Doc Glockster
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Several months ago I scored an inexpensive safari hat off eBay. The inner lining says "Dynafelt" but by the cooling holes on the side we had figured out from a thread here that it was probably made by Beaver Brand, and maybe for the old Banana Republic stores from the 1970's.
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?73629-Banana-Republic-safari-hat-mystery-solved
To make a long story short, after getting that hat I was hooked. I used to have an Akubra Angler that I attached a puggaree to as sort of an impromptu safari hat, but I no longer own that one.
I started searching some older threads concerning how to make a safari hat from other hats.
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?39238-Akubra-Riverina-Owners
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?28587-Aussie-Slouch-Hat-Query&highlight=SAFARI+HAT
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/show...tetson-with-Pugaree-Link&highlight=SAFARI+HAT
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/show...rfect-Safari-Hat-Part-II&highlight=SAFARI+HAT
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/show...ensive-Safari-Hat-Option&highlight=SAFARI+HAT
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?17338-Home-made-safari-hat&highlight=SAFARI+HAT
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?23079-Other-safari-hats&highlight=SAFARI+HAT
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?22953-Out-of-Africa&highlight=SAFARI+HAT
Although the information was valuable in a lot of cases, in others the links are old and/or broken.
I thought I'd start this thread to kind of keep the "homemade safari hat theme" up-to-date with more recent links and conversions.
So, have you recently converted a particular kind of hat to the quintessential greenish khaki "safari" hat?
If so, what hat did you use?
Where did you get it?
What items and/or processes did you use to make the conversion?
Please post here with pics, links, and relevant info.![Big Grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?73629-Banana-Republic-safari-hat-mystery-solved
![dynafelt hat.jpg dynafelt hat.jpg](https://www.thefedoralounge.com/data/attachments/3/3929-e55e8f129d9a08dc89ad2cedbcb87ffa.jpg)
![dynafelt hat 2.jpg dynafelt hat 2.jpg](https://www.thefedoralounge.com/data/attachments/3/3930-baa7b1b24bde8e3ce1a4c0fa9ec582ff.jpg)
To make a long story short, after getting that hat I was hooked. I used to have an Akubra Angler that I attached a puggaree to as sort of an impromptu safari hat, but I no longer own that one.
I started searching some older threads concerning how to make a safari hat from other hats.
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?39238-Akubra-Riverina-Owners
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?28587-Aussie-Slouch-Hat-Query&highlight=SAFARI+HAT
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/show...tetson-with-Pugaree-Link&highlight=SAFARI+HAT
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/show...rfect-Safari-Hat-Part-II&highlight=SAFARI+HAT
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/show...ensive-Safari-Hat-Option&highlight=SAFARI+HAT
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?17338-Home-made-safari-hat&highlight=SAFARI+HAT
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?23079-Other-safari-hats&highlight=SAFARI+HAT
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?22953-Out-of-Africa&highlight=SAFARI+HAT
Although the information was valuable in a lot of cases, in others the links are old and/or broken.
I thought I'd start this thread to kind of keep the "homemade safari hat theme" up-to-date with more recent links and conversions.
So, have you recently converted a particular kind of hat to the quintessential greenish khaki "safari" hat?
If so, what hat did you use?
Where did you get it?
What items and/or processes did you use to make the conversion?
Please post here with pics, links, and relevant info.
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