Pith helmets...

[CBH Australia]

How did I miss this thread?!
Couple weeks ago in South Africa. Loved wearing the pith helmet, good shade coverage, good ventilation, very comfortable and all around damn fine looking hat.
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That will get the approval of our resident Land Rover enthusiast

 

[BC Tal]

That will get the approval of our resident Land Rover enthusiast

Ha, i also have a 1966 Series 2A in the garage!

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

Ha, i also have a 1966 Series 2A in the garage!

In the garage! No man, get it out there! Here in my wife's series 2, called the David Livingstone. She had a Land Cruiser, but since she got this the cruiser has stood with a flat battery.

 

[WAB]

In the garage! No man, get it out there! Here in my wife's series 2, called the David Livingstone. She had a Land Cruiser, but since she got this the cruiser has stood with a flat battery.
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Fantastic photo. Where is that?

 

[PCC600]

Bowler is another name for it.

Coke hats are bowlers and were originally designed for beaters on the Holkham Estate in Norfolk next door to Sandringham . Holkham was one of the great pheasant shoots in England and owned by the Earls of Leicester . Their family name was Coke .

 

[PCC600]

Pith helmets are still in wide spread use in Vietnam. Worn as every day gear by military, police and civilians. Having beaten the former colonial power, they don't seem have a hangup about recognizing its utility. I have thought about buying one to try for ultra hot environments and also for heavy downpours.

However, in respect to Landys I have previously owned a Landy and am quite sure I'll stick with the Hilux!

Agree 100% . Have owned quite a few Land Rovers old and new . Hate them . Give me a HiLux any day. .

 

[PCC600]

Here's a selection of lower-cost, VietNam manufactured pith helmets.
https://www.villagehatshop.com/searchx/go?w=pith helmet A friend's wife wears one during long days tending her garden in the hot sun. It is reasonably well made, although the chin strap is purely decorative rather than functional. But it is lightweight and keeps one cool in the summer.

Link Orient in Vietnam is where I got mine .

 

[PCC600]

For pith helmet aficionados . The one modeled on left is a Kitchener Pattern - late 19th century and to right is a Wolseley Pattern more typical of WW1 & 2 . Both very comfortable in hot weather . Denys Finch Hatton wore a pith helmet but Redford refused to wear one for “Out of Africa”.

 

[Ridgewalker]

My dad had a pith helmet he wore in the service. Not sure why because he never left the states. He was a math “whiz kid” that did deