What Cap Are You Wearing Today?

[Short Balding Guy]

A vintage J.C.Penny cap was my choice for this morning's adventures.

The leather sweatband and lined 8 panel lined wool cap is very comfy.

I headed out on a dog soirre wearing a Cordova Cap.

Cheers, Eric -

 

[dkstott]

I was wearing a green cap earlier (St. Patrick's Day and all that), but I wanted to show off my new Sterkowski Malone:

Harris Tweed (100% wool) eight panel with a pattern they describe simply as "Blue-black", and a quilted cotton liner. The visor/brim and "headband" are trimmed with a black suede-like material. As much as I like their Rambler, I think Sterkowski has really hit it out of the park with this one.

I have that model & I'm eyeing a all blue version right. My size is out of stock, I'm waiting for new inventory...

 

[dkstott]

20 degree morning with a single digit wind chill brought out my lined caps during the last blast of winter.

@Zombie_61 inspired me to wear my Sterkowski Malone for this mornings hike in the woods.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

20 degree morning with a single digit wind chill brought out my lined caps during the last blast of winter.

@Zombie_61 inspired me to wear my Sterkowski Malone for this mornings hike in the woods.

Lined cap sounds like the correct cap. A woods hike is mood improving exercise. Cheers.


Sunday morning yard clean-up cap was a Monsavais flat top cap.

Yesterday an early morning trip to the car wash was under a Simmonds Streamline cap.

Yesterday work shenanigans called for a Dashing Tweed cap.

Cheers, Eric -

 

[Zombie_61]

...Yesterday work shenanigans called for a Dashing Tweed cap.

Cheers, Eric -

Either that's a different cap than the one I'm thinking of, or I simply hadn't taken notice of the blue chevrons in that pattern. Either way, I like it!

 

[Short Balding Guy]

I grabbed a late night pic in order to share the blue cotton cap I wore yesterday.

Cheers, Eric -

 

[dkstott]

This mornings hike called for a Gamble and Gunn "Ramsden" model cap. 8 panel slightly slim newsboy. Darker grey Shetland wool. It's got a softer feel to it than Harris Tweed.

If I have any complaints about Gamble and Gunn, it's their secrecy over where caps are made. They don't disclose much on their website.

Some caps are designed & sewn in England. But quite a few are designed in England and sewn in China. This Ramsden has a tiny tag indicating "made in China".

 

[Short Balding Guy]

This mornings hike called for a Gamble and Gunn "Ramsden" model cap. 8 panel slightly slim newsboy. Darker grey Shetland wool. It's got a softer feel to it than Harris Tweed.

If I have any complaints about Gamble and Gunn, it's their secrecy over where caps are made. They don't disclose much on their website.

Some caps are designed & sewn in England. But quite a few are designed in England and sewn in China. This Ramsden has a tiny tag indicating "made in China".

Your cap has a sharp wool pattern that is fitting for the backdrop and hike. It is a grand hiking cap. Thanks for sharing your adventure.



Cheers, Eric -

 

[dkstott]

Your cap has a sharp wool pattern that is fitting for the backdrop and hike. It is a grand hiking cap. Thanks for sharing your adventure.



Cheers, Eric -

Thanks Eric,

I appreciate your feedback. I really like this cap, The Shetland wool feels lighter and might be wearable in warmer weather.

I think it's going to get a lot of wearing

 

[Short Balding Guy]

My cap and I are home for some lunch.

Cheers, Eric -

 

[Zombie_61]

This mornings hike called for a Gamble and Gunn "Ramsden" model cap. 8 panel slightly slim newsboy. Darker grey Shetland wool. It's got a softer feel to it than Harris Tweed...

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If/when I decide to get a Gamble & Gunn cap, I'm pretty sure that's the one I'd start with because I like eight-panel caps, I like gray herringbone, and I like eight-panel caps made from gray herringbone tweed. The only problem is their sizing--they make this cap in odd numbered centimeter measures, and I wear 60cm.

 

[dkstott]

My cap and I are home for some lunch.

Cheers, Eric -

Wow, that's a great color!!

