{"product_id":"ernies-keeps-its-shape-quilted-leather-flat-cap","title":"Ernie's Hand-Sewn Leather Flat Cap","description":"\u003clink href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Poppins:wght@300;400;500;600;700\u0026amp;display=swap\" rel=\"stylesheet\"\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\n.prod-wrapper { font-family: 'Poppins', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif !important; max-width: 900px !important; margin: 0 auto !important; color: #2a2620 !important; line-height: 1.7 !important; font-size: 16px !important; }\n.prod-wrapper * { box-sizing: border-box !important; }\n.prod-hero { background: #3a2e21 !important; border-radius: 10px !important; padding: 34px 28px !important; text-align: center !important; margin: 0 0 26px 0 !important; }\n.prod-hero .prod-icon { font-size: 34px !important; display: block !important; margin: 0 0 10px 0 !important; }\n.prod-hero h2 { font-size: 26px !important; font-weight: 600 !important; margin: 0 0 8px 0 !important; letter-spacing: 0.01em !important; 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margin: 0 0 12px 0 !important; font-size: 14px !important; }\n.prod-specs td { padding: 11px 8px !important; border-bottom: 1px solid #e0d9cd !important; vertical-align: top !important; color: #4a443c !important; }\n.prod-specs td:first-child { font-weight: 600 !important; color: #3a2e21 !important; width: 38% !important; }\n.prod-specs tr:last-child td { border-bottom: none !important; }\n@media (max-width: 600px) {\n  .prod-includes { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr) !important; }\n  .prod-features { grid-template-columns: 1fr !important; }\n  .prod-hero h2 { font-size: 22px !important; }\n}\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-wrapper\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-hero\"\u003e\n  \u003cspan class=\"prod-icon\" style=\"color:#e8dcc8 !important;\"\u003e✂\u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003ch2 style=\"color:#ffffff !important;\"\u003eCut On The Original 1911 Bristol Patterns\u003c\/h2\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"color:#e0d3bd !important;\"\u003eErnie Doyle, seventy-three, Fall River, Massachusetts · Fifty years at the same cutting table · The last man who can read the boxes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-story\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e“Everything on that invoice went up. The one thing that never moved is the time. It still takes an hour and fifty minutes to build one cap. I can buy cheaper, I can charge more, I can work later. What I cannot do is sew it faster.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cspan\u003e— Ernie Doyle, cutter, fifty years\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"prod-h3\"\u003eWhat Arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-includes\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"i\"\u003e🎒\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne Leather Cap\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eHand-cut and hand-sewn, your choice of three colours\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"i\"\u003e📏\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdjustable Fit\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eRear leather strap and metal buckle, no elastic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"i\"\u003e📦\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eShipped Flat-Boxed\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoxed so the crown arrives with its shape intact\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"i\"\u003e📜\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eCare Card\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eErnie’s own two-line instructions, nothing more\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"prod-h3\"\u003eFive Things A Production Line Has Never Managed\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-features\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"i\"\u003e◆\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Four-Line Quilt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour stitch lines run right across the crown, not just around its edge, holding the interlining flat over the whole panel. It is why the crown still stands up in year five instead of folding down against the head. Twenty-five minutes, freehand, no marking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"i\"\u003e◯\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Sprung Peak\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilt around a formed insert that springs back after it is bent, so the cap survives a coat pocket. The cheap version uses pressed card: it takes a crease the first time it folds and keeps that crease for good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"i\"\u003e∞\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Full-Circumference Sweatband\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eStitched all the way around instead of cemented at four points. This is what decides whether a cap is still comfortable at hour four, and it is the first thing to let go on a glued cap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"i\"\u003e▲\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Two-Finger Rise\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eA set crown height at the front so the cap sits with a line rather than lying flat on the skull. It comes straight off the 1911 pattern card, and Ernie has never adjusted it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"i\"\u003e◫\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Rear Draw\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eA leather strap and a real metal buckle, not elastic and not a plastic slider. A head measures differently in January than in June, and elastic gives out long before leather does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"i\"\u003e⏰\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne Hour Fifty, Every Time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty minutes cutting, fifteen joining, twenty-five quilting, twenty setting the peak, twenty-two on the band, eight to finish. The same number since 1976. A line does the same silhouette in seven minutes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-expert\"\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"color:#f0e6d6 !important;\"\u003e“People judge a cap by the outside, which is exactly backwards. Turn one inside out. If the sweatband is glued at four points rather than stitched around, it will pull away inside two seasons, and the cap will start riding wrong long before it looks worn. And press the peak: pressed card holds the crease, a proper former does not. Those two checks tell you more than the price tag does.