It seems the choice of hats is infinite, but there is one thing to say about a good hat, and that is that every bloke should have one!
Hats...
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I bought a White Rock Xlite the other week, first impressions are good. White Rock say "If this hat ever falls to pieces send it back and we will replace it" Which is pretty good for a £20 hat
My other hat's a Barmah Foldaway Bronco. Very happy with it generally I just wanted something lighter and cooler to compliment it.
LOLZ. Don't worry, he'll be along later to edit your post. Him or his brother.
No we won't
I have about four hats that I use, there should be more, but that's the way things go.
Mainly I use a Barmah, then there is a Whiterock that I use, when it gets cold it's either a Warm 'n Dry hat or an old woolen watch cap.
I like hats as opposed to using hoods, I find that hoods restrict both your vision and your hearing. Wide brimmed hats are great as they keep the sun out of your eyes and off the back of your neck, but at the same time if it's really coming down they tend to create a little micro climate where my cigarette won't get totally soaked
Anyone would think we were a right pair of facists
Have we got the list of who is going to the moot???
Wait til dark, then spin him in his hammock, til he looks like a big bushcraft toffee!!!!!!!
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I've got plenty of hats.
I generally wear a Barmah squashy suede hat, but if it's really hot I wear a white rock (used it in Perth WA in a summer heatwave and didn't die) I've also got an Akubra hat I picked up on the Oz trip, and a Rogue canvas and leather one I got in Cape Town.
I generally wear a Barmah squashy suede hat, but if it's really hot I wear a white rock (used it in Perth WA in a summer heatwave and didn't die
) I've also got an Akubra hat I picked up on the Oz trip, and a Rogue canvas and leather one I got in Cape Town.
Being a baldie, I have a large selection of hats, essential to keep the sun/rain/cold off. I usually wear an MTP bucket hat to shoot in (archery), an Outdoor Research Seattle Sombrero if its really tipping down, a North Face lined beanie with earflaps for Sweden/Norway trips when its properly cold, or an Overlander soft leather wide brimmed hat when just being out'n'about in the sun (hopefully to avoid skin cancer).
I also have one or two baseball caps, but I look really stupid in them (imagine Dara O'Briain in a skull cap!), so they are for emergencies only
I also have one or two baseball caps, but I look really stupid in them (imagine Dara O'Briain in a skull cap!), so they are for emergencies only
You're welcomeI have many hats, but none as old as this thread.
Nice necropost, Jack
I was looking for a pattern for a boonie hat and stumbled across this thread. Couldn't help but reply.
I haven't seen my favourite mentioned, the cowboy hat made out of tightly woven straw. I shall make a special note and get another when I'm back on the prairies. Now that is a hat which works when you are working hard in high temps and sunlight!
Where I actually live, on the coast, then I usually use cheap denim boonie hats made to absorb sweat, or a baseball cap with big bill under rainproof hoods. In winter, a thick wool cap of course. Here if it stands repeated bug spray, washing and wearing in three seasons, then good enough! That's probably due to having had lack of hair for a long time, so I have to wear a hat.
Where I actually live, on the coast, then I usually use cheap denim boonie hats made to absorb sweat, or a baseball cap with big bill under rainproof hoods. In winter, a thick wool cap of course. Here if it stands repeated bug spray, washing and wearing in three seasons, then good enough! That's probably due to having had lack of hair for a long time, so I have to wear a hat.
I have many hats, but none as old as this thread.
Nice necropost, Jack
Mine is considerably older...
I have many hats, but none as old as this thread.
Nice necropost, Jack
So are a few of mine.
I favour a Jeep cap that I wax treated with Barbour Thornproof Dressing, or a Buff, or both, one on top of t'other!.....
