I don't know if this vitally important issue has been addressed so I thought that I'd start a new topic. In my rebuild of my reloading room I've added some more places to hang my hats so I thought that this might be interesting. Now all 12 of mine have a place to hang out.
Just how many CAS and GAF hats do you have? Do you have any original collectables? As our interests evolve, our outfits/uniforms change and you've just gotta get another hat. Have you ever gotten a new hat because you've bought new leather, a gun or guns?
I've got 12 that I swap out, most are DI style, a British Zulu style pith helmet, my Indiana Jones fedora and a couple of nice cowboy hats. I'll post some photos later, my room faces east so the suns in the wrong place for decent photos.
14, predominately caps. Includes straws.
RCJ
Ah, without going downstairs, I think I have 9. Some are Palm for Summer, Three are some form of straw (two top hats) for Summer, the rest are different styles of felt of Western style.
A few from retired Tim Bender :( Tim is no longer making hats
1911 Campaign ,
1883 Campaign
And one of his Bell Crown all in Nutria Fur. http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index.php?topic=38974.0
A 10X Rodeo King RENO
Akubra Western Territory Hat 100% Rabbit fur.
Irish Eight Piece Cap
Scottish Buchanan Clan Tartan Pom
and a Cracker straw sombrero
Only 6, but 5 of them are copies of the hat Lee Van Cleef wore in "For A Few Dollars More". Loading the car one day on the way to a match, I laid my hat down inside the house. Came back in two minutes later and the hat was gone ???. Discovered one of my Great Danes had decided to make it a early morning snack! He only had time to take one bite out of the brim. I was able to trim back the brim and salvage the hat. Gee, its been about 5 years since I bought a new hat--maybe its time.
Nine, plus two homburgs, two mountain man hats, and tam o' shanter, three good fedoras, a trilby, a Vietnam era "boonie hat", a real French beret, and a watch cap.
Oh yeah, and a cheap straw hat that I wear for working in the yard.
And three veteran's baseball caps
I know how you feel. My best friends boxer ate the brim off of my dad's original Yellow Cab cap. I still have his badge though.
5 at the moment. My favorite from Dirty Billy's (in my pic), a D Bar J, 2 straws, and one wool felt. This week I'm expecting a new "favorite". A new D Bar J "shag" 100% rabbit, in the same shape as the one in my pic. Supposed to ship tomorrow...
I'll add to my count ... helmets ... a M17 Brodie, an M15 Adrian and a M16 Stahlelm all from WW1
I have 4, all variations of the Gus crease! 2 brown 2 black ::)
Three "cowboy" hats, one mountain man hat and an original US army pith helmet.
14 counting cowboy, gambler, 3 kepis, coonskin, tricorn, etc.
Then I have several ball caps 3 RCAF, 2 veterans, 1 MP and several miscellaneous ones.
Plus the helmet I was issued that I bought back for $12 when I retired from the military.
One more today: a 1941 black Resistol marked 5X and in a size 7 7/8. I'll get it cleaned up and have it steamed back into shape and wear it. Heavy, weighs about a half a ton. I'll probably save it for winter.
Wow 1 union Kepi 1 Confederat Kepi, 1 IW kepi, 1 IW slouch hat 2 SAW Tan Hats (AKA Brown) 1 CW Union and Confederate Slouch hat, 1876 ish Shako 1 IW Infantry Helmet 1 White and 1 Khaki (coffee dyed ) Pith Helmut similar to ones worn in Zulu and a Wild Bunch Campaign hat. Forgot the CW Union Hardee Hat 6th Infantry. That is just the GAF stuff add a Fist Full of Dollars Felt a couple straw hats. Dont even think about asking about Foot wear Imelda had not a clue
Revisited old post, and I should update my post of 4 years ago...
A few from retired Tim Bender :( Tim is no longer making hats
1911 Campaign ,
1883 Campaign .... In the Museum in the SpanAm Exhibit
And one of his Bell Crown all in Nutria Fur. (sold)
A 10X Rodeo King ( reshaped )
Akubra Western Territory Hat 100% Rabbit fur.
Irish Eight Piece Cap
Scottish Buchanan Clan Tartan Pom
and a Cracker straw sombrero (On exhibit in the museum -Texas Revolution )
An 1812 Dragoon Helmet (On exhibit in the museum )
I added a vintage Boss of the Plains circa 1920's (On exhibit in the museum -Texas Revolution )
Well gee whiz guys. Now ya'll are making feel just a bit inadequate. I have only 3 hats, and 2 of those are not really correct, but nobody really cares.
Guess I missed this the first time around. 9 CAS hats: 2 Palm, 5 black, 2 light colored. Looking for another light colored hat now, preferably something similar to the Boss of the Plains that Major 2 just showed.
1 wild Bunch "Smokey Bear" Campaign Hat.
1 1883 Campaign Hat 1st USVC
1 Waddell style Hart from LL Bean that can go either military or civilian
1 Black Cavalry hat
1 Cream Colored John Wayne Stetson that can go military or Civilian
1 black flat topped vaquero har
1 straw cowboy hat for hot Texas summers.
on Order a Berdan's Sharpshooter Kepi to wear shooting my Sharps rifle in Cody Dixon matches.
A lunch of western hat (to many to remember without going to the closet), a bowler, a boater, a pith helmet and smokey bear (wild bunch), rabbit fur "mad bomber" (for winter shoots) and probably some I forgot.
Rev. Chase
I picked up two more a few weeks ago at Comancheria Days as a member who can't shoot any more was selling out. Both are Beaver Brand, one says 3x and the other says Texas Jacks. Both have a some moth damage, but I only paid $15 each. The gray hat had no band at all, so I added a band I picked up for $10 although I will probably switch it to some old cavalry cords I have. I reshaped that one with a flipped up front to replace my old Eddy Brothers hat, which has had the leather lining totally rotted away and covered with masking tape on the inside. I wore the gray to a match last week.
Quote from: Abilene on April 22, 2022, 03:25:49 PM
I picked up two more a few weeks ago at Comancheria Days as a member who can't shoot any more was selling out. .
I looked at those, but I have too big of a head (7 1/2 - 7 5/8 depending on my haircut.)
I can't say I have any hats for the very specific use of CAS. When I started CAS I just kept wearing the same old hats I already had since I've been wearing western hats my whole life. I have reshaped some to fit my CAS persona but then I've reshaped many of my hats over the years anyway on a whim when I decided I wanted a different look.
Not sure how this can be but simultaneously Too Many and Too Few