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ok, i officially hate baseball caps... they never fit right and one size fits all (even the adjustable ones) is a flat out lie...

so i was thinking about getting something a little better fitting... im torn on getting an ACU boonie hat... or a nice brown/dark brown bush hat...

so since i have a big head... its hard to shop for hats in stores... any suggestions?
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Stetson, either felt or straw, Irish flat cap (got one in Ireland last month), homburg, derby.
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What's this either/or? Get one of each (finances allowing). Different ones would be appropriate/blend in better on different occasions/situations.

I have a Tilley hat given to me years ago. Wears well, good to keep sun and rain off me during the summer months. It's what I wear for most amateur radio public service events as it doesn't look "tacticool" when working with the public or emergency management officials.

I also have woodland and Jungle pattern boonie hats, and woodland BDU patrol style hats from when I was in the AF. All have their place.

I also have a lot of ball caps, but only wear a few for sentimental value (military units mostly, or my NRA life member one at gunshows, on the range, etc) or freebies that are basically disposables.

Until I started writing this I had forgotten the number of hats I have including my straw Stetson type from when I was in Texas, my straw fedora from when I was in Korea....

I just like hats, even if I don't wear them as much as I used to.
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I also have a Tilley, actually three different ones, and I love them but they're expensive compared to the rip offs out there but well worth the price paid...

I also wear the "boonie" style camo slouch caps when hunting and like the "Jones" style cap for duck hunting and a slightly different variant of it for upland birds but in hunter orange...

I was given a Stetson hat that is called the Moose River in the L.L. Bean catalogue, fedora style with a pinched crown and a hat band over the sweat band...I use it for fishing or more formal occasions...

Here in winter a lot of "toques" are worn...what you call a "watch cap" as well as fur flapped Mountie caps that you call "mad bomber" style but different, more like a Stormy hat which are also very comfortable to wear…
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My favorite hats are my Akubra Snowy River, and an old Bailey that started out looking like the Stetsons that Lyndon Johnson wore. My wife says that now it looks like "it escaped from a John Wayne western", but it's damned comfortable, and it doesn't blend in with the usual Stetson look.

For hunting or knocking around in the woods, though, it's tough to beat a good boonie hat.
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+1 for Tilley. Also, Orvis makes a good mesh fishing hat that's nice on very hot days. I only wear a ball cap, wool, w. ear flaps, while driving on cold days w. the top down. It looks dorky, but for some reason I look like a thug wearing a tweed driving cap...
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SeekHer wrote: Here in winter a lot of "toques" are worn...what you call a "watch cap" as well as fur flapped Mountie caps that you call "mad bomber" style but different, more like a Stormy hat which are also very comfortable to wear…
Of course you do, you're Canadian! :lol:

I like tweed driving caps to keep the ears free to blend in overseas or perhaps for hearing protection, and fedoras for much else.

Oh and Pith Helmets for summer range use.

Edit: Ok, that hat is a porkpie, but still....
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C.C. me boyo…the top photo in the fedora style is almost a duplicate for my Moose River hat that Stetson makes for L. L. Bean…

The bottom photo shows an English driving cap or sometimes called a country cap…I have a few of them but I don’t think they look good on me…The guy next to you in the photo looks to be wearing a German felt Jaeger hat or a fedora…

Where is the porkpie? I always thought they looked like a boonie hat but had a higher or taller crown…fold down brim all around--what lots of guys wore in the sixties and early seventies when dressing casual...

Noggin Tops great general outdoor orientated hat store—cheaper to buy Tilley hats from them…

Peter Brothers Hats best quality - more formal hat store--dress hats...

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Hats – The Fedora Lounge forum is very interesting…

HatsUK is a fascinating read on the history of hats and the making of...
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I like The Hattery. They ship internationally, and the prices are good. It's located in Katoomba, about an hour into the Blue Mountains from Sydney, Australia. I was in the store, and I have never seen so many hats in one place, from all over the world. Amazing.

I got a Barma Squashy leather bronco, and I have my sights on one of their Akubra felt hats as my Christmas present from me to myself.

+1 on Irish tweed caps. I must remember to get one next time I'm home. The Hattery has them too, of course.
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I've got one of those Aussie stockmans hats, can't remember the brand though. Jackaroo ? something like that.... its a great piece of gear anyway.

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