Slitted cap

This Tudor shape flat cap is made from one piece of felt

 

The crown is slitted around the edge to give it a distinctive look.

This is hat is part of our groups larp kit and has been around for donkey's years (donkey years = an unspecified long time) and worn by many people.

Recently patched with a bit of felt and glue wear one of split hat torn through.

Black Flat Cap

This velvet Tudor flat cap is a bit posh for the soldier wearing it below

 Part of a set of Tudor cap from a theatre sale

I think this hat needs a plume to enhance it, as its a little plain.

Scally Cap

Guess from the photo below where this cap came from.

A gift from my mother as visited Ireland

In Ireland, flat caps go by many names such as Duckbill Hat, Paddy Cap, Pub Cap, Tweed cap, Cabbie cap and probably many more 

This one obviously for the tourist market is still a genuinely good quality hat

 Sporting a shamrock the symbol of Ireland or at least its patron saint, Patrick.

Green Kepi

This Kepi came out of the £5 box of a trader trying to get shut of old stock

Green Kepi like the blue seems to have been used by the Union army in the American Civil War.

 My quick bit of research says green was associated with units of sharpshooters or foragers.

Looking at photos online its seems to be a reasonable reproduction of the original caps.

300 Plus

Hi just realised I've posted over 300 times on this blog

And almost all of them a different head covering of some kind.

Fez like

This tapering hat is very fez like in shape, but lacks the tassel on top and is actually too tall,

however I suppose you might still call a fez.

A hat for use in War of the Roses medieval reenactment the shape can be seen in many contemporary illustrations.

I can't remember where I got this, as it was over 15 years ago but would have been a reenactors market no doubt.

Worn a couple of times, but never found a costume that it went with so ended up not being used much.

Duffer Cap

Duffer cap, more commonly called flat caps around here.

Flat caps as said before do have many names (see the previous post here) a new name I've recently discovered comes from New Zeeland where they are apparently called Cheese Cutters

Flat caps like baseball caps can be worn for many different occasions and work alongside many different outfits

This was a Christmas present from AndyH

Not a Octopus Hat

This hat was described as Octopus hat however the seller cannot count as it only has 6 legs, so should really be Hextopus Hat.

Found in the £5 squid bin at the TORM the original reenactors market

The seller apparently thought it was hat they would never sell, been on their stall for a long time.

Basically looks like they cut up a wide-brimmed felt hat for some reason.

To make a hat that fits into no particular bracket.

Not sure what sort of idiot would buy this hat.... wait I did.

Mozi Hat

A camouflage bucket hat with a net hanging from the brim

Designed for the jungle/swamp to stop you getting bitten by bitey insects, especially mosquitoes.

Not living near a mosquito-infested area it's not of practical use for me, but knowing how rubbish mosquito relevant chemicals are, this has got to be a far better solution.

At the midpoint of the net is a nice ring which helps keep the net away from your face and provides weight to keep it down and the bottom edge is a tighter section to stop mozzies get in under the net.

 I found this going cheap on an auction site, so snapped it up.

White Cowphat

A flat cap or Cow-pat hat

This was part of job lot of RSC hats I purchased, all in very good condition.

See labels theatrical hats for other cow-pat hats that came as part of this set.

The Cone Head

The Cone Head

The picture below makes me think I should have a fishing rod and be sitting by a pond as a gnome.

A piece of paper wrapped into a cone and held together with a couple of pieces of sellotape needs no origami skills.  

The cone can be painted, a brim added to make it into a witches hat, a D put on front for dunces cap, good fun for very young kids or quick fancy dress wear.

As you can tell I spent nearly a minute making this hat.

Tin Foil Hat

The Tin Foil Hat

Almost every house must have a roll of aluminium foil, it needs no skill to make, just drop a large enough piece on your head and shape, if it does fit add more.

The idea of the tin foil hat is it protects your mind against electromagnetic radiation, mind control and mind reading.

To have any effect against any form of electromagnetic radiation it would need to be in several hundred layers, probably need to be built up to a couple of inches thick, as to the need, well we all live fine without them.

The use against Alien mind probes, Govemenent telepaths is of course just rubbish conspiracy theorist and probably a result of popular science fiction books and literature.