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The Cap Faction

Feraud

Bartender
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Hardlucksville, NY
Ok, I've done it. I've thought for a while about pulling the trigger on a flat cap, but I just hadn't found the right one. When I saw this wool flat cap from Cordova Handmade Caps come up in my size, I just had to for it. It's a deep burgundy color 8-panel newsboy style cap, and I'm loving it! Warm and soft, it's the perfect cap for when I want something beside a fedora on my noggin.

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I'll have to take some better shots in natural light tomorrow, but I was just too excited to join the cap faction to wait!

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Very nice. I'd hope to eventually get something like this to wear in the cool autumn weather.
 

Stuffsmith

Fedora Lounge Artisan
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808
Location
Sydney
Here's an interesting cap - a Resistol from the 1950's I think, judging from several factors. This is the biggest diameter cap I own by far, coming in at a whopping 12" circumference! It's a helluva lotta headwear. But I like it.

Anyone else know Resistol made cloth caps?? It was a surprise to me.

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DamianM

Vendor
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2,055
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Los Angeles

Stuffsmith

Fedora Lounge Artisan
Messages
808
Location
Sydney
I thought so too, Damian, but the crown button is too large to be 1940's, unless someone knows differently...


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Stuffsmith

Fedora Lounge Artisan
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808
Location
Sydney
OK, thanks Pete - the sweatband is not leather - rather torn paper card stock. And the tags hidden under the band provide the most definite signs of being post-1950's - the type is too modern. Thanks for your expertise!!

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seabass

Call Me a Cab
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2,161
Location
nor cal
Keith
I Agree with BK
it might even lean into the 70s. I remember as a kid some were even larger than your cap...
 

Stuffsmith

Fedora Lounge Artisan
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808
Location
Sydney
Thank you Chepstow! I really enjoy finding them. Not as much as wearing them, but the hunt is good... :)

Pete, the Orme cap is indeed here, thanks! It is a little small in diameter on my noggin, so not a go-to cap, but nice anyway...
 

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