Big_e said:I was gonna get a larger one but glad I didn't, this one is large enough. A good 12 inches.
Mine arrived a day or two before, since it didn't have far to go. Looks like you manage pretty well with it - it's an unusual hat, isn't obvious how to wear it in a natural way. I'm not sure I have it figured out.
I wore it this weekend, glad I did when it started raining a little as it's a good rain hat. When I got to the pet store and went to pay for the cat food, the guy (owner?) with whom I am slightly acquainted says
"What kind of a hat is that?"
"It's a Spanish Basque beret."
"Oh ... Are you Basque?"
"No, never even been to Spain."
"Oh ... So, how did you get into that?"
"This guy in Ballard sells them, mail order."
"Huh, that's pretty random."
OK, it's not like I was expecting a compliment, anyway! I am pulling it a little to the right and forward, but not all the way, just a little. It comes off different enough from the beret we all know (as the man said, "What kind of a hat is that?") that it might make sense to use their name for it - boína, or txapela - rather than even call it a beret. (I imagine txapela is pronounced with a "ch" and just means "hat" - cf. French chapeau, likewise Portuguese.)