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"color:#c9b697 !important;\"\u003e— Dana Rooke, textile conservator, New England Mill Heritage Collection\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"prod-h3\"\u003eThree Colourways\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-colors\"\u003e\n  \u003cspan\u003e\u003ci style=\"background:#1a1a1a !important;\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Black\u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003cspan\u003e\u003ci style=\"background:#4a3423 !important;\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Dark Brown\u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003cspan\u003e\u003ci style=\"background:#a8703c !important;\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Tan Cognac\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"prod-h3\"\u003eMade For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-perfect-for\"\u003e\n  \u003cspan\u003e🍂 Everyday wear\u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003cspan\u003e🌬 Cold mornings\u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003cspan\u003e✈ Travel and pockets\u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003cspan\u003e🎁 Gift for a father\u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003cspan\u003e💎 Thinning hair\u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003cspan\u003e🏙 Weddings and church\u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003cspan\u003e🚴 Long days outdoors\u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003cspan\u003e🏠 Retirement gift\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"prod-h3\"\u003eWhat You Are Actually Buying\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"prod-list\"\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGenuine leather, not a leather look.\u003c\/b\u003e Real hide that takes the shape of the head underneath it over the first few weeks.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCut on the original patterns.\u003c\/b\u003e The same 1911 Bristol Cap Works pattern cards the factory used for ninety-six years.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eStitched, not glued.\u003c\/b\u003e Band and quilt lines sewn; no cement anywhere it matters.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOne pair of hands.\u003c\/b\u003e Every cap cut, sewn, banded and finished by Ernie alone in a four-hundred-square-foot workshop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNo restock.\u003c\/b\u003e Two hundred and six exist. There is nobody left who can sew the four lines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-guarantee\"\u003e\n  \u003cb\u003eThirty Days, No Explanation Required\u003c\/b\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eSend it back for a full refund inside thirty days, handled by email. Ernie’s only stated preference is that it gets worn outside at least once before that decision is made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-note\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA note on handmade variation:\u003c\/b\u003e Each cap is cut from a different part of the hide, so grain, depth of colour and the exact set of the crown vary slightly from one to the next. Two caps in the same colour will not be identical. That is the difference between a hide and a print.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"prod-h3\"\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"prod-specs\"\u003e\n  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGenuine leather shell, quilted interlining, stitched leather sweatband\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIvy \/ newsboy flat cap, one-piece duckbill peak\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eColours\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlack · Dark Brown · Tan Cognac\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAdjustable rear leather strap with metal buckle, roughly 22 to 24 inches\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eConstruction\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFour-panel crown, four freehand quilt lines, sprung peak former\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBuild time\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1 hour 50 minutes per cap, by hand\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCare\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBrush off dry. Let it dry away from direct heat. Leather conditioner once a year.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMade by\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eErnie Doyle, Fall River, Massachusetts, on 1911 Bristol Cap Works patterns\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRemaining\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e206 caps — 78 black, 71 dark brown, 57 tan. No restock.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Handmade by Ernie Doyle","offers":[{"title":"Black","offer_id":54786362835287,"sku":"DOYLE-CAP-BLK","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Dark Brown","offer_id":54786362868055,"sku":"DOYLE-CAP-BRN","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Tan Cognac","offer_id":54786362900823,"sku":"DOYLE-CAP-TAN","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0829\/9505\/2887\/files\/hf_20260827_091127_86a67931-7418-40a7-a403-65dc81cda868.png?v=1787822761","url":"https:\/\/www.marlowmarketco.com\/products\/ernies-keeps-its-shape-quilted-leather-flat-cap","provider":"Marlow Market","version":"1.0","type":"link"}