 

[dkstott]

If/when I decide to get a Gamble & Gunn cap, I'm pretty sure that's the one I'd start with because I like eight-panel caps, I like gray herringbone, and I like eight-panel caps made from gray herringbone tweed. The only problem is their sizing--they make this cap in odd numbered centimeter measures, and I wear 60cm.

I agree with you about 8 panel caps.. But there's a sweet spot for me...some are too wide or floppy for my personal tastes..

 

[Zombie_61]

I agree with you about 8 panel caps.. But there's a sweet spot for me...some are too wide or floppy for my personal tastes..

Oh, I agree. The classic/vintage flat caps from the 1920s-30s look to me like the owner is wearing a pancake on his head; "wide and floppy" is not a look I'm wanting to replicate. That's one of the reasons I like single-panel Ivy caps like this one:

They're more streamlined and I find them far more comfortable.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Another green cap finished the remainder of the afternoon and evening with me.

Cheers, Eric -

 

[dkstott]

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Oh, I agree. The classic/vintage flat caps from the 1920s-30s look to me like the owner is wearing a pancake on his head; "wide and floppy" is not a look I'm wanting to replicate. That's one of the reasons I like single-panel Ivy caps like this one:

They're more streamlined and I find them far more comfortable.

A few years ago, I went shopping at Delmonico hatter and came home with a wide newsboy cap and a pork pie hat.

My wife took 1 look at them and made me return them immediately.

 

[Zombie_61]

A few years ago, I went shopping at Delmonico hatter and came home with a wide newsboy cap and a pork pie hat.

My wife took 1 look at them and made me return them immediately.

I didn't start wearing hats or caps regularly until I was in my mid-40s. By that time my wife and I had been married about 27 years, so it took her a little time to get used to it. The first time I wore a Pork Pie hat in her presence, which was several years later, her response was, "Oh, HELL no!" as she pulled it off of my head and told me in no uncertain terms that I was never to wear that hat when I was in public with her. As with everything, she even got used to my Pork Pies eventually and would simply shake her head at me to express her disapproval.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

I would like to introduce you to my new Cordova Cap. It is an eight point cap with longer sides and a spiral stitched brim brim. The material is Casentino wool. The new gray/green joins a green cap (from my cap rack).

The wool comes from the Tuscan town of the same name, where wool-making has been a tradition since the Etruscans ruled there. The Casentino wool appears like it has pilling, but it is intentional. Intentional in order to make the wool both warmer and more durable. Abrasive instruments agitate the fabric to produce a rough finish, which is then smoothed out into something more uniform.

It was the end of the 19th century which saw a hue of orange color become a favorite Casentino wool hue. Lots of wool hues are available today. This wool brings an insouciant character to an otherwise conservative item like a cap or coat.

I have been turned into a fan, (evidently also approved of by Whitman over my shoulder) of this wool this past winter.

I wore the cap all day. Work, lunch, work and finally home.

Cheers, Eric -

 

[dkstott]

I would like to introduce you to my new Cordova Cap. It is an eight point cap with longer sides and a spiral stitched brim brim. The material is Casentino wool. The new gray/green joins a green cap (from my cap rack).

The wool comes from the Tuscan town of the same name, where wool-making has been a tradition since the Etruscans ruled there. The Casentino wool appears like it has pilling, but it is intentional. Intentional in order to make the wool both warmer and more durable. Abrasive instruments agitate the fabric to produce a rough finish, which is then smoothed out into something more uniform.

It was the end of the 19th century which saw a hue of orange color become a favorite Casentino wool hue. Lots of wool hues are available today. This wool brings an insouciant character to an otherwise conservative item like a cap or coat.

I have been turned into a fan, (evidently also approved of by Whitman over my shoulder) of this wool this past winter.

I wore the cap all day. Work, lunch, work and finally home.

Cheers, Eric -

Love that shade of green ...

 

[Studebaker Driver]

Eric -
I really like the scale of the Cordova caps, that width looks great. And the fleecy, nappy finish works well with the fleece sweater, too! LOL