Worn by good men, on both sides of the Atlantic
A few notes from men who claimed a cap before the workshop closed for good.
Why Every Cap Is Free
I never planned to make caps. I planned to leave the Dales as fast as my legs would carry me. But the summer I turned twenty-two, my uncle sat me down at his bench, put a pair of shears in my hand, and said, “Cut slow.” I've been cutting slow ever since.
Now I'm closing the workshop for good.
I named every cap for a village I can see from my window — Kendal, Malham, Settle. Places that made cloth long before I made caps. I'm one man, a pair of hands that aren't as steady as they were, and a workshop gone quiet. These last caps are the last there'll be — and I'd rather they went to good heads than a dark box.
— Edmund 🕰️