Now Forming! the Campaign Hat Corps

[Renault]

Okay. All I have room for.
Lt. to. Rt.
Old WWII era thick, , heavy, bullet proof wool model.
#1 Quality Stetson beaver. From the Exchange store College Sta. Texas; no doubt an old corps of cadet members hat
Last is one of Eureka Arsenals M1911 wool hats. Nice quality, just wish it was fur felt.

The old lone hat in the back is a cheap wool M1889 model with the snowflake vent.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Nice collection Renault.

 

[Mr. Godfrey]

Okay. All I have room for.
Lt. to. Rt.
Old WWII era thick, , heavy, bullet proof wool model.
#1 Quality Stetson beaver. From the Exchange store College Sta. Texas; no doubt an old corps of cadet members hat
Last is one of Eureka Arsenals M1911 wool hats. Nice quality, just wish it was fur felt.

The old lone hat in the back is a cheap wool M1889 model with the snowflake vent.

Two words
Green and Envy

Well done young man, :eusa_clap boy, I really like that collection, mighty fine hats, even the old wool one looks like it can tell a tale or two!

The trouble I find is I only have the one head!

 

[ingineer]

Fantastic Renault

Here is my new one

Stratton F-40 Kentucky Trooper Grey with What Price Glory cord and acorns.


Strange sweat not leather but fabric and foam.


LO, So a bit of a head clamp

No Snell Foundation rating

Richard

 

[Renault]

Thanks Joao and Godfrey!!!

Richard! Very nice! Those WPG hat cords are skookum! That's what's on my Eureka! They are really nice quality.

 

[Jedwbpm]

Only you can prevent Forest Fires! Wearing my Stetson USNPS Campaign Hat while over seeing S'more toasting

Jeff

 

[Cattus Petasatus]

Looking good, Jeff. But you obviously haven't seen my tag line ,in red,below. That's my job.

 

[Jedwbpm]

Cattus I wanted to be a National Historic Park Ranger when I was little. It is cool that you followed through on it.

Hey tomorrow is Smokey's Birthday lets see those Smokey Bear Hats out there.

Jeff

 

[Cattus Petasatus]

Sorry, I didn't mean to mislead. I'm not a park ranger (although that would be cool.) I run a non-profit, recovery ministry support organization.

recoveryinternationalusa.org

 

[T Jones]

Though not Campaign Hats, I was inspired to make similar bow designs and I sewed them on two of my Resistol Stagecoaches....

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Nice bows Terry.

 

[T Jones]

Nice bows Terry.

Thanks buddy.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Maybe you can make me one of those when you find a hat for me.

 

[fireman]

That is a good looking hat. Nice job!

So far, so good. Here are the results, to date. I've dunked it into denatured alcohol for about 24 hours, both to clean it (had a horrible cigarette smell) and to soften it up. Both worked great. Then I took it to a local shop to have the stitches put in the brim. Not the straightest in the world, but I console myself that it was a wartime production hat, and some sloppiness was probably to be expected!

I'm having a heckuva time finding some tan 5/8" ribbon, though. Any suggestions?

Lastly, I went to Michael's last night and picked up some very small leather punches to put the snowflake vent in with the smallest one.

 

[Cattus Petasatus]

Welcome to the lounge fireman. I see you're catching the campaign hat bug.

 

[Dinerman]

Stratton. Flanged (not flat) brim. Leather band.

In action. Unfortunately, after wearing it maybe five times, the sweatband shrank and split to pieces and the brim curled up like a potato chip. The first new hat I've bought in a long while and now I remember why.

 

[Cattus Petasatus]

Thats no bueno. It might just be a poor quality one that slipped through QA. I have one I bought in a surplus store. Its seen many an adventure (in the back yard) clearing brush, yard work, etc. I've put a lot of sweat through it and its still going strong.

On the bright side, yours has a unique lived in look now.

 

[T Jones]

Maybe you can make me one of those when you find a hat for me.

I'd be glad to buddy.

 

[RayG_Wisconsin]

New member here. I just found this interesting site and I see a lot of nice looking campaign hats on it. A lot of the copies of the military hats are really well done. I was also surprised to see a photo of my group of campaign hats posted on the site. If you go to my thread here you will see them displayed on correct period mannequines and if you look further into the thread there are better close up photos of them posted. Ray

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/2364-my-mannequin-displays/

 

[liten]

New member here. I just found this interesting site and I see a lot of nice looking campaign hats on it. A lot of the copies of the military hats are really well done. I was also surprised to see a photo of my group of campaign hats posted on the site. If you go to my thread here you will see them displayed on correct period mannequines and if you look further into the thread there are better close up photos of them posted. Ray

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/2364-my-mannequin-displays/

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ive seen your awesome display on line before ray , have you got a 1876 model campaign hat?