What Cap Are You Wearing Today?

[NorthernBloke]

I like the prince of wales check and french cap, wearing a vintage slimmer cut 'quality cap', don't know how old but no grosgrain band and older style press stud what you probably wont be able to make out because of my rubbish webcam.

 

[NorthernBloke]

Vintage Kilgour & French flat cap

 

[Art Hat1]

Vintage Kilgour & French flat cap
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Very nice, you wear them well!

 

[NorthernBloke]

Thank you sir, wearing a vintage tattersall Bernard Weatherill cap today, it's a little small maybe but it's not uncomfortable and I find older caps fit a little higher up anyway plus I have longer hair.

When worn forward it is typically what we would call up north a ''bin lid''

 

[NorthernBloke]

Last cap of the day, a vintage Scott & Co tattersall cap, must've been made after 1953 and before 1969 as it mentions the queen on the label and Scott & Co were acquired by James Lock in 1969, a bit slimmer than the other two but still not modern. This one is a perfect fit, I got all three of these caps I posted yesterday and today for £20 so quite chuffed.

 

[Art Hat1]

Last cap of the day, a vintage Scott & Co tattersall cap, must've been made after 1953 and before 1969 as it mentions the queen on the label and Scott & Co were acquired by James Lock in 1969, a bit slimmer than the other two but still not modern. This one is a perfect fit, I got all three of these caps I posted yesterday and today for £20 so quite chuffed.
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Very nice, really like the shape of the crown, and few things beat a classic houndstooth check, especially on a cloth cap.

 

[NorthernBloke]

I have another in black and white tattersall it's not something you seem to see often anymore with caps

 

[quikrick]

I have another in black and white tattersall it's not something you seem to see often anymore with caps
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Love that pattern.

 

[NorthernBloke]

I just noticed i was calling the houndstooth tattersall, maybe because i like wearing a tattersall waistcoat when i go out with my tweed jackets and corduroys.

Managed to stretch this houndstooth cap by gently tugging on the sides, it stretches the band inside the cap, you generally cannot do this with modern caps as they put plastic in the cap bands and not more natural fibres like burlap as with old caps, the cap hasn't been damaged and fits much better, i'm sure plenty of people did this in the past.

 

[Art Hat1]

I have another in black and white tattersall it's not something you seem to see often anymore with caps
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That is very nice!

 

[NorthernBloke]

That is very nice!

yeah it's a very nice thick wool, was wearing my Kilgour cap again today in a more traditional way it really is becoming one of my favourite caps, it's also quite clever how the crown is secured by three vent holes, it's the first time I have seen it done this way, not sure what the brim itself is made of but it's quite flexible so probably rubber.

 

[Edward]

I actually deliberated what thread to put this under, having decided there's probably no call for a dedicated 'what flying helmet are you wearing today' thread, but it seems to fit here. Just a fortnight ago I got a call to step in and deliver a week of teaching in Beijing to cover for a colleague who had had to fly home early for a family emergency. Knowing it'd be cold and below freezing for much of the week, I was looking for the right hat (read: I'd wanted one of these for a while and this legitimised buying it). £30 from solider of fortune. Leather (calfskin, apparently), and a fur liner that you would be hard pressed not to assume was rabbit, but is listed in the spec as faux. Lovely comfy thing to wear.

Hugs close to the ears for warmth in a way ushankas can be hit and miss on me. Warmer than a Ushanka as a result, especially in face-on wind. Also due to not having the stiff peak that a B2 cap does, there's no risk of a sudden gust of wind pushing it up and off my head. Chinstrap can be a little fiddly (I do wish it were just 2" longer), but definitely helps keep it snug. Surprisingly warn, as much so as shearling.

The big win with the design is this rear panel. It can be studded up out of the way, but left down like this and tucked under the back collar of my coat it's as good as a scarf. A militry style wool ncktube would be tge perfect addition for extreme cold.

Full outerwear effect:

Along with a pair of shearling gloves, kept me nice and toasty.

