Shemagh Wearing
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You lot look like a bunch of bored Elvis impersonators who just discovered T.E. Lawrence 
I want a real brit brolly to go with my sabre while reading Sir Richard Burton's fascinating works. Seriously, I do, really. Any websites? No Red Chinese rubbish either.
I want a real brit brolly to go with my sabre while reading Sir Richard Burton's fascinating works. Seriously, I do, really. Any websites? No Red Chinese rubbish either.Hi Chris, these guys are the real deal, New Oxford Street in London. Unfortunately no webshop but interesting anyway.ChrisKavanaugh said:You lot look like a bunch of bored Elvis impersonators who just discovered T.E. Lawrence
http://www.james-smith.co.uk/main.htm
ChrisKavanaugh said:You lot look like a bunch of bored Elvis impersonators who just discovered T.E. Lawrence
The T.E.Lawrence brigade are still trying to buy Brough Superiors.
Are you working through the whole of Burton's translations done for the Kama Shastra sociesty?
Keith.
Buckshot said:
I know this is an old thread, but.....
I've just bought a cheap shemagh off ebay. Under a fiver with free P&P. I excitedly tried the wrapping techniques recommended on this thread but gave up when none of them seemed to add up. Then I got my tape measure out. :thinkerg: The shemagh barely measures three feet by three and a half feet. Nowhere near the four to five feet square you need to do a convincing Lawrence of Arabia impersonation. No wonder it was cheap. :aargh4: Oh well, it'll make a nice table cloth.
sargey said:
I don't want to buy another shemagh, so I think I'll hem a piece of cotton to make a 6' x 4' cheche. The German links for cheche tying no longer work, so I'm hoping that some desert dwelling bushcrafter can offer a few pointers on how to tie it.
If what you've got is what I think you've got, I used one for years on a motor bike as a scarf and for that they were superb. I used to wear mine by folding it into a triangle with the tip hanging down my chest, wrap ends around my neck so that they crossed over at the back of my neck and then dangle down my chest. Made a huge difference to staying warm.havingagiraffe said:I know this is an old thread, but.....
I've just bought a cheap shemagh off ebay. Under a fiver with free P&P. I excitedly tried the wrapping techniques recommended on this thread but gave up when none of them seemed to add up. Then I got my tape measure out. :thinkerg: The shemagh barely measures three feet by three and a half feet. Nowhere near the four to five feet square you need to do a convincing Lawrence of Arabia impersonation. No wonder it was cheap. :aargh4: Oh well, it'll make a nice table cloth.
I don't want to buy another shemagh, so I think I'll hem a piece of cotton to make a 6' x 4' cheche. The German links for cheche tying no longer work, so I'm hoping that some desert dwelling bushcrafter can offer a few pointers on how to tie it.
Motorbike Man said:
Yup, that's exactly what I've got. You're right, it makes a great scarf.
Unfortunately, that's not what I had in mind when I bought it. I was actually looking for something the same but bigger so I can look like BCUK moderator Stuart's avatar.
I reckon your best bet for that would be to hem a couple of metres of muslin or light weight cottonhavingagiraffe said:Yup, that's exactly what I've got. You're right, it makes a great scarf.
Motorbike Man said:
hey thats exactly how i wear mine!
i'm seldom seen without esp this time of year.its fantastic.
i got it five or six years ago when i asked my folks to bring me back one from egypt. its the real deal not like alot of these that seemed to have cropped up of late (some music-student-fop-fashion thing!).
genuine egyptian cotton...mmmm....luuuuvly
Motorbike Man said:Oh buggrit, after reading all this, I now feel the need for a new shemagh scarf
Want to buy the two day old red and white one which won't quite cover my head?
After reading all of this I really want one . Even though I still cant work out how to pronounce the word shemagh .
Anyone know of any palces to get them on the cheap???
. Even though I still cant work out how to pronounce the word shemagh .Anyone know of any palces to get them on the cheap???
cgait said:After reading all of this I really want one
Anyone know of any palces to get them on the cheap???
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/US-Army-deser...Z6570486343QQcategoryZ588QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
If you want something a bit more Arab looking, you could try some of the Islamic shops on City Road in Cardiff.
E-mail sent to the seller. Hopefully I'll have one by next week . If so I'll be havign fun over the winter trying to get it to stay on my head .
. If so I'll be havign fun over the winter trying to get it to stay on my head .
I use the black/OG shemagh as my main scarf in the winter. Its quite light, very warm and doesnt chaff like fleece or wool. I lost one last year on the Langdale Pikes, it was persistantly raining and I made a fine hat out of it. When the sun came out I tied it to the back of my pack to dry - unfortunately the knot didn't hold and its probably still up there. Got another for £5. Can't go wrong.
I tried the cheche but it was far to large and unwieldy for the UK - sent it back to USMC.
I tried the cheche but it was far to large and unwieldy for the UK - sent it back to USMC.
Rollnick said:
I used to wear one of these when I was younger and on a large numnber of demonstrations. One could cover face and head against those police-photographers anmd waterthrowers.
Nowadays its a fashion-article, those unpolitical and consume-happy younbgster dont even know what it means.
