Shemagh Wearing

[Lurch]

Just bought meself a shemagh from the guy at the WG.
Anyone able to tell me how this thing wraps 'round ones bonce?

 

[Tony]

Stuart is the man for that

 

[allenko]

http://www.actiongear.com/agcatalog/shemagh.html

Try this m8 best I could find on the web

Paul

 

[RAPPLEBY2000]

I've worn mine like that once late on a winter night i'd forgotten my hat, it worked a treat, they also serve many other purposes:

triangle bandage,
padding,
hot pot holder,
standard scarf,
can be used as a sarong(tropical skirt)
baby blanket,
shawl,
baby carrier,
towel,
sweat rag,
dust mask,
improvised: sock, glove.

it's not prehaps ideal to be wearing the scarf, full covered arabian style in public in the present political atmousphere :shock: :roll:

they are cotton too, so will dye according to your colour preferance.

and cheap, you can buy them in "newage/ hippy" :hurra: shops for around £5! :biggthump

well worth investing in, so long as you figure out how to use it!

 

[Stuart]

there are litrally hundreds of ways of wearing a shemagh (as well as hundreds of uses for them)

my favourate (and very adaptable way) of wearing them is as illistrated in the link below:

www.khs-pro.de/tacticalsource/shemag/cheque_anleitung.html

if you can get one with as tight a weave as possible

 

[Buckshot]

Stuart,

I tried wearing mine like that but I found it wasn't big enough.
I bought mine from the local army surplus, it's the green and black one.

Do shemaghs come in different sizes or have I just got a big head? :yikes:

Cheers

Mark

 

[leon-1]

Stuart,

I tried wearing mine like that but I found it wasn't big enough.
I bought mine from the local army surplus, it's the green and black one.

Do shemaghs come in different sizes or have I just got a big head? :yikes:

Cheers

Mark

Shemaghs come in different sizes, I got one of mine in Kuwait and was measured up for it .

You'll find that all the green ones appear to be one standard size though, you may be better off getting an issue desert one (they are a bit larger) and trying to dye it. The desert ones are quite thin but still work in the UK very well.

 

[Keith_Beef]

there are litrally hundreds of ways of wearing a shemagh (as well as hundreds of uses for them)

my favourate (and very adaptable way) of wearing them is as illistrated in the link below:

www.khs-pro.de/tacticalsource/shemag/cheque_anleitung.html

if you can get one with as tight a weave as possible

Thanks, Stu.

The pictures are clear enough, without the German text.

But what approximate size and shape are those Tuareg sheks?

Keith.

 

[hobbitboy]

HEHE! My old geology teacher used to work in Oman and bought a shemagh back with him. He always took it on field trips, which was great especially the looks he'd get from passing locals ): then the locals gaze would usually fall on a load of really hungover 18yearolds :roll:

Happy days!

 

[Great Pebble]

One of the original pink variety, as in the German illustrations, will also do a fair job of filtering water.
There is however some reason, and I can't remember what, why they stopped issuing them and went to the chunkier olive/black variety. Not that it matters I suppose.

 

[familne]

Run it through Babel fish to get English text, still doesn't make much sense though!

 

[Tantalus]

translated text

Traditional Tuareg headgear . As used by french army desert units . The light material provides sun protection and also a degree of cooling for the head.

1 Lay the cloth out lenghtwise then place over your head so that the short end comes down over your chest and the head is covered

2 Take the long end under your chin and over the short end

3 Twist the long end and pass it from behind your head around across your forehead

4 Keep the twisted end going round your head towards the back again

5 Tuck the loose end under the "crown" you just made

6 Done !

7 Simply pull the part under the chin up over your mouth and nose to protect yourself from dust

HTH
Tant

 

[Lurch]

Cheers chaps.
It's been a long long time since GCSE German, so the translation is appreciated too.

 

[sargey]

well, following one of our superb logos, i'm going to BCUK the trend....

i was going to say, throw the shemagh in the bin and get a cheche...

the bit of headgear shown in that german link is a cheche, (pronounced shesh) they're about six feet long and much more wearable than a shemagh. on top of all the uses previously mentioned, you can have a much more enjoyable siesta, soak the cheche in water and drap it over you. keeps you cool in the heat of the day and very importantly keep the flies off. :super:

cheers, and.

 

[Keith_Beef]

Thanks, Stu.

The pictures are clear enough, without the German text.

But what approximate size and shape are those Tuareg sheks?

Keith.

Ah, a bit of research, and I've answered my own question:

Doursoux surplus in Paris describes them as being 1 metre × 2.40 metres

Called a "cheiche", on the site, Doursoux wants EUR15 for them, in black, white or sand.

http://www.doursoux.com/popup.php?id_prod=323&


Keith.

 

[leon-1]

Ah, a bit of research, and I've answered my own question:

Doursoux surplus in Paris describes them as being 1 metre × 2.40 metres

Called a "cheiche", on the site, Doursoux wants EUR15 for them, in black, white or sand.

http://www.doursoux.com/popup.php?id_prod=323&


Keith.

0ff the top of my head (no pun intended) thats about a tenner, not bad, most of the shemaghs that I have come across are square, but this sounds a good alternative, good hit :biggthump

 

[The General]

All I can say is I really want one like Stuart had at the MM meet!

 

[Exploriment]

This should help. From the terrific Military Morons site
How to tie a shemagh

 

[Lurch]

That link comes up password required...

 

[Adi007]

The box tells you what the required password is (mm) ... it is a primative form of protection from bandwidth being used up by people linking to images.