the leather make sure there is something inside helping the hood hold it's shape otherwise it could shrink and collapse and then you could end up with a rock hard dent in the leather.

good tip!!
ive got very basic wooden hood blocks i drilled with a hole cutter, they are not shaped but its better than nothing.
i think they are on the pics above

i rely need to find or make some hood blocks,