What Cap Are You Wearing Today?

[jonesy86]

Love that cap! It is sharp and has a complimentary shape. Congrats!

Picking up the shore line in a Monsavais Cap this morning.

The Donegeal wool is eye catching, IMO.

This cap has a full size drape.

A hardware store errand in a Simonds Streamline cap.

The wool is full of details.

The belt back makes the cap eye appealing coming and going.

Cheers cap folks, Eric -

Thanks, yeah someone has good taste in straw.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

I started to cut some overhead branches and finish cleaning out the garden wearing a Fox Brothers white polo wool cap. Too warm for the effort and I changed to a panama hat. Love this hat, but not the right choice for a late fall warm day's efforts.

Oh yes, the panama hat is shown below.

Cheers, Eric -

 

[Short Balding Guy]

I got the last wear of a straw cap today.

Perfect mid 70'f weather to enjoy a last day until next Spring.


I completed storing the straw caps this afternoon.

Dry fitted them in a solid hat box. They fit. Crowns have bubble wrap inserted in them with tissue paper rolled up and inserted between the brim and crown.

I do insert one of the straw caps into an un-zipped Ziplock bag for extra protection.

I am feeling better and off to work on storing panamas.

Cheers cap folks, Eric -

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Cool weather is back. Leaf re-locating chores this morning.

Cheers, Eric -

 

[Trenchfriend]

White Elbsegler.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

A Monsavais cap was my choice to wear for getting a car wash and a walkabout this early morning.

Cheers, Eric -

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Before heading out at 8:30am I took an opportunity to use the trimmer. I wore a Dunn and Co. Rutland cap.

This Harris Tweed has lovely color hues in the tweed.

The synthetic head band was wet with perspiration at the end of my efforts. A wipe off with a damp towel and then I sat it on my cap block to dry. How this evening the cap is ready for the next outside chore.

Cheers, Eric -

 

[Short Balding Guy]

I have changed from morning hats (fedora & homburg) into a wool cap to work a rake. I need to get the leaves and detritus from around the fire pits this morning so they can be used. A Cordova Cap made with fabric from the keepers of the orb, Harris Tweed, was my choice this morning.

Cheers, Eric -

 

[johnnycanuck]

New flat caps from Winners. Nothing fancy but functional. Modern duck bill fit. Unfortunately with a LO head shape I need to try flat caps on to make sure they fit before buying. Not many store carry really good quality ones but I am happy with the fit and look of these.

Here is my collection.
Front row are my two new ones
Back row left to right is my black Tilley, one my grandfather bough on sale but never got to wear (mid 80’s?) no label, Then his hat he wore daily that is way to small for me. Both grandparents are Scottish and both wore flat caps all their lives. It’s a farming/labour class thing.

I have been wearing my Tilley for a few years but everyone thinks is a beret. I try not to let it bug me…
Stay safe everyone
Johnny

 

[Blare]

New flat caps from Winners. Nothing fancy but functional. Modern duck bill fit. Unfortunately with a LO head shape I need to try flat caps on to make sure they fit before buying. Not many store carry really good quality ones but I am happy with the fit and look of these.
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Here is my collection.
Front row are my two new ones
Back row left to right is my black Tilley, one my grandfather bough on sale but never got to wear (mid 80’s?) no label, Then his hat he wore daily that is way to small for me. Both grandparents are Scottish and both wore flat caps all their lives. It’s a farming/labour class thing.
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I have been wearing my Tilley for a few years but everyone thinks is a beret. I try not to let it bug me…
Stay safe everyone
Johnny

That outta do it. Nice lineup Johnny

 

[Short Balding Guy]

New flat caps from Winners. Nothing fancy but functional. Modern duck bill fit. Unfortunately with a LO head shape I need to try flat caps on to make sure they fit before buying. Not many store carry really good quality ones but I am happy with the fit and look of these.
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Here is my collection.
Front row are my two new ones
Back row left to right is my black Tilley, one my grandfather bough on sale but never got to wear (mid 80’s?) no label, Then his hat he wore daily that is way to small for me. Both grandparents are Scottish and both wore flat caps all their lives. It’s a farming/labour class thing.
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I have been wearing my Tilley for a few years but everyone thinks is a beret. I try not to let it bug me…
Stay safe everyone
Johnny

Looks like you are prepping for the cool months. Congrats on the selection of caps.


I put caps to work yesterday during my escapades.

A Cordova Cap early morning.

A vintage JC Penny's cap.

A Cordova Harris Tweed (Keepers of the Orb) cap.

Cheers, Eric -

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Morning chores found me in a Filson Mackinaw cap.

Mid-day had me wearing a cap for chores made from chore Carhart cloth by Cordova Caps.

Cheers, Eric -

 

[Zombie_61]

New flat caps from Winners. Nothing fancy but functional. Modern duck bill fit. Unfortunately with a LO head shape I need to try flat caps on to make sure they fit before buying. Not many store carry really good quality ones but I am happy with the fit and look of these.
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That one looks good on you. I imagine the green one looks pretty much the same, except...green. I have more than a few flat caps--Ivy, Newsboy, even a couple of six-panel "duckbill" caps that I'm not crazy about--in various materials and patterns, but I don't have one in Houndstooth. I should probably rectify that one of these days.

 

[johnnycanuck]

My green one in action. It’s not really duck bill but that’s what I call them when they are tight to the sides. I am used to the classic ones that were round.

Stay safe everyone
Johnny

 

[Zombie_61]

My green one in action. It’s not really duck bill but that’s what I call them when they are tight to the sides. I am used to the classic ones that were round...

Nice! I don't mind "round" Newsboy caps, but I much prefer my Ivy caps with the more modern "streamlined" shape.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Morning shennanigans in a Monsavais wool cap.

Cheers, Eric -

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Yesterday for or a trip over to the auto repair shop, for some stuff to replace brake pads, I tugged on a cap.

Cheers, Eric -

 

[Wyldkarma]

Last night's thunderstorms dropped the morning temps. Awoke to bright sunny skies, so dropped the top, grabbed a Monsivais & Co denim cap, and hit the road to run some errands.

 

[earl]

I got the last wear of a straw cap today.

Perfect mid 70'f weather to enjoy a last day until next Spring.


I completed storing the straw caps this afternoon.

Dry fitted them in a solid hat box. They fit. Crowns have bubble wrap inserted in them with tissue paper rolled up and inserted between the brim and crown.

I do insert one of the straw caps into an un-zipped Ziplock bag for extra protection.

I am feeling better and off to work on storing panamas.

Cheers cap folks, Eric -

Man, you have a lot of hats! Must have to devote several closets or an unused bedroom just to hat storage.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Man, you have a lot of hats! Must have to devote several closets or an unused bedroom just to hat storage.

Good morning Earl. I am taking your comment as one being sincere about numbers and storage. ( I do not participate in the sharing a count of hats, or in the case of this thread - caps. That has proven to be a slippery slope in my experience. I truly am not being sensitive. My experience in a public forum is one posts that could be misconstrued to be of swagger or boasting. My posts on The Fedora Lounge are of my adventures in caps and hats. All of the headgear must be enjoyed to be worn. I choose to not collect shelf Hat/cap rack Queens. )

On to the answer of storing; I do store hats and caps in my wardrobe in this house.

I store my caps in large sealed plastic tubs. I have caps out that I would like to wear and ones that are waiting to be put back in the tubs.

Caps that see hard effort go on my cap block. I am fortunate to have a cap block that I can use for shaping, cleaning and steaming my caps.

Cheers, Eric -