WALK BY FAITH Vintage Christian Embroidered Cap

About this piece

A compact accessory with a clean, unfussy shape that does not catch on clothing or scratch what it sits against. It is the sort of piece that earns its place by being useful on an ordinary Tuesday rather than by being impressive in a photograph, and those are the ones that stay in rotation.

Materials and build

Built from parts that each do one job, with the fastenings sized to the load rather than to the price. There is no glue in the joints that matters, nothing is torqued past what the material wants, and the piece can be taken apart if it ever has to be stored flat. A solid, straightforward build. Where a cheaper version would save a screw, a brace or a washer, this one keeps it — which is why it does not wobble after a season of use and why it does not develop the rattle that gives away a lightweight build.

Sizing, fixings and what you get

Every contact point is finished rather than left sharp, and the feet or pads are sized so the load is spread instead of concentrated. Assembly is simple by design: the parts that must be rigid are rigid, and the parts that must flex have somewhere to flex to.

Wearing in rather than wearing out

A small personal piece with the finish carried all the way round, not just on the face that gets photographed. We would rather it be slightly plainer than slightly flimsy. So the shape is quiet, the corners are radiused rather than sharp for looks, and the material is chosen for how it behaves on the hundredth use rather than the first. The detail we spent the most time on is the one you notice least until it is missing. That is usually how it works with anything that gets handled daily: the failures are quiet ones, and they show up on the parts nobody photographed.

Living with it day to day

It is sized for ordinary rooms and ordinary hands rather than for a showroom. Set it up in one sitting, and if you move it six months later, nothing will have seized or gone brittle in the meantime.

Specifications

Type	WALK BY FAITH Vintage Christian Embroidered Cap
Materials	Mixed materials, fixings matched to the load
Colours	As shown in the gallery photographs
What you get	1 x WALK BY FAITH Vintage Christian Embroidered Cap

How we would wear it

1. Every day, not for occasions

   Built to be handled without going dull where a hand rubs.

2. As a small gift

   Looks chosen on purpose rather than generic.

3. In a bag or pocket

   Thin enough not to distort the line of either.

4. Kept with the box

   The packaging is the simplest way to store it between uses.

In the box

• 1 x WALK BY FAITH Vintage Christian Embroidered Cap

Care

Clean with a damp cloth and avoid harsh chemicals, which dull the finish without getting anything cleaner. Store it dry and it will look the same in three years as it does on the day it arrives.

Questions we get asked