Capotain

The Capotain (Copotain/Capatain) is tall wide-brimmed hat worn during the late 16th and 17th centuries

The hat is associated with Puritans and English Civil War

The hat is also with Pilgrim that settled in the Plymouth colony America in 1620, hence its often also called a Pilgrims Hat

The hat is also worn by witchfinders and had a buckle on the front of the crown, but both of these are images created in 19th Century fiction probably untrue. 

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