Safari Hats

OFTEN IGNORED RULE:
Men should not wear hats with more personality than they have.

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I don't know if Jeff Cooper hunted in this hat, but it's hella distinctive.

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Tanks said:
I have never tried rolling up or folding. They perform real well in hot sweaty weather, I had the Rand hats in 112 F weather in October in Zim.
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Oct in Zim is about as bad as it gets. If it worked out OK for you there -thats good enough for me. Thank you for the tip
 
Cheap boonie and prescription sunglasses keep me good. If the brim shape isn't to your liking, cut a little nick in the outer rim and insert about 12" of 12ga copper wire into it, you can do whatever you want with the front brim and it'll hold shape.

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My head is a big bulbous balding bowling ball (that was a fun alliteration!) that I definitely have to protect from the sun but I also struggle to find sizes that fit well. I usually travel pretty light so I prefer hats that I can pack flat in a carry-on bag whenever I'm abroad, fishing or hunting. For years I've favored a casual Aussie-style fabric slouch hat with a snap brim.

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Checking out the catch-of-the-day after sailing into South Caicos on a Hallberg-Rassy


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The same hat with the brim down while dripping buckets in the jungle heat of south Louisiana. I left it under a plane seat traveling from Zambia to Johannesburg. I miss that hat...

I currently wear one by Conner Hats of Australia (left below) because they make them in the XXL size that I need.

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The hat on the right is an Outdoor Research Papyrus that is really lightweight, breathable & provides good coverage.

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Grabbing some OJ in northern Mexico wearing my OR hat

Occasionally I'll also where a Legionnaire-style cap with a neck flap. I always have prescription sunglasses on since my eyesight is less than spectacular.

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Sailing in Apalachicola Bay near St George Island

I always carry a Buff as a backup...

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Altitude sickness said:
It’s very hard to proofread your own writing your brain skips right over mistakes and sees what it thought you wrote
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As someone who used to write for magazines a lot this is absolutely correct. I was always taught to write then do something else and go back and read it a few minutes later.

It’s also much harder to proof read on a screen vs printed text.
 
Altitude sickness said:
It’s very hard to proofread your own writing your brain skips right over mistakes and sees what it thought you wrote
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My fingers were on autopilot & I typed a homonym just because the voice in my head verbalized it. Occasionally I will get stuck on stupid & do something dumb.

Back when I was in college (before word processors & spell checking) my English professors were particularly harsh: A single grammatical error would automatically get me a full letter grade reduction. So I've always been an overly harsh editorial critic of my own writing because of previous PTSD from trying to achieve perfection on essays hand-written in black ink.

I still have an AH post from about a year ago where I used the word "adverse" instead of "averse" that haunts me to today... ;)

PS - Apologies to @rookhawk for putting your thread on a tangent with a self-deprecating joke. Now (hopefully) back to Safari Hats! :D
 
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I like the KUIU foldable so much I bought 2 spares. I have a big head and love that they make an XL, plus the fact that they do not make you hot at all.
 
I owned a Stetson once, but felt like Betterinthebush, from post #2. I stick with short ball caps, not the old billboard style, heads too small. I still have trouble even with a short hat. My daughter got this shot, as the thorns picked my hat clean off my head.
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Boyd Brooks said:
My daughter got this shot, as the thorns picked my hat clean off my head.
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That is one of the reasons I like Rand hats that are stiff. They protect one from thorns. Other reason is so my ears do not get sunburned as they would with a baseball cap.
 
In places like Uganda and a lot of Masailand that is open a wide brimmed hat works but it's still a PIA for travel. A ball cap or a crushable canvas hat is much more practical. I was in camp a few years ago and a gentleman showed up with an outfit right out of a Clark Gable movie. After the first AM in the bush following buffalo tracks the hat and the safari jacket disappeared never to be seen again.
 
I don't like wearing hats, and I got the skin cancers to prove it, although a plastic surgeon did a great job rebuilding my ears. I no longer look like Dumbo.

I normally wear one of those wadded up boonie hats hunting. But, I just have to tell the truth, the most comfortable hats I have ever worn are the plastic, full brim hard hats with the ratchet. They really breath in hot weather, and you can very the liner from a cotton welders cap to a true winter liner. People would look at you strange out hunting. Handy for berry picking too. And water to wash your face.
 
arniet said:
I don't like wearing hats, and I got the skin cancers to prove it, although a plastic surgeon did a great job rebuilding my ears. I no longer look like Dumbo.

I normally wear one of those wadded up boonie hats hunting. But, I just have to tell the truth, the most comfortable hats I have ever worn are the plastic, full brim hard hats with the ratchet. They really breath in hot weather, and you can very the liner from a cotton welders cap to a true winter liner. People would look at you strange out hunting. Handy for berry picking too. And water to wash your face.
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Oh, and water dish for the dog.
 
rookhawk said:
This guy was in my feed this morning. I think he’s right about the shape:

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46K views · 8K reactions | So you’re going on a safari! You need a good hat. This is that. I drew some inspiration from Val Kilmer’s character in The Ghost in the Darkness. Also Spencer Dutton from 1923. Low profile crown, nice pinch to grab it and p

So you’re going on a safari! You need a good hat. This is that. I drew some inspiration from Val Kilmer’s character in The Ghost in the Darkness. Also Spencer Dutton from 1923. Low profile crown,...
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I personally like the Stetson Gun Club line, specifically to Catera that is no longer made. (You can find new old stock for way less than msrp if you dig)
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He’s just downtown about 20min from work. :unsure:
 
rookhawk said:
This guy was in my feed this morning. I think he’s right about the shape:

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46K views · 8K reactions | So you’re going on a safari! You need a good hat. This is that. I drew some inspiration from Val Kilmer’s character in The Ghost in the Darkness. Also Spencer Dutton from 1923. Low profile crown, nice pinch to grab it and p

So you’re going on a safari! You need a good hat. This is that. I drew some inspiration from Val Kilmer’s character in The Ghost in the Darkness. Also Spencer Dutton from 1923. Low profile crown,...
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I personally like the Stetson Gun Club line, specifically to Catera that is no longer made. (You can find new old stock for way less than msrp if you dig)
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Thanks for posting, i have a Stetson but like this better.
 
check out the Henschel hat companies Aussie Breezers. 50-60 dollar range direct .I have several and they always go to Africa with me. Nice brim for sun protection and the top is ventilated and crushable. If you want a bigger brim go with Aussie breezer grande. I hate skin cancer….breezer grande shown below in florida
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