The Cap Faction

[St. Valentine]

Welcome back Bela! Nice cap, is the colour a grey?
Good luck with your apprenticeship, that´s a good thing to do.

Frank

 

[SpeedRcrX]

So my first summer linen cap is here:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/96003072/schiebermutze-aus-traditionell-gewebtem?ref=ss_listing
I would say it´s more a workers kind of cap (natural linen/ blue and white striped lining).
I´ve found some nice buckles for aditional buckled back like I´ve done it in St. Valentine´s cap... still needs to be pictured.
I´m thinking of adding two more colours for those linen caps... maybe steel blue and off white/ cream.
Or maybe some of you have other suggestions/ thoughts for colours???

Niiice I think I'm going to order soon !!!

 

[Hepville]

Thanks guys!
Frank: It´s this typic natural/ undiyed linen colour... something between light grey and beige... I would call it more beige.
Well it´s my 2nd apprenticeship... and this time it´s something I really want to do
As part of the education I´m going to the Hamburg State Opera for a few weeks... not bad eh?

 

[St. Valentine]

Thank you Bela! It looked kind of blue/greyish on my monitor. I am still waiting for two Ebay bargain buys to arrive and then will make up my mind.
It is so enviable when you can make a living with the work you love. Hamburg State Opera, eh? Not too far from here...

 

[Hepville]

Thank you Bela! It looked kind of blue/greyish on my monitor. I am still waiting for two Ebay bargain buys to arrive and then will make up my mind.
It is so enviable when you can make a living with the work you love. Hamburg State Opera, eh? Not too far from here...

Well I have to see if I can make a living with it... and Lübeck isn´t that far either e. g. to get som bespoke stuff

 

[Razzman]

A Stetson 8 panel cap from 1970. An old cap of mine, I just recently found packed away. It's soiled on the interior, I may try to clean it up. I got a lot of wear out of this cap at the time. A nice wool cap, grey & brown with flecks of yellow and orange

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[zetwal]

It's soiled on the interior, I may try to clean it up. I got a lot of wear out of this cap at the time. A nice wool cap [...]

As constructed, it looks like it should be easy to clean ...

 

[tealseal]

@Razzman: Congratulations on the cap's recent reappearance. May you wear it again in good health.

 

[Razzman]

As constructed, it looks like it should be easy to clean ...

@Tealseal: thanks I will wear it again.

@Zetwal: how would you suggest I go about cleaning it? I was thinking of just using soap & water or dry cleaning fluid out of a bottle? I'm not sure If I should submerge the cap in water?

 

[zetwal]

Zetwal: how would you suggest I go about cleaning it? I was thinking of just using soap & water or dry cleaning fluid out of a bottle? I'm not sure If I should submerge the cap in water?

Personally, I would use lukewarm water and a gentle soap (such as Woolite). That done, I would air dry on a warm day in the shade.

 

[St. Valentine]

@Bela: That sound´s promising! Lübeck isn´t too far to buy bespoke clothes or caps, so keep them coming. :eusa_clap

@Razzman: I would use cold water to wash the cap. Would be too bad if it doesn´t fit anymore after washing. Zetwal suggestion of Woolite is good too.

 

[tealseal]

@Razzman: this advice is free, not even worth $0.02 since I've never washed a wool cap or hat, but my mother always said to use cold water on wool to avoid shrinkage (sweaters, usually in my case).

 

[Razzman]

Thanks gentlemen, sound advise from all. I know the Hat People hats have a tag indicating to hand wash in cold water and drip dry! I'll give it try someday soon. I've really got the bug for one of Hepville's hats. I just can't make up my mind. I guess I'll wait and see what other linen colors he has, although I prefer the wool caps for winter. I have two linen caps, in beige and navy, one from B!Wear and the other from Hat People. [/SIZE]

 

[Adnamira]

Wigens Gatsby. One of the few Wigens with a cotton lining so a good weight cap for autumn. Beige is actually a very good colour in a cap, as it is as good, if not better than grey for going with anything you wear - goes particularly well with navy and black I reckon. www.hepcat.se from whom I ordered the cap are very good - I made a mistake with the size and contacted them and they responded straight away, at 7:30am their time, and said that it would be no worries and they would change the size for me. Postage also very good, packed in box, and registered for $12, from Sweden to Australia, is pretty incredible.

I also saw these for sale on Bahles in Michigan for $45, but they must have sold fast at that money.

 

[zetwal]

Wigens Gatsby. One of the few Wigens with a cotton lining so a good weight cap for autumn.

Nice shape and color ... :yo:

 

[Adnamira]

Nice shape and color ... :yo:

The cap has a flatter look to it with the three snaps done up - lifts the brim higher up on the forehead and gives an over-all trimmer but perhaps more structured look. I thought at first the snaps were unsightly, but decided that it was a good sort of ugly, and I prefer the shape and fit of the cap with the two side ones undone. I am rather incorrect in the way I wear newsboys - I like them well down on my head... probably more of a lower class, folk style look.

 

[Razzman]

Good looking cap, I like the beige color. It suits you well!

 

[zetwal]

I am rather incorrect in the way I wear newsboys - I like them well down on my head... probably more of a lower class, folk style look.

Wear 'em as you like to wear 'em. Cultivate your own style ... :yo:

 

[Adnamira]

Good looking cap, I like the beige color. It suits you well!

Thanks. I wear my oatmeal, linen hp cap a great deal - it is fairly wrinkled and creased, but it is comfy, cool and the colour works for me. Never planned to be a beige guy, but it does seem to suit me. These Wigens Gatsbys would be good with just the one snap.

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Jase nice one. Don't like the top of the cap so tight to the brim would do the same if I had the cap. One center snap is enough.
fastening the top of the cap to the brim doesn't let you shape the cap to YOUR way of wearing a cap. I like the drape to one side and don't like caps and make me wear the cap one way and one way only.