The Cap Faction

[Stuffsmith]

Airing out my 1930's herringbone 8-panel today. One of the first vintage caps I bought.

 

[dh66]

I can see why you bought it! That is a fantastic fabric Keith. Great cap!

 

[Stuffsmith]

Thanks Dale! Suits the weather right now...

 

[Zombie_61]

I can see why you bought it! That is a fantastic fabric Keith. Great cap!

I concur; I really like the pattern and the texture! :thumb:

 

[Two Types]

Keith: How many caps do you own? You keep showing off new ones and they are all rather attractive.

 

[Stuffsmith]

Keith: How many caps do you own? You keep showing off new ones and they are all rather attractive.

TT, I have absolutely no idea. Kind of afraid to count. I suppose I'll know before long as I'm going to thin my collection in the next few months.

 

[1mach1]

TT, I have absolutely no idea. Kind of afraid to count. I suppose I'll know before long as I'm going to thin my collection in the next few months.

I will gladly give some of your caps a new home in the Northern Hemisphere!

 

[Stuffsmith]

I will gladly give some of your caps a new home in the Northern Hemisphere!

Ha! You may well get the chance.

 

[Brother cavefish]

I concur; I really like the pattern and the texture! :thumb:

the pattern is very nice and thick too it would appear

 

[esteban68]

Here's a find from yesterday, a CC41 " Mackenzie make" British cap from c 1942-53-ish, it's slightly grubby more so the lining but in very good condition otherwise, it fits a bit snug so need to stretch it a little.

Any ideas on washing and stretching, I guess it's wool/wool mix?

 

[Stuffsmith]

Very very nice, esteban68!! I was just discussing the fact that not many 1940s caps are seen out there. Good find! I'm sure it's wool. You can gently wool-wash it, but the liner may suffer if it is fraying anywhere...

 

[esteban68]

No it's all in very good order, a bit of fading and spotting to the lining but other than that nothing, strong seams no moth nips I can see...I am guessing a low temperature hand wash will do the trick.

 

[Two Types]

That's a good find. it's nice to see the cc41 stamped as part of the label design.

 

[herringbonekid]

great cap. similar style to the Venty ***f i bought off BK, which was also CC41 printed:

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/show...British-CC41-7-1-4-7-3-8&highlight=venty+***f

 

[dh66]

Nice one esteban68. Great pattern and colors on the fabric.

 

[esteban68]

Now washed and quite a bit of muck came out and stretched over my patented cap stretcher!!!

 

[Stuffsmith]

So now we're waiting for a noggin shot, esteban68!

 

[esteban68]

Here you go hopefully by the power of mobile ( if it's worked ok?) If not I'll upload some more via my conventional method of the ones I've just taken! busy weekend as Le Tour starts proper tomorrow and it's in my neck of the woods as stage 2 finishes in Sheffield on Sunday.

Sorry for the big images, the stretching over an old pudding basin worked well as it's now a perfect fit, only very slight issue is the brim fastener pops open quite easily but the weight of the cloth stops it flopping about.

 

[Stuffsmith]

Thanks for the pix, that's a smart cap! Nice job on the clean/resize, what a save!

 

[dh66]

Looks good Esteban68