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 bubs
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So what do you wear in the sun? I have very short hair and will be doing a lot of field work soon. I can't stand baseball caps but I am also not in the Panama hat age bracket. A loaf shaped head doesn't help matters.


 
Posted : 09/05/2016 9:34 am
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Baldy here, and casually wear something like this:

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Posted : 09/05/2016 9:37 am
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One of these for me - being follicly challenged it keeps the sun of the back of my neck too...

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http://www.rydale.com/collections/mens-hats-caps/products/antique-leather-hats?variant=1258886360


 
Posted : 09/05/2016 9:38 am
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http://www.timberlandonline.co.uk/en/prince-cordura-mens-waxed-canvas-field-cap-A16PH.html

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Posted : 09/05/2016 9:40 am
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Akubra territory
http://www.hatsbythe100.com.au/akubra-territory-hat-santone-fawn.html
Or my rampage hat
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Posted : 09/05/2016 9:43 am
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It's good to see other people's ideas, as for far too long it has felt like one of the only commonly acceptable hats for men has been the baseball cap.

WTF? I mean, the snapback? Who ever thought that those would be cool or attractive in any way?!?

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Posted : 09/05/2016 9:45 am
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commonly acceptable hats for men has been the baseball cap

Is a baseball cap is ever acceptable, unless you are actually playing baseball?


 
Posted : 09/05/2016 9:47 am
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Something along these lines (I've got quite a selection) is essential once the temperature gets into double figures, otherwise my big baldy bonce ends up looking like an angry tomato

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Baseball caps are NEVER acceptable unless you are actually a baseball player. And even then....


 
Posted : 09/05/2016 9:49 am
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I wear something very similar to this most of the time -
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However if it's windy/rainy and I might need to put a hood up I resort to one of these -
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Posted : 09/05/2016 9:51 am
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What the cool kidz are wearing in the summer

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Posted : 09/05/2016 9:52 am
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for far too long it has felt like one of the only commonly acceptable hats for men has been the baseball cap.

Its open season now - anything goes

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Posted : 09/05/2016 9:56 am
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Cowboy hat. Fully aware I look like a knob but it's a [i]great[/i] hat. Keeps sun off, keeps rain off.

Not for the sun but I'd just like to take a moment to sing the praises of the sealskinz baseball cap. Waterproof baseball cap! Doesn't blow off! Folds into pocket! Fantastic kit. And doesn't make you look like as much of a fanny as most baseball caps, because it's actually head shaped.


 
Posted : 09/05/2016 9:57 am
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Don't have one myself but my OH's Tilley hat is very nice and apparently perfect in the sunshine (she's not a baldy btw...!)

[url] http://www.tilley.com/uk_en/men/hats/warm-weather ][/url]


 
Posted : 09/05/2016 9:58 am
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One of these for me

I've got one of those, but it's somewhat hot for this weather. Treated myself to a Tilly last year and it's brilliant.

http://www.outdoorkit.co.uk/product.php?product_id=20757


 
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This is my 'go to' titfer


 
Posted : 09/05/2016 9:58 am
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I wear a cap and have never played baseball 😥

Mind you they aren't anything like that one above ^^


 
Posted : 09/05/2016 10:00 am
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Posted : 09/05/2016 10:08 am
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A worn in Red Sox baseball cap, curved brim, none of that flat peaked teenager nonsense

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Posted : 09/05/2016 10:16 am
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Whats wrong with baseball caps, bend the peak and bobs your uncle, take off all the stickers as well. Don't get that at all but then I am a Wurthers sucking oldie 😆

Go in style with one of these

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Posted : 09/05/2016 10:28 am
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A worn in Red Sox baseball cap

How are the Sox doing these days? is Ortiz going to hang on for another season?
(use google and you fail)


 
Posted : 09/05/2016 10:29 am
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Something like this, pretty much all the time really...

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Posted : 09/05/2016 10:30 am
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Red Sox humped the yankees yesterday 😆


 
Posted : 09/05/2016 10:31 am
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I quite fancy a proper panama, although they're not cheap.

How old do you have to be to own one?


 
Posted : 09/05/2016 10:31 am
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Sorry it's by invitation only


 
Posted : 09/05/2016 10:38 am
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Do you own a Rover or a caravan? If not, you can't have one.


 
Posted : 09/05/2016 10:40 am
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Another vote for a Tilley hat.

Although I've also got one of these, a freebie after drinking too much and good for going to the beach:

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Posted : 09/05/2016 10:50 am
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Is the velcro at the front of that baseball cap for sticking cuddly toys too?


 
Posted : 09/05/2016 10:55 am
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When rowing many, many years ago I wore two baseball caps. One to protect the eyes and one to protect the neck.
Cool as.


 
Posted : 09/05/2016 10:57 am
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a tilley, made out of hemp.

You really can bash and squash them to within an inch of it's life, and it's still perfect. Great on the river, or in the garden.

And they come in a load of sizes so you can get one that properly fits.

And none of the really old people have the hemp ones, so you don't look like a complete knobba.


 
Posted : 09/05/2016 11:00 am
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When rowing many, many years ago I wore two baseball caps. One to protect the eyes and one to protect the neck.

Four and you'd have saved your ears too.

Or three, and swap the side one round depending which way you were heading.


 
Posted : 09/05/2016 11:02 am
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Is the velcro at the front of that baseball cap for sticking cuddly toys too?

In accordance with the prophecy when you meet someone who's hat has the hooky half of the velcro you're compelled to marry them and together you'll rule the kingdom and all darkness will be banished and Snickers will be called Marathons again.

I'm pretty sure mrsfry has a hat just like that.


 
Posted : 09/05/2016 11:05 am
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Or three, and swap the side one round depending which way you were heading.

It'd have to be four, three would upset the balance of the boat.


 
Posted : 09/05/2016 11:42 am
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Got a couple of North face heritage caps. Very seldom seen without one. When I'm not wearing one it's probably as I'm wearing a helmet.


 
Posted : 09/05/2016 11:47 am
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Surely the discerning cyclist needs only 1 type of head wear, the casquette, see here:
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and here
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Posted : 09/05/2016 11:52 am
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Was having this chat on weekend.

The Tilly hat ticks all the boxes but, i've not given up on life enough yet to get one.

Anything that doesn't say 'I've died a little inside' but is as practical as the Tilly?


 
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Baseball caps.

I is down wiv da kidz.


 
Posted : 09/05/2016 11:54 am
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Are you not ready to go 'Full Boycott' yet then sandwich eater? 😉

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Posted : 09/05/2016 11:58 am
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AHTBM cycle cap for ****ting about in (the velominazi rules can get shoved up the bum of the first git that spouts them :D) or an old raceface military style cap.


 
Posted : 09/05/2016 12:00 pm
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LOL, can't bring myself to even try them on binners. But the hair get's thinner every time I look 😳
Note to self, stop looking.


 
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Eh? Eh?


 
Posted : 09/05/2016 12:18 pm
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I've recently opted for the Boonie style hat, and a Trilby for summer evenings - I suspect I look like a proper prat in both, but I'm starting to feel a bit out of sorts in my normal hoodies & caps these days.


 
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I have a wide variety: Panama - Boics is not wearing a Panama in that photo, misc Straw Hat, Tilley, Leather Bushman Hat and Akruba. Sadly my Boater has gone to the hat stand in the sky, but by far the most used is the Tilley, which I have had for almost 20 years.


 
Posted : 09/05/2016 2:28 pm
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Cricket hat, tattier the better (*nods to Jack Russell)


 
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At what point did baseball caps go from "head in the cap, peak bent to ft the head, all proof of purchase removed", to "cap on the head, peak flat as a millpond, and all tags and stickers to remain"?

DrP


 
Posted : 09/05/2016 2:45 pm
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About the time i ceased to be 'hat fashionable'

And what's all this about hats to keep the sun off. I wear a bent peaked, faded as hell Nike Baseball cap to keep the summer drizzle off my glasses.


 
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