What Cap Are You Wearing Today?

[Tukwila]

My caps made it from Australia so I was wearing the indigo hemp Five Points around the house today. Sweet cap. Light and airy.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

My caps made it from Australia so I was wearing the indigo hemp Five Points around the house today. Sweet cap. Light and airy.

Dang that is sharp! I like the hemp hues. It looks substantial, like it could handle the heat. The shape looks terrific from the front. You will have to compare it to the Cordova straw cap.

Congrats sir!

 

[jonesy86]

My caps made it from Australia so I was wearing the indigo hemp Five Points around the house today. Sweet cap. Light and airy.

Very cool!

 

[Tukwila]

Dang that is sharp! I like the hemp hues. It looks substantial, like it could handle the heat. The shape looks terrific from the front. You will have to compare it to the Cordova straw cap.

Congrats sir!

The Corodva cap is made from Abaca straw and is quite airy. It has a more structured feel to it, and is an 8/4 type design with 8 separate parts sewn together. It has no liner for maximum airflow. It is more white, with the very slightest brown highlight... like a potato that was sliced an hour earlier and has started to brown/rust around the edges. It's a flashier cap overall, simply by design.

The WDH cap is made from hand woven hemp fabric, dyed with varying widths of indigo colored lines. The 5 Points design is a one piece cap with 5 darts at the front and sides of the cap, with the back being rounded. It is a looser weave than the abaca straw and does not have the structured feel of the abaca, either. Up close, it almost looks like it was made from an old burlap sack material, but for me this does not detract from the quality of the cap. It does make it a more casual cap, which is exactly what I was seeking. Being handwoven, there are lots of imperfections in the material. Again, IMO, this adds character to the cap. Knowing that Hmong women from Vietnam made the material is an attractive feature of the cap. The colors are more shades of blue and light brown than what you see in the pictures.

Two very different straw caps for different occasions. The brim on the Cordova cap is 2-3/4" and the WDH brim is a full 3".

 

[Blackthorn]

I got a new cap from "And Sons." As promised, it came lovingly wrapped in wax paper and tied up in twine:

Here's the cap:

Black caps are hard to photograph but here's a try:

 

[Blackthorn]

Their photography is better than mine:
https://www.andsons.co.uk/products/sons-thompson-baker-boy-hat-black

 

[Short Balding Guy]

I wore a Cordova Cap during some morning escapades.

Be safe, be strong and see you on the streets soon, Eric -

 

[Short Balding Guy]

The Corodva cap is made from Abaca straw and is quite airy. It has a more structured feel to it, and is an 8/4 type design with 8 separate parts sewn together. It has no liner for maximum airflow. It is more white, with the very slightest brown highlight... like a potato that was sliced an hour earlier and has started to brown/rust around the edges. It's a flashier cap overall, simply by design.

The WDH cap is made from hand woven hemp fabric, dyed with varying widths of indigo colored lines. The 5 Points design is a one piece cap with 5 darts at the front and sides of the cap, with the back being rounded. It is a looser weave than the abaca straw and does not have the structured feel of the abaca, either. Up close, it almost looks like it was made from an old burlap sack material, but for me this does not detract from the quality of the cap. It does make it a more casual cap, which is exactly what I was seeking. Being handwoven, there are lots of imperfections in the material. Again, IMO, this adds character to the cap. Knowing that Hmong women from Vietnam made the material is an attractive feature of the cap. The colors are more shades of blue and light brown than what you see in the pictures.

Two very different straw caps for different occasions. The brim on the Cordova cap is 2-3/4" and the WDH brim is a full 3".

Thanks tons! In reflection wow are you correct the caps are designed for different occasions. I imagine the woven hemp cap to pair up with my light blue chambray shirts during the warm weather. I will look into this cap. I really like you cap.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

I got a new cap from "And Sons." As promised, it came lovingly wrapped in wax paper and tied up in twine:

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Here's the cap:

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Black caps are hard to photograph but here's a try:

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That is a very sharp looking fabric and cap. I do like that it has some drape and that the brim is substantive. Leather under the peak is a terrific addition.

Good guys wear black, the 1978 Chuck Morris movie, comes to mind. I have not watched the movie, but the tittle just rolls off my tongue. I can see a black cap easily in my future. Thanks for linking the website as I am taking a look this afternoon.

Cheers, Eric -

 

[Tukwila]

Thanks tons! In reflection wow are you correct the caps are designed for different occasions. I imagine the woven hemp cap to pair up with my light blue chambray shirts during the warm weather. I will look into this cap. I really like you cap.

I think I'll be wearing this one a lot this year/summer.

 

[Tukwila]

I got a new cap from "And Sons." As promised, it came lovingly wrapped in wax paper and tied up in twine:

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Here's the cap:

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Black caps are hard to photograph but here's a try:

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I love blue tweed. Beautiful cap, sir!

 

[Tukwila]

I wore a Cordova Cap during some morning escapades.

Be safe, be strong and see you on the streets soon, Eric -

Another winner from Jonathan! That cap goes so well with your jacket and the background countryside.

 

[Tukwila]

The second cap from WDH is a beauty with overshot linen/wool fabric from the 1850s-1890s. As Keith warned, though, it is indeed just a little too big to fit right. Keith is paying shipping back and starting on another one for me as I write this.

 

[Blackthorn]

That is a very sharp looking fabric and cap. I do like that it has some drape and that the brim is substantive. Leather under the peak is a terrific addition.

Good guys wear black, the 1978 Chuck Morris movie, comes to mind. I have not watched the movie, but the tittle just rolls off my tongue. I can see a black cap easily in my future. Thanks for linking the website as I am taking a look this afternoon.

Cheers, Eric -

Thanks, Eric, I had been drooling over this for a long time, then I got an email from them offering free shipping from England, so I jumped on it. The previous cap I got from someone else, in Ireland, got stuck in New York for 8 days. I was pretty irritated but nothing I could do. But these guys at And Sons sent it via DHL so it totally jumped over NY, going from London to Cincinnati, then jumping to San Francisco. Very fast route. Having a white beard really makes that charcoal color snap. I love their work.

 

[Blackthorn]

I wore a Cordova Cap during some morning escapades.

Be safe, be strong and see you on the streets soon, Eric -

Eric, I think that's my favorite cap that you've posted, which is saying a lot. I love those colors.

 

[thebatman]

Mister Freedom scuttler cap

 

[Tukwila]

Dang that is sharp! I like the hemp hues. It looks substantial, like it could handle the heat. The shape looks terrific from the front. You will have to compare it to the Cordova straw cap.

Congrats sir!

I'm sure Keith would make it in any of his styles, including an 8 dart cap like his l'Aronde. Be sure and read all the details under this cap, though, on his etsy site. IIRC, both @jonesy86 's cap and my cap (for certain) come with a hemp sweatband, too. I knew this going in, but if someone wants a leather sweatband they need to ask Keith about that.

Oh, mine is lined, too, but with a super thin, translucent cotton fabric.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

A Monsavais cap this afternoon with a spot of tea.

Be safe, be strong and see you on the street soon, Eric -

 

[jonesy86]

Really enjoying my new WDH hemp for this climate as it is very light weight, and nicely lets in a light onshore breeze. The texture and natural color of the hand woven fabric is both rustic and elegant.

 

[Tukwila]

I also wore my WDH hemp cap today. It poured rain all day yesterday but today should be partly cloudy with a little sun, and high humidity. Perfect for hemp.