The pork pie’s flat, telescoped crown top and the sugarloaf’s tall, rounded peak are two of the more distinctive shapes in millinery — and two of the trickier ones to get right without a dedicated block. Formillionaire prints both as accurate 3D hat blocks, with the pork pie also available as a full-range set covering several head sizes in one order.
Getting the Crown Top Right
A pork pie’s signature flat-topped, creased crown depends entirely on the block’s proportions — too shallow a telescope and the crease won’t hold; too deep and the hat looks top-heavy. These blocks are modeled to the proportions that give a clean, structured pork pie crown straight off the block.
What’s in the Range
- Pork pie hat blocks, individual sizes
- Pork pie hat block sets (multi-size)
- Sugarloaf hat blocks
Add a Brim
Both styles usually take a narrower brim than a western hat. Use the brim plate generator to trace and print a brim plate sized to whichever pork pie or sugarloaf block you’re working with.