This helmet has its limitations: it can't be worn 'flaps up' like a B2 or a Ushanka, but for extreme cold where you wouldn't want to do that, it's lovely. The design copies one from an RFC item circa 1916, hence the ear-flaps to accomodate headphones (British military planes had radios from 1916). Having had this positive experience, I am inclined to pick up another flying helmet in this sort of style, perhaps this time in black. I've been tempted for some years by a repro USAAF B5 (the B6 and later helmets begain to have much more specific designs and clips for the radio gear which render them less suitable for my purposes) , though not pulled the trigger on one such as the only reproduced I've seen thus far is Eastman, and they now charge the sort of money that would buy me a beaver fur, custom made fedora. More than I'm comfortable sinking into a cap that will see limited, seasonal wear. There are many civiliain alternatives on Etsy, though, so....

For now, very pleased with this one,whih has turned out to be much more than just the novelty I had anticipated.

 

[Art Hat1]

While visiting family back home in Kansas City I took my dad’s old leather jacket and a Cordova Cap for a coffee!

 

[RickP]

Decent cool front blew through overnight so its chilly and windy. Gave the brimmed hats a rest and pulled on the old waxed Barbour cap this morning. Made some coffee, fired up a pipe and played ball with the puppy at daybreak.
Getting up and around early has its benefits.... you get to see some nice sunrises

 

[jchance]

 

[NorthernBloke]

Decent cool front blew through overnight so its chilly and windy. Gave the brimmed hats a rest and pulled on the old waxed Barbour cap this morning. Made some coffee, fired up a pipe and played ball with the puppy at daybreak.
Getting up and around early has its benefits.... you get to see some nice sunrises

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Great pipe and nice dog, just finished making a flat cap from an old pair of moleskin trousers, more voluminous but not as typically wide, sometimes seen this style in old thirties to fifties pics.

 

[Edward]

Got paid on Christmas Eve, and with all the seasonal expenses already taken care of, I weakened and treated myself to one of these. It's my first purchase from Sterkowski in Poland, via their Etsy page where they had a few hats on sale at a fairly deep discount - this one came in at about 40% off the regular price. Bit of a bargain, really, as it's still available on their website at full price, so it doesn't seem to be old stock or a model they're phasing out. Quality is very impressive indeed. It will serve the same purpose as my leather ww1 repop posted a couple of weeks ago in this thread (image here is the Sterkowski stock photo, I'll have to get a shot of mine done when I wear it out first. I've been wearing it round the house today, though since it arrived, and will likely have it on when I take the dog out for a wee in a bit).

It's in a similar style as my SoF flying helmet and will serve a similar purpose, though construction is somewhat different (nice as this gives me something beyond 'only' the colour to justify the purchase, ha...). Whereas the SoF is calf leather with a faux-fur lining, this is a single (though hefty) thickness of black shearling. It'll be interesting to see if this one seems warmer as a result, though the SoF certainly kept me plenty warm in Beijing at below zero in December. The other major difference is that, unlike the SoF, the Sterkowski is very much in the style of a generic aviator helmet rather than a complete repro. The leather loops notionally to keep the strap of goggle in place on this for instance are permanently studded, like belt loops, rather than a press stud that could be opened to let a strap be put in. Similarly, the ear-flaps are faux, with no 'hole' for headphones behind them, and the end stud is permanently fixed rather than openable. Not by any means a problem for my civilian usage, and this was never intended to be a repro piece. This one can be worn with the flaps tie'd up at the back (and still cover the ears, but like the SoF it's not a hat that will worn all flaps up like a ushanka. The trade off for this is that it's much closer-fitting and therefore doesn't let the breeze in the front the way a ushanka can. Very much looking forward to wearing it out, and will definitely consider Sterkowski in future.

 

[NorthernBloke]

Wearing my thirties Kilgour & French cap again today

 

[NorthernBloke]

Vintage ''The Corrie cap'', supposedly only a 57cm but fit's ok to be honest even though I usually wear a 59-60cm, I find triple stitch rim caps and other vintage caps usually sit a bit higher on the head unlike modern caps what sit closer to the ears.

 

[quikrick]

Another beauty crafted by @Johnny J Cordova Caps. Vintage black checked
wool with front strap and very cool mid century glass temple buttons.
*SWEET*