Giant Pith Helmet Thread of Doom

[Mojave Jack]

Maybe not a day to day wear item, true, but it sure makes for a great avatar!

Speaking of avatars, James, is your Laural & Hardy animation from The Flying Deuces?

[jamespowers]

Speaking of avatars, James, is your Laurel & Hardy animation from The Flying Deuces?

Yes, If I remember correctly. A friend of mine sent it to me and I just pasted it right in. They still look great together. What a comedy team!

[Doctor Strange]

I believe it's from Way Out West - the frock coats are more fitting to its old west setting than the (relatively) contemporary Flying Deuces. If I recall correctly, the song and dance they are delightfully performing is "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine".

But I'm not the expert - I've got a friend who has long held the position of Keeper of the Celluloid in the NYC Tent of The Sons of the Desert - I should ask him...

(Oh, and I've got a pith helmet somewhere - but it's closer to the safari style than the Army type one in your picture.)

[jamespowers]

I believe it's from Way Out West - the frock coats are more fitting to its old west setting than the (relatively) contemporary Flying Deuces. If I recall correctly, the song and dance they are delightfully performing is "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine".

But I'm not the expert - I've got a friend who has long held the position of Keeper of the Celluloid in the NYC Tent of The Sons of the Desert - I should ask him...

(Oh, and I've got a pith helmet somewhere - but it's closer to the safari style than the Army type one in your picture.)

This Way out West?

Now you have me confused.

Regards,

J

[Doctor Strange]

I meant this Way Out West:

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/B...y_out_west.jpg

[jamespowers]

I meant this Way Out West:

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/B...y_out_west.jpg

Hahahaha! I sort of figured that. They look about right in the picture but Ollie's tie is different in my avatar. Maybe the next scene?

Regards,

J

[John in Covina]

Now I can't recall where I got it, but I have a USMC pith helemet, which I use as my hot weather hat when helping out mowing the lawns at church. It has a heavy plastic suspension set up and the sweat band is like vinyl. As I sweat the band keeps the sweat from coming down, so when I take it off, theres a flood of sweat like a dam burst.

Cheers!

[Marc Chevalier]

Quigley's pith reminds me of The Man Who Would Be King. That's a good thing.

[Mojave Jack]

John, I have one of those pith helmets, too. I found a great solution. I took an extra headband from a kevlar helmet, and put that inside as well. The headbands for the kevlars attach inside with little velcro strips that wrap around the headband in the pith helmet perfectly. Voila! You have a leather sweatband! I should mention that I wear a 7, and when I put in the kevlar headband, I had to almost max out the headband inside the pith helmet to accomodate the extra bulk of the double headband. It really works swell, though! I could post some pics of the type of headband I used, if anyone is interested.

[John in Covina]

I took an extra headband from a kevlar helmet, and put that inside as well. The headbands for the kevlars attach inside with little velcro strips that wrap around the headband in the pith helmet perfectly.

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Interesting Idea! I was thinking of a way to do a cloth set up that would be absorbant.