Favourite head gear
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Must say I like my Tilley Hats. Have two cotton ones, a hemp one and the tweed winter hat too. Though lately I've been donning an old sheepskin job I bought about 25 years ago to keep my bonce warm. Used to be tweed flat caps a lot but for some reason I've stopped wearing them.
Good thread idea though.
Good thread idea though.
my absolute favourite hat is a £5 cotton flat cap from matalan.
I wear it everyday winter or summer to and from work when out camping etc.
It's got a great campfire aroma which keeps me going in between woods time.
peak keeps rain or sun out of my eyes. doesnt get in the way. doesnt make me look a pillock like a baseball cap does.
if it gets really cold I might replace it with a possum merino wool beanie but it has to be properly brass monkies out
I wear it everyday winter or summer to and from work when out camping etc.
It's got a great campfire aroma which keeps me going in between woods time.
peak keeps rain or sun out of my eyes. doesnt get in the way. doesnt make me look a pillock like a baseball cap does.
if it gets really cold I might replace it with a possum merino wool beanie but it has to be properly brass monkies out
I've got a few flat caps, great, but I'm going to get a genuine tweed one soon, rather than a cheapo one. I use a Harilka 100% wool watch cap/ beanie as I'm not keen on brimmed hats myself. It's warm, and has a synthetic ring were the hat meets your head to stop itching. It's a great hat, I love it! 
Hope this helps!
Hope this helps!
Tilley T3 for all but very cold weather - then I wear a repro WW2 German Army field cap
The Tilley lifetime guarantee is real and I have worn out several - each being replaced for free
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/content.php?r=297-Review-Tilley-T3-hat
The Tilley lifetime guarantee is real and I have worn out several - each being replaced for free
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/content.php?r=297-Review-Tilley-T3-hat
not the scots bonnet in the avatar then John?
I kinda like that.
but I also like goatboys sheepskin jobby he recently modelled
I kinda like that.
but I also like goatboys sheepskin jobby he recently modelled
This thread is useless without pics!
Personally, I have only recently started to wear hats. As I "run warm", I tend not to wear them, but I love the idea of them, and as such have a few in my collection. The one that seems to get most wear is an Australian Kangaroo leather brimmed hat, as it is waterproof
Personally, I have only recently started to wear hats. As I "run warm", I tend not to wear them, but I love the idea of them, and as such have a few in my collection. The one that seems to get most wear is an Australian Kangaroo leather brimmed hat, as it is waterproof
Another vote for Tilleys. The only hat I have ever worn for days on end that doesn't give me an itchy bonce.
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I bought it in about 1989 driving down from Inverness in a car with no thermostat. I stopped in Aviemore just as the old Sheepskin shop was closing and purchased this lifesaver of a titfer (did you know this derives from 1930s abbreviation of rhyming slang "tit for tat") as my climbing thermometer was reading -12 inside the car. I don't think the shop is there anymore but I'm sure if you bought an old sheepskin jacket from a charity shop that you or someone could make one for very little. It's lovely for keeping my lugs warm when the flint sharp hail stones are precipitating with force from the side (as they often do 'round here). Also makes a grand pot cosy when you're out too.
Harris tweed flatcap for winter (or hand knitted wool beanie if it's really cold), spring and autumn a felt wide brimmed hat, summer either a cotton bush hat or straw brimmed thing.
I may have t just do that.
and I didnt know the rhyming slang bit.
everydays a school day
If you like I'll take some pics (when I get home) of it from different angles and post them up for you? It's basically a circle for the top of the bonce, a yoke shaped band round the sides and lugs and the peak is a crescent. All seams to the interior. Doesn't need the studs to keep the earflaps up as it's fairly snug.
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