Show us your Bushcraft Hat (hopefully will end up pic heavy)

[matt.gp]

Well the hot weather has kicked in... I have formerly worn a years old knackered baseball hat. It got so shagged people started with the trucker and hillbilly comments so I thought... Time to go full redneck.

I just ordered a real deal brazil tarp hat. For those not in the know its a brim hat made from old canvas truck tarps with wire rim made from tyre cable.

They arrive knackered so that suits me. They are hand made in brazil from recycled products and no 2 hats are alike. So hopefully mine won't look lame. I ordered mine from pulse 72 geocaching who you will find on google. Good price and free delivery. I will update the thread with my hat when it shows up but in the meantime here's someone else's...

So what are YOU donning on your currently hot bonce?

 

[crosslandkelly]

Me in my leather Aussie bush hat

 

[Arya]

I´m married to my cap, and here we are visiting Masai Mara together for the first time.


Da girlzzz... by Lykketrollet84, on Flickr

 

[Dave]

My Tilley is my go to bushhat

 

[Nemesis]

Funnily enough I was just going to post a thread about my tarp hat which arrived yesterday. I have an abnormally huge bonce so every hat I've ever tried on has sat on top and made me and anyone within view collapse laughing or has been big enough to fit and has looked ginormbigassive. I had to bite the bullet though as my hair is finally thinning and ill fry ny head on the thin patches otherwise.
I got the XL Tarp Hat and its snug but fits fine and doesn't look like its been made for the elephant man which is a bonus.

It also doesn't seem too hot which was my concern with the suede and leather Rogue et al hats I also considered.

Really happy with it.

Still look like a bit of a prat but far less than with any other piece of head wear in the past.

 

[blacktimberwolf]

I have errrrr.....several as I enjoy making leather hats in my spare time. but I usually end up giving them away or recycling them as I'm never satisfied with the results. I've always got a few hats on the go though.

This is the hat I usually grab if it's raining or snowing, I don't particularly like the style but it's tried & tested & really water repellant, because it's made from fairly stiff leather, it doesn't collapse in strong winds either.



A few months ago I started a tutorial on how to make a leather hat & as luck would have it, I still have the finished article ......


Here it is taking a shower after a wax job,.......... this may be hat porn but if anyone is tempted to watch it I suggest they should seriously consider getting a life ..

[video=youtube_share;88Befs8dFOY]http://youtu.be/88Befs8dFOY[/video]

 

[MikeLA]

Basic Trekmates Bush hat folds in my trousers pocket. Simple and does not look to bad

like http://www.chevintrek.co.uk/trekmates-potty-microfibre-sun-hat-2853-p.asp

 

[Big Stu 12]

Had this one for about 20 years, and still love it, its a Barbour bushman's Hat in Olive

 

[swright81076]

The most photogenic shot I could muster of me and my tilley th5 hemp hat. This hat has been amazing in this heat.

touched by nature

 

[Nice65]

That's pretty photogenic man. Some hats do and some hats don't.

With regards to the tarp hats. Keeping me safe since...a few years now, but I'm now a complete baldy man so it's very much to do with protection.

Got 2 now. A patchy distressed medium that fits quite snug, good for windy days. And a big ole large version for sitting in the sun.


Worth noting that the brim sizes between the two are very different. The large hat is a big cowboy thing. The medium is a little more "Kiss me Quick". Both need a firm attitude to wear at first, then you'll just shrug off any comment. Most comments after that point are, "nice hat".

Too dark to get a size pic now, but I'll post up a couple tomorrow. Not sure I'll include my mug though

 

[presterjohn]

I'm another tarp hat owner and it has been a boon in this heat. I had to replace my back door lock the other day and the sweat was pouring off me until I put the hat on. The hat band did its job and the sun was kept off my neck. I can't ask for more than that. At other times I wear an olive coloured Carter hat from Karimmor which is basically a baseball cap.

 

[Arya]

Had this one for about 20 years, and still love it, its a Barbour bushman's Hat in Olive

That´s got to be one serious quality hat!

 

[maddave]

This kinda weather it's my Tilley T3

 

[Big Stu 12]

That´s got to be one serious quality hat!

Its been allover, been bent, kicked about, stuffed in rucksacks, soaked when I used to teach canoeing, i'd have another... but they dont make them any more....

Lost it shape now tho...lol... bit like me really

 

[The MAX]

The most recent pic I have of my bush hat is my recent white water introduction on the LaHave River in Nova Scotia this past weekend.

A little bit warm in hot weather, but wearable. Great in the sun and in the rain. KNP Oilskin from MEC, great price too (I'll get a tilley one day...)

 

[matt.gp]

Thought I would make a hat band for my new purchase when it arrives. Paracord with tibetan rosary beads stitched in.

Modelled on my old buffalo hat it's nice but too hot on my head.

 

[Harvestman]

Another Tilley T3, with optional accessory

 

[Harvestman]

Aargh! double post. Computer playing up.

 

[Bushwhacker]

Flat cap all the way mo' fo's.

Brims are for ladies at esscot daahling.

 

[dave53]

here is my few hats my favourite being my tilley regards dave