Now Forming! the Campaign Hat Corps

[hatflick1]

Spanish Civil War Hat

What do you think of these?
http://www.dirtybillyshats.com/

 

[deanglen]

What do you think of these?
http://www.dirtybillyshats.com/

Great hats! I've often been tempted to buy from Dirty Billy. Can't afford it right now. A Lounger bought one last year, here's the thread:http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=10883&page=4
Here's the start of the thread:
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=10883
Nicely made hats!

dean

 

[deanglen]

Yes, it is time! Join now! Submit your photo and become one of "the few-the very few and the proud (if nothing else)" and show your wide brimmed, "fore and aft" or "montana" peaked "real man" hat. This is headware with distinction! Let the rest of them city slickers in their fat ribboned stingies have their place, the spirit of the frontier and the Rough Riders shall have their hall of honor as well. Don't everyone post at once now. Okay,...anyone? Okay...I'll get the ball rolling....sheesh!

dean

 

[John in Covina]

 

[John in Covina]

I got mine here:
http://www.rangerjoes.com/stratton-campaign-hat-p-1280.html

 

[DOUGLAS]

OK Dean,you twisted my arm

 

[deanglen]

Welcome gents! We few, we proud few, we band of brothers..the fewer the number, the greater the glory! Thanks for posting! Others may follow, but only if we lead!

dean

 

[Joel Tunnah]

I think this qualifies :

 

[deanglen]

It makes you an officer, Joel, (even though it's an enlisted men's hat.) I love just staring at the photos of your hat. Someday I will own one like it. Someday. Nice to have you aboard, Major!

dean

 

[big kahuna]

ya gotta have more than one....

Felt for winter, straw for summer..both for Scouting

Stratton Hat Co. made these for me in 8 1/8...

 

[deanglen]

Nice hats, Kahuna. Everybody should know the paramilitary origins of the Scouts, and appreciate their uniforms, especially the WWI era look of the classic Scout. My grandfather and his brother looked like doughboys in a photo my mother has of them in in their BSA uniforms with "montana peak" campaigners. Season appropriate and sized 8 1/8 custom made:eusa_clap at that! Great submissions! You're in! Be Prepared!

dean

 

[DOUGLAS]

Joel, How is the quality of that Dirty Billy's hat ? Wow that is a cool looking hat.

 

[Joel Tunnah]

Douglas, the quality is **** poor. The felt is as soft as plywood, the ribbon was sewn on with fishing line, the stitching looks like Dirty Billy had been hitting the oh-be-joyful that day, and the "leather" sweat is the same plasticine sweat all cheap hats use.
Save your money.

But it does look cool, and it will be on display on top of my bookshelf.

 

[Pat_H]

Nice hats, Kahuna. Everybody should know the paramilitary origins of the Scouts, and appreciate their uniforms, especially the WWI era look of the classic Scout. My grandfather and his brother looked like doughboys in a photo my mother has of them in in their BSA uniforms with "montana peak" campaigners. Season appropriate and sized 8 1/8 custom made:eusa_clap at that! Great submissions! You're in! Be Prepared!

dean

There's an old photo of my reproduction M1911 up somewhere here on the Lounge, I'll have to link it in, or take a photo of it again, now that I've worn it, shaped the brim a bit, and it has a bit of character.

Neat idea Deanglen!

On the Scout campaign hat, another thing to keep in mind is that the Scouts were formed due to Lord Baden Powell, a British officer who had seen service in southern Africa, including during the Boer War. During the Boer War, the Canadians introduced the Stetson, with a 4" brim and Montana Peak crown (what we know think of as the Mountie type hat) to the region. Baden Powell's unit adopted that style hat. He kept on with it thereafter, and the early British scouts also used it.

 

[deanglen]

Thanks for the info, Pat, now..where did the Canadians get the "Montana" Peak? From Stetson, I would guess. I also think the muskrat hats the Frontier Army wore in the winter must have been surplus RCMP. Whatcha think?

dean

 

[Feraud]

My humble contribution to this thread..

 

[majormoore]

Douglas, you will get what you pay for !!!!!!!!!



Mike

 

[20thCenturyTim]

Definitions?

How is a campaign hat defined? I see the one you always think of, the BSA, Mountie style peaked, but also the more fedora-like hat. Would this hat include the Aussie military bush hat? Certainly, the New Zealander style was the peaked style. I have always wanted the Aussie style and a genuine RCMP.

20CT

 

[Joel Tunnah]

My humble contribution to this thread..

Is that a Biltmore "Raider" after a misty day?? lol

 

[Feraud]

Is that a Biltmore "Raider" after a misty day?? lol

It is an official Raiders Stetson put through "real life" weathering!