Another alternative to summer straws- CORK FEDORA!

[Rick Blaine]

Would you? whatta ya' think? I think I might have to get one. I wonder how they do in the rain... real pith helmets are essentially the same thing, between two layers of linen, right?
Very curious.

 

[fedoracentric]

Yes, that one seems very strange. How does it stay together? Is it easily damaged?

 

[Edward]

I don't imagine it would take a knock well... (much like a pith helmet or a boater, I suppose). I'd have thought it could be okay in rain, though - isn't the point of a pith that you can soak it in cold water to help keep cool, and it driesout only gradually? Or are they treated with something first?

 

[fedoracentric]

I don't know if I would be prepared to be called a cork head.

 

[Feraud]

I'd be afraid someone would want to pin a note to my head while wearing that thing..

 

[Stanley Doble]

It would be handy if your hat blew off while you were boating.

 

[RBH]

Chambers's Journal - Volume 21 - Page 31-1854

 

[CRH]

Well, cork is not known for it's permeability, exactly the opposite actually, so probably not very good for a summer lid?

On a positive note, no trees were killed in the making of this hat.

 

[handymike]

Isn't cork made from oak trees?

 

[Joao Encarnado]

I think I have see something similar in my country.

 

[TheDane]

I guess, a cork hat would be very light - and not easy to wear in windy surroundings. Maybe a proper hat-pin could do the trick, though [huh]

 

[Joao Encarnado]

I guess, a cork hat would be very light - and not easy to wear in windy surroundings. Maybe a proper hat-pin could do the trick, though [huh]

Or to help to remove it from your head if it conforms too much

 

[F. J.]

Well, now . . .

I think it'd be a real corker at a wine tasting . . .

 

[Nyah]

Well, cork is not known for it's permeability, exactly the opposite actually, so probably not very good for a summer lid?

+1

 

[hatsRme]

I guess, a cork hat would be very light - and not easy to wear in windy surroundings. Maybe a proper hat-pin could do the trick, though [huh]

Isn't that the straight pin that Moe tried to put into Curley Howard's hat/head?

 

[HudsonHawk]

Isn't cork made from oak trees?

It's harvested from the bark of the cork oak, but the tree is not killed. A cork oak can produce about every 9 years, and will live for around 200 years. It's a very sustainable product.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

It's harvested from the bark of the cork oak, but the tree is not killed. A cork oak can produce about every 9 years, and will live for around 200 years. It's a very sustainable product.

Alentejo in Portugal is filled with those trees. We are one of the major cork producers.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Cork hats!

 

[jkingrph]

It looks much like small pieces of cork bonded together like particle board.

 

[KingAndrew]

I like the popping sound it makes when I take it off my head.