Rain cover for a wool fiddler cap?

[APP Adrian]

Do you guys use rain covers when it snows?

Here's the hat that I intend on purchasing for fall and winter
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MS1E0IC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1W3AH0EYY3VZX

I would appreciate it if someone would direct me to a suitable rain cover. =D

I don't want my hat to shrink =D.

 

[APP Adrian]

Will any rain cover do? Will it fit my hat? Should I just use a shopping bag =D

 

[Nyah]

Do you guys use rain covers when it snows?

Here's the hat that I intend on purchasing for fall and winter
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MS1E0IC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1W3AH0EYY3VZX

I would appreciate it if someone would direct me to a suitable rain cover. =D

I don't want my hat to shrink =D.

I wouldn't think snow would merit a rain cover for a wool or furfelt hat. I wear my FF hat even in the rain without covering them. I wear all kinds of wool clothes out in the elements and haven't experienced any shrinkage. Don't see why a wool hat would be any different.

 

[RJR]

Agree.

 

[1mach1]

Yeah, I wear my fur felts in snow and rain, and they always seem to be OK with no shrinkage.

 

[Rick Blaine]

use some rain & stain or campdry or similar protectant product.

 

[APP Adrian]

use some rain & stain or campdry or similar protectant product.

Any suggestions?

 

[Nyah]

I'd think that any kind of protective treatment would negate the wool's natural ability to ventilate. Might as well be wearing a rubber slicker - then your sweat-inducing headgear would be attached.

 

[Rick Blaine]

All I can tell you is that Akubra once offered such as an option for all their hats headed out the door.

 

[Edward]

I've worn that style of cap - in both wool and corduroy - for well over twenty years now. I still have three of them (two cord, one wool) - actually, I'm wearing on today. It's the longest serving style of hat in my wardrobe. I've never treated them with anything. Aside from a certain level of natural shrinkage that I've had with any of these from new, I've never found any noticeable effect, and most I've worn in all weathers. As any hat, they will eventually soak through, but dried out near a radiator that's not much an issue. The best way I've found of dealing with rain when wearing them (or, indeed, any other hat) has been an umbrella....

You can scotch-guard them with an Aerosol spray. If memory serves, Scotch-Guard is the brand name for this product, produced by one of the shoe polish companies (Yes, there we go: http://www.scotchgard.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/NAScotchgard/Global/?WT.mc_id=www.scotchgard.com ). I've never used this on those. I have had good results, though, using it on a rough-surfaced, hogskin Stetson cap, and on white bucks. Really, though, it's more a stain-guard than a waterproofing option. If you want a waterproof version of this hat, your best bet is probably leather.

 

[APP Adrian]

I've worn that style of cap - in both wool and corduroy - for well over twenty years now. I still have three of them (two cord, one wool) - actually, I'm wearing on today. It's the longest serving style of hat in my wardrobe. I've never treated them with anything. Aside from a certain level of natural shrinkage that I've had with any of these from new, I've never found any noticeable effect, and most I've worn in all weathers. As any hat, they will eventually soak through, but dried out near a radiator that's not much an issue. The best way I've found of dealing with rain when wearing them (or, indeed, any other hat) has been an umbrella....

You can scotch-guard them with an Aerosol spray. If memory serves, Scotch-Guard is the brand name for this product, produced by one of the shoe polish companies (Yes, there we go: http://www.scotchgard.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/NAScotchgard/Global/?WT.mc_id=www.scotchgard.com ). I've never used this on those. I have had good results, though, using it on a rough-surfaced, hogskin Stetson cap, and on white bucks. Really, though, it's more a stain-guard than a waterproofing option. If you want a waterproof version of this hat, your best bet is probably leather.

Hey mister, thanks for the knowledge. How do you take care of your wool fisherman hats, do you use any brushes? Do you wash them?

 

[APP Adrian]

And you mind showing pics =D.

 

[Edward]

Hey mister, thanks for the knowledge. How do you take care of your wool fisherman hats, do you use any brushes? Do you wash them?

I've never put a wool one in the wash completely - a touch of spot-cleaning with woolite has always been enough. The corduroy ones, when they get especially knackered (I've redyed a couple quite sucessfully) might go in the machine, but I'd be wary of putting the wool one in there. If needsbe, a handwash in Woolite is the thing.

I'm actually short on pictures of these... I think this is the only one I've got of the wool, but it should show the detail:

The corduroy ones I have are one black, one brown. Black is Failsworth, brown Kangol (if memory serves, it was bought when they were still made in England, though I've not noticed any discernable drop in quality since they shifted manufacture to China). Don't have a shot of the brown one, but this is the one photo I have of me wearing the black. Off out for the night in October, 2004, not long turned thirty. (Wish I still had that waistline!):

Most of that outfit is long gone - couldn't even get half of me into those bondage trews any longer! The jacket is still around somewhere, though, and I still have the cap and the leather coat...

 

[APP Adrian]

Hmmm interesting, Which company did you get your fisherman hats? Does the inside of the hat have a red nylon lining?

 

[Edward]

View attachment 17109 Hmmm interesting, Which company did you get your fisherman hats? Does the inside of the hat have a red nylon lining?

I'll have to look when I'm home at the blue wool one.... The brown corduroy is Kangol, with a gold quilted lining; I've had a couple of black ones from Kangol too over time - though if memory serves, the black one I have now is a Failsworth, with a black quilted lining. The blue wool one has a black quilted lining too. Pity none of them have a scarlet lining - I like that a lot.

 

[Nyah]

The red lining is probably a tradition for fisherman caps that are made in Greece. I've owned several of these caps over the past 25 years and the lining in them has always been that same red.

 

[APP Adrian]

Kangol hats are made in China
Fialsworth hats are 50% wool
So it boils down to Aegean hats which are made in Greece. They are 85% wool and 15% nylon (he red lining inside the hat). So I guess I'll purchase an Aegean from Amazon then =D.

 

[Brother cavefish]

these wool hats are supposed to get wet, thats the best thing about wool , it does not penetrate it stays warm inside, wool made to breath - as far as cleaning woolight is the bast and a slow dry. every s ofter during drying wear it and make sure the size remains, i used wool beanies for years and wash them and dry them over a SS bowl it keeps them loose-------- as far as your fishermen woolight and a hat block and your set--------- if you really need to wash it

 

[APP Adrian]

I just found the solution.



An umbrella =D.

P.S still waiting for my student loan money. I need this money in order to buy my hat lol.

 

[RJR]