Showing posts with label Coonskin Cap. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Coonskin Cap. Show all posts

Saturday 3 October 2020

Too Small for Me

 This coonskin hat is too small for my head. 


If I pull really hard the brim will stretch on but within a few minutes it contracts and springs up leaving it precariously balanced.


Not my hat but part of our crew kit, never seen anyone wear it, so might be something to pass on to a worthy smaller head.

Sunday 13 November 2016

Coonskin Cap

The coonskin cap was originally worn by native Americans but were adopted by some European colonists as hunting hats 



The hat is associated mainly due to film and folklore with Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone, although according to Wikipedia the font of all knowledge Daniel Boone never wore a coonskin hat.


A real coonskin hat is made from the whole skin from raccoon, tail and all stretched over the head.


This reproduction was a gift from my mother when she visited Texas this Autumn, the label says Dan'l Boone Coonskin cap.


Why am I wearing fur inside, its too warm


I surrender


I need a bigger beard