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What Cap Are You Wearing Today?

Short Balding Guy

I'll Lock Up
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Minnesota, USA
Scampering about today in a Cordova cap.

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Cheers, Eric -
 

Short Balding Guy

I'll Lock Up
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9,557
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Minnesota, USA

Short Balding Guy

I'll Lock Up
Messages
9,557
Location
Minnesota, USA
Can you imagine that Friday and Saturday I wore the same cap? Yes it is true. The Harris green paneled cap really called to me.

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It is a belt backed cap. I did ot get a "backside" pic. This wool that is spun in the Outer Hebrides and plied on the Isle of Harris is grand. It garnered a few comments from co-workers, barista and lunch server.

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Best wishes, Eric -
 

Edward

Bartender
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24,737
Location
London, UK
Not *quite* wearing out yet, but I sported this in the office for a bit yesterday when it arrived.... a new Bronson USAAF Mechanic's A3 cap in green HBT. I picked this up from eBay. They're (relatively) inexpensive. It would be interesting to compare one side by side with the likes of an RMC. The latter are undeniably nice.... and undeniably pricey! I suppose it's all relative, but I have to admit this sort of very utilitarian piece I find hard to see the big bucks in aganst usage for me, but that's a whole nother can o'worms.


Packaging:

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Tidily sewn inside:
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And here it is alongside its prewar-aping sibling, in denim:

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I gave up on ballcaps maybe thirty years ago when I decided they just weren't for me. After picking up a B2 for the depths of Winter a decade or so ago, I have over time become intrigued by these. The blue one arrived a few months ago, and is lying in my office across town until I clear a lot more out at home. I bought it on a bit of a whim (I'll eventually succumb to its Daisy May colleague as well, I suspect). On cold days when the heating isn't so efficient (common in our building), it's surprisingly nice to wear at my desk. Such a light thing, but just enough heat retained for keeping the bald warm indoors. The somewhat shorter, rounder, softer bill makes it much nicer than any ballcap I ever wore. The green one is markedly softer, notably so in the bill, which I assume is down to the cloth being lighter to begin with, as there isn't to my knowledge any stiffener in the peak of either, barring that stitching that gives them 'body'. I expect one or both of these will end up going with me to Beijing later in the year, worn during travelling, when it'll serve as a headcover that can be easily stowed in one of the pockets of the MC vest I use as a travel jacket for carrying convenience (saves emptying all my pockets at security) in hot weather when a sleeve jacket is not an option.
 
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14,993
Location
Buffalo, NY
Old caps were far less likely to survive the depression than old hats. This one was a fun purchase from some years back... it was listed on eBay with a buy it now of $5 but had no takers. I had missed it and the auction expired but saw it posted on the Fedora Lounge. The seller was kind enough to let it go at the original BIN price. Crazy rustic tweed in lush colors, one of my favorite antique caps.

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Mm25

Practically Family
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999
Old caps were far less likely to survive the depression than old hats. This one was a fun purchase from some years back... it was listed on eBay with a buy it now of $5 but had no takers. I had missed it and the auction expired but saw it posted on the Fedora Lounge. The seller was kind enough to let it go at the original BIN price. Crazy rustic tweed in lush colors, one of my favorite antique caps.

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Outstanding!
 

Granville

One of the Regulars
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185
Location
Long Beach, NY
Winter's over on the East Coast! Walking the beach today in my Scottish houndstooth cap, came across this lean-to and assumed somebody's been sleeping on the strand. A closer look revealed the structure is sheltering a rock(!), so nobody could have slept in there. It's some funky altar to a strange god, is near as I can figure.
The jaunty angle of my cap is a response to the sun banging off the ocean, just shading my eyes.
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Johnny J

Call Me a Cab
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2,108
Location
Panama City, Florida
Old caps were far less likely to survive the depression than old hats. This one was a fun purchase from some years back... it was listed on eBay with a buy it now of $5 but had no takers. I had missed it and the auction expired but saw it posted on the Fedora Lounge. The seller was kind enough to let it go at the original BIN price. Crazy rustic tweed in lush colors, one of my favorite antique caps.
Great cap Alan!
 
Messages
10,461
Location
Boston area
Old caps were far less likely to survive the depression than old hats. This one was a fun purchase from some years back... it was listed on eBay with a buy it now of $5 but had no takers. I had missed it and the auction expired but saw it posted on the Fedora Lounge. The seller was kind enough to let it go at the original BIN price. Crazy rustic tweed in lush colors, one of my favorite antique caps.

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This cap still tops the Favorites list, Alan.
 

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