Boater

 Straw Boater or Boater made from Straw, I already posted information about these hat, not much more to say.

Normally they have a ribbon around the crown this one maybe never had one or it was removed not really possible to tell.

This hat is actually a little too small for my head and sits too high and thus unconforatable to wear.

This hat also has a lump missing from the brim.

Older photo of me wearing it.

Jinnah Cap

Jinnah cap which can is also be known as a Karakul hat 

The hat is similar to forage caps as they are peaked and folds flat when taken off The Karakul worn in Russia is made of the same fur but is cylindrical/pillbox shaped rather than peaked liked the  

The Jinnah cap is named after Muhammad Ali Jinnah the founding father of Pakistan who wore one as did many politicians in Pakistan 

The hat was also worn by William Hartnell, the first Dr Who and Mr Khan on the TV Series Citizen Khan. The President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai is also often seen wearing one.

Traditionally made from the fur of Persian Lambs, but nowadays more often from faux fur, like the one I'm wearing.

Karakul directly translates to black fur in the Uzbek Language, Karakul or Qaraqul are a breed of Persian sheep. 

 

Masonic Hat 2

 I now have 2 masonic hats, this one is superior in quality to the previous one

This was a gift from someone who was part of the Freemasons or just Masons

The red one previously posted about sported a Knights Templar cross, but this new one has a Maltese cross so could be for a different order.

Masonic hats when you search online seem to come in many different shapes although like this one they are predominantly pillbox shaped hats.

It's the badge rather than the hat that matters since that is an item that ties it to the lodge and his rank. 

I say his since in my 30 seconds of research I don't believe they allow women to join, although it does say there are 2 females only lodges in the UK.

Steampunk freemason

Havelock Fitting

The havelock helmet cover is basically a bit of fabric that fits over the whole helmet including any brim

The cover has an elasticated edge

Which you simple stretch over the helmet, so it takes a couple of seconds at the most to fit.

Some have a drawstring to the edge which does the same function as the elastic, just a bit more fiddly

This one unfortunately also included its own peak which did not compromise the fit but did look a little odd once fitted.

The Havelock also came with a selection of 3 different press-stud on pompoms so you can change the appearance a bit.

Havelock with Pompom

Havelocks were originally created for military use, but they are also used to decorate other helmets, this particular havelock was designed to decorate kids riding helmets.

However, because it was a kids helmet cover it was cheap and allowed me to take a few photos and explain a bit about a havelock.

It also came with pompons which you could press stud onto the top.  

Not sure if I could argue a case for use of pompoms for military use

Havelock

 A Havelock is not a hat, it's a hat cover or to be more accurate a helmet cover

Mainly used by the military to change the look for say a blue UN peacekeeping or to a different camouflage pattern of the helmet without the need to repaint or swap helmets.

Havelocks get their name from the British General Henry Havelock, invented originally to protect the wearer from the sun.

The image below Before and After the cover was fitted

Play Hat

 This not a play hat but a hat from a play, was used for a production of the King and I

Homemade from a cardboard tube, covered in shiny fabric and sequins. 

Held on to the head with an elastic chin strap since the diameter is too small for and adult.

Came as part of job lot of hats but I think this is one only suitable for the bin, not worth saving for anything.

Black Fedora

This hat today will be a Fedora.

There are way too many definitions of what Trilby or Fedora should be often conflicting with each other to do with brim size, brim flatness, pointiness, even smartness, I just get confused everyone has a different opinion and most hats end up sitting somewhere between the two even then.

Is this a wide brim making it fedora, the brim is rolled so maybe a trilby, it's not pointy at the front so more fedora, probably on balance a fedora.

This hat was gifted to me and has not been worn much yet.

However a good and comfortable fit.