The Cap Faction

[Feraud]

Great job on that denim cap.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Only very rarely, in my experience. The vast majority I've seen are ornamental/functionless.

On the vintage ones the button was used to tighten the fit of the cap. As Bk mentioned.

 

[Vampyre Master]

A rather amusing one of me wearing my own baker boy...now Peaky Blinder
for those who dont know.. Peaky Blinders was on British tv its about gangs in Birmingham in 1919 who use to put razor blades in their peaks when street fighting
VM

 

[jhe888]

My mother gave me this as a gift after a trip to Britain 25 or 30 years ago. It is a Harrison's, in cashmere.

 

[Chepstow]

Keith, great Job done. Very nice Profil!

Nice Cap 888, looks good on you!



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[Stuffsmith]

Thank you, fellas, it's nice to have your thumbs-up. My cap is really off to Johnny and Barry for the exquisite detail and precision in their work. Gives me real insight.

This new hobby is too time-consuming for a guy that doesn't need another hobby. Time to clean the kitchen table up for a little while and let my family have it back. But my mind is whirling with things to try. I still have yet to finish my first cap, the 8 dart that I posted pix of me sewing. So, more ahead!

Vampire Master, it took me a while to see you stripped into that pic - hilarious! Good one.

888, love that cashmere beauty! I like the fact that it's been with you all these years.

Keith

 

[Pinesiw]

From last year, thrift find... Not sure if it was first intended as a cap or beret with brim sewn on, but anyway im deciding to begin sporting it. BTW really nice houndstooth cap keith!

 

[dh66]

Nice one. Looks good both ways.

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[Stuffsmith]

Hey, Pinesiw, Great stuff – really like it. That looks like what was commonly worn in Europe back in the 40s/50s. It's a very French variation of the flat cap, with a beret shape.

I agree, it looks really good on you – some of these caps can look very good having no snap in front.

 

[Stuffsmith]

Watched a frightening documentary last night – the Goebbels Experiment, a really well made and chilling documentary about Joseph Goebbels and the formation of the Nazi party. Therefore, it felt really wrong that I should be noticing how much Cap Porn there was to take in. 1930s Germany was awash in amazing newsboy caps. I'll post a few screen grabs.

 

[Stuffsmith]

That is, if I don't go to Hell first.

 

[Zombie_61]

Watched a frightening documentary last night – the Goebbels Experiment, a really well made and chilling documentary about Joseph Goebbels and the formation of the Nazi party. Therefore, it felt really wrong that I should be noticing how much Cap Porn there was to take in. 1930s Germany was awash in amazing newsboy caps...

Think of it this way--you were finding beauty in a period of human ugliness.

 

[Gilboa]

Nevermind, quoted the wrong post ...

 

[TheDane]

That is, if I don't go to Hell first.

Keith, don't feel bad about that ... we probably all do like you do. The beautiful hats/caps are a part of that era, and nothing can change that. If a documentary on Goebbels, Hitler and the Nazi party solely told the story of those persons, it would be without historic and educational relevance today.

As a son of a resistance man I should be the last person to try and excuse any Nazi-doings - and I am. But I do find it very important for us to understand that a whole population didn't suddenly go psyco in perfect sync without some kind of a reason/explanation. The German population was pressed to their knees - and on top of that they were forced to pay for the war damages of WWI. A fair demand - but completely unrealistic.

Many of the cap- and hat-wearers you saw weren't Nazis, but plain ordinary freedom and peace loving people like you and me. Some were psycos, but a lot of them were desperate and starving human beings without food for their children. People in that situation will most often grasp for the very last strain of the very last straw ... even if that means dictatorship and fascism.

We tend to forget that fact, which I guess is why all too few people notice all the boots that are being polished in Southern Europe these years. When a quarter of a population is unemployed, fascism begins to be a very realistic threat - especially if the outside pressure on the economy and demands on payments keep coming. We can always discuss if it isn't fair that they pay and take responsibility for bad administration - but basic human psychology will still pose a serious threat.

I don't want to stir up a political discussion, but in my mind that's the very essence of such a documentary. That's what we can (and should) learn from today. In that context it's absolutely alright to notice that there certainly were a lot of decent Germans too - and many of them were wearing beautiful hats. And it's very important to remember, that you can't spot a dangerous psyco on the surface. He doesn't look like a monster, but looks just like you and me. That's why he is so dangerous.

 

[Stuffsmith]

Thanks for that thoughtful response, Ole. My wife and I were impressed about how much footage of the average citizenry there was, really giving you context and allowing you to see, just as you said, lovely and caring people living their normal lives. It's a view you don't see much of in documentaries about Germany leading up to and in WW2.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

The fact is, pretty much everyone was wearing wonderful hats that all of us would dearly love to own. Who owned them is irrelevant to the beauty of the hat.

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

As long the headwear wasn't part of a uniform I guess it was just continental european workwear of that time. Here is a clip from a movie published in 1933 (it's entertainment not propaganda but the mass scenes were typical for the time) about a fictional tunnel between america and europe. Lot's of caps. German, french...

[video=youtube_share;ijhfhNd4L8I]http://youtu.be/ijhfhNd4L8I[/video]

 

[Baron Kurtz]

That's the head of the Gangsters from "M" @ 02:40, in the suit and spectator shoes, isn't it?

 

[TheDane]

I guess it was just continental european workwear of that time.

Sure! Beautiful hats were all over the place in those years - not only in the US and Europe. Even the Japanese emperor Hirohito were often seen wearing a fedora.

Great clip with lovely hats! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

That's the head of the Gangsters from "M" @ 02:40, in the suit and spectator shoes, isn't it?

Yes, Gustav Grüdgens. He managed to keep his carreer going during the Reich even though he was gay and not a nazi. But apparently they liked him.