Hats! what's on your head?

[Samon]

Yeeeap! today fellow forumites, we shall try to maturely discuss hats!

So, as it stands the only one I can find is a black baseball cap I got from that tactical clothing company 5.11, and it sucks. It's poorly made, has needle like spikes that dig in my head (the mesh suporting the front, poor fit, and an uneven stiching.

I do need a hat though, not only to enhance my bodaciously awesome hillbilly esque look but to also control my Samson worthy locks from getting in my face while I work.. and sweat.

Now I'd like a hat that can keep the sun out my eyes when I shoot, keep my hair in place while I work, absorb my sweat and not break - while not looking that punchable.. is this possible?

I guess it would be useful to see what's on the crowns of you guys.. so what do you wear??

Thanks for any advise as all I've found so far are a few caps on ebay and I think they will quite likely be as lame as my current one.

Peace!

 

[Reverend Graham]

I made the beret, that I'm wearing in my Avatar, from an old Peter Storm fleece, took about an hours hand sewing to do it, love it.

Rev G

 

[Lynx]

Take your pic! This is a great website and I just seem to keep buying new ones.

http://www.hatsandcaps.co.uk/

The only thing I have not bought is a Tilley. The top seems to be too shapeless for my liking.

 

[Samon]

Take your pic! This is a great website and I just seem to keep buying new ones.

http://www.hatsandcaps.co.uk/

The only thing I have not bought is a Tilley. The top seems to be too shapeless for my liking.

I did consider a tilley hat but I felt a bit like a dork in the camping shop when I tried it on..

I'll have a nose on that site and see if any are suitable for me.

Also, I'm too young for a flat cap, live in too much of a ghetto for a wide brimmed hat like the Tilley and don't really like wooly type hats..

 

[Man of Tanith]

Too young for a flat cap? Nonsense
For me its either flat cap, filson tin cloth brimmed hat or possum/merino wooly hat.
Covers all the needs.

I hasten to add I'm only 31.....

 

[Lynx]

These are really good:

http://www.hatsandcaps.co.uk/Jaxon-Hats-Crushable-Outback-Olive-P135002Y/

 

[tiger stacker]

Rusty brown ridgeway cap sewn down at the front.......
Blames the jonny Reb kepi look.

 

[British Red]

Flat cap or trilby - follow your cultural heritage. Flat caps were developed for the English climate - the perfect outdoor hat

 

[Macaroon]

Whatever style you choose, invest in good quality tweed and you'll never regret it...............atb mac

 

[Niels]

I wear a wool cap in winter. Other than that I do want to get a coonskin cap but I can't really justify it over the 2 weeks of the year that would actually be cold enough to wear it. But then again would it really be that warm? Must resist...

 

[shaggystu]

Another fan of flat caps here, I wear one most of the time, all year round. That said, a lightweight peaked baseball cap works better for me when it's hot and sunny, and a wool or fleece beanie is a bit warmer in the colder weather (it's also a lot easier to sleep in a beanie than it is in a flat cap, I wouldn't even think about sleeping in a baseball cap).

I have been known to wear a brimmed leather "bushcraft hat" on occasion, but only at festivals with accompanying pewter tankard

Cheers,

Stuart.

 

[Samon]

Hmm, would a leather falt cap look.. gay?

Do flat caps come in a more modern colour/patter?

 

[Man of Tanith]

I wear a wool cap in winter. Other than that I do want to get a coonskin cap but I can't really justify it over the 2 weeks of the year that would actually be cold enough to wear it. But then again would it really be that warm? Must resist...

Why bother? Buy one and find the answer for all of us

Hmm, would a leather falt cap look.. gay?

Do flat caps come in a more modern colour/patter?

I got a flat cap from matalan mad from just olive green cotton.light weight and cool for summer.
Tweed for autumn or heavy rain

 

[British Red]

They come in plain colours, soft shell, wool all sorts. You can't go wrong with wool - all mine bar one are tweed - the last is a green soft shell for if its peeing down.

 

[Goatboy]

Oh what's on my head... depends on my mood, the weather and where I'm going.

Can be any of the following: -

• One of my Tilley hats.
• Crewsaver baseball cap.
• Buff.
• Shemagh.
• Flat Cap.
• Icebreaker Pocket Cap.

ATB,
GB.

 

[Samon]

can the flat cap pro's give me any pointers of what styles there are?

 

[Niels]

Why bother? Buy one and find the answer for all of us

http://www.furhatworld.com/coonskin-cap-raccoon-fur-p-168.html

THE link! It's been knocking! It won't leave me alone!

 

[mountainm]

Tarp hat. Already done the miles. Good in all weathers.

 

[Elen Sentier]

 

[British Red]

can the flat cap pro's give me any pointers of what styles there are?

A picture paints a thousand words!

http://www.tweed-jacket.com/Tweed Caps and Hats/Tweed Caps and Hats.html