Recent content by Correus

As promised, here are some pics of the two puggarees. I was rather surprised by what I found, they are very different in re construction method and materials. The Dunkerley Ltd slouch, the pristine one, is by far the better quality, hat wise as well as puggaree. The Fayrefield slouch hat is...

Hopefully the pics I'm aboutto post will help. I found out that they are definitely different than thee ones used on the pith helmet!

While taking pictures of the two puggarees I noticed sweat stains on the pristine one... I'm not about to tell SWMBO, but I am going to clean it.

Yup, she is a lot happier.

Hmm.... I'm not sure honestly. I'll take a look at both of the puggarees I have and let you know. I have a Wolseley pith helmet I need to make one for, and have a few sources on how to make it. If I remember correctly it is made of a single, folded piece of cloth 21' long. Since a slouch is...

Following are the pics I wasn't able to post to the first post.

I'm rather chuffed about the Australian slouch hat that arrived today. Back in 2019, I was able to obtain a pristine, 1965 Australian slouch hat in my size. What I didn't expect was SWMBO's reactions to me wearing it. Every time I'd wear it, she'd chastise me, saying it was in too good of...

I wonder how big of a difference there is between an air rifle, such as the Haenel 300 and a Daisy Powerline Model 856 BB/Pellet rifle is? I completely forgot dad had purchased one back in the late '90s (I think), until I found it the other day while going through his stuff.

Thank you.

Thanks, I'll take a look.

I just inherited these three little pocket pistols. The first is an Ortgies 6.35mm circa 1922. Unfortunately someone did away with the original wooden grips; I'll need to replace these. The second is a Jimenez JA. 25... ...and the last one is a Jimenez JA .380.

Unexpectedly found myself in our local paper wearing my Buffalo hat. Picture was taken Halloween afternoon during a community event. Not a very good pic...

Have any of y'all ever made a puggaree for a Wolseley?

Hello everyone! I was recently gifted a Wolseley pith helmet by my nieces. It isn't a fancy one, and has one of those 'one size fits most' liners, and the chinstrap leaves a lot to be desired. I'm going to take it to my local hatter to see what he can do about the liner and chinstrap...