Looking for a summer hat , brim and ventilation required . I've got a Tilley which is fine for autumn winter but way too hot for summer .
Needs too be semi presentable as some of the gardens I work in are open to the public .
Lightweight vented Tilley obvz
Just visit village hats and take your pick. Best hat site around. I'm not affiliated with them, just a bald bloke who understands the need for a good hat.
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Panama.
As a baldy, with an easily sunburnt bonce, I have a huge array of hats. However, the big orange burny thing came out when we were off out walking in't Lakes, and I'd forgotten one. So I just popped in Sports Direct and got one of [url= http://www.sportsdirect.com/karrimor-hunter-hat-393092 ]These [/url]
Cheap as chips, very comfy, and my head didn't end up looking like an angry tomato 🙂
CFH is right - but a proper folder please not a straw fake one
Anyone who wears a Panama hat ought to be thrashed, As well to have tattooed on your forehead the words ‘I am a fatuous ****’ as to wear a Panama.
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party like it's 1999
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My white tilley wasn't too hot for summer in Japan and some time in the USA, can't imagine having a problem with it here.
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Bandana....
Very useful 🙂
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What a panama hat wearer thinks he looks like
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The reality
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DD, to be fair, they both look like dicks.
Yeah, I could have done better with the first one, but I think he looks ok in a Richard Gere-ish kind of way. 😉
EDIT: I struggled to find some wearing a Panama Hat with clumpy shoes...basically. 😀
but I think he looks ok in a Richard Gere-ish kind of way
He's wearing beads and a silk scarf.
Nothing about that is "ok" 😉
White Rock Outback. Bought after being recommended on here, can't fault it. [url= http://www.whiterockoutdoor.co.uk/gear.php?sec=1 ]linky[/url]
I got mine from [url= http://m.cotswoldoutdoor.com/white-rock-mens-outback-hat-a3412027 ]Cotswold Outdoor[/url]
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Take one used white hankie. Tie a small knot in each corner. Place on head.
Job done
Cool and sophisticated.
Ready to hit the fun fair at the beach.......don't take a camera 😯
Nothing about that is "ok"
and yet; Tilley hats are a thing
He's wearing beads and a silk scarf.
Belt loops and clip on braces as well!
Just googled Tilley hats
You lot have got too much money! 😯
I could never spend that on a hat as, along with sunglasses, they will inevitably be left in a pub somewhere
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Needs too be semi presentable as some of the gardens I work in are open to the public
Are these the gardens where you wear nothing but your hat?
If so I recon you could adapt this to fit the old lad. 😉
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http://www.cotswoldoutdoor.com/at/lowe-alpine-mens-brimmed-hat-a3412026
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I have one of these. Perfect for summer.
A decent Panama, not a crappy straw hat from a beach stall, with a brim width to suit your height/build and height to suit the length of your face.
You can pay thousands but £80-£120 gets you a true Panama but it will probably be blocked and finished in Europe at that price (not a bad thing in itself)
If it's graded then that refers to threads per inch, the higher the number the finer the weave.
A decent Panama is incredibly light, if you get one that fits well you hardly know you are wearing it.
binners - Member
Just googled Tilley hatsYou lot have got too much money!
I could never spend that on a hat as, along with sunglasses, they will inevitably be left in a pub somewhere
Yeah, well, that says [i]far[/i] more about you than it does about those who wear Tilley hats!
I've got two, a waxed cotton one and a Canadian Winter one, in the summer I just wear my now very faded six-panel duckbill hat, which serves to stop the top of my head burning and peeling, and keeps both sun and rain out of my eyes and off my glasses/sunglasses.
You can put your name and phone number inside a Tilley hat, and register against loss on their website.
Sod this Panama malarkey, get yourself a Pith Helmet for the true old timey look
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Binners great work 😀
Kayak , surly that a bikepacking hat .
Stu , all ready got one .
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