Hat recommendations please

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Hodge

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Although I have a selection of too many hats, if I was restricted to one I would go for the Lowe mountain cap due to its versatility with the flexible peak and the foldaway ear pieces. It is also easy to wash. I have an original and the gore tex version not much difference between them.
 

Robson Valley

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Did you look at the Peruvian chullo?
I'm a product of many, many Canadian winters. Three-day blizzards and weeks of -40C.
I understand winter from farmer parents.
The best of the best have to be the chullo, both thick and thin.
I get dressed to go out in the cold, stupidos ask me if I'm cold. Not.
 
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Radar jeep cap.

Nice one, good childhood memory from that comment.
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Janne

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Polyester, so will be perfect in the British rain!

If I wore the Red Star, my immediate ancestors, specially grand father, would spin in his grave soooo badly.....
The Finnish or Swedish cockade is much nicer.
An Ushanka ( Ear hat) needs to have a cockade.
 
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Janne

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Many here look the Tactical look.
:)

I think an ushanka might be to warm for England.
I have two in that style, both animal base, and can only use them on cold Arctic days.

You can always put a civilian looking cockade / something on it.
 
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Stormy Kromer.
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Wax cotton available as well. The wool version is my favourite.
When I worked as a welder we all had Kromer caps we wore backwards so the peak stopped the spatter/sparks from going down the back of our necks.
Theres a kind of tradition that means all those Kromer welders hats are absolutely wazzy colours, flowery acid patterns, polkadots, flags and so on.
I suspect its come from the American patterned seed sack dress days but I have no proof so not sure.

I still have one kicking about somewhere. Wazzy Kromer hat, not a seed sack dress. Ahem.
 
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When I worked as a welder we all had Kromer caps we wore backwards so the peak stopped the spatter/sparks from going down the back of our necks.
Theres a kind of tradition that means all those Kromer welders hats are absolutely wazzy colours, flowery acid patterns, polkadots, flags and so on.
I suspect its come from the American patterned seed sack dress days but I have no proof so not sure.

I still have one kicking about somewhere. Wazzy Kromer hat, not a seed sack dress. Ahem.
Subtle ?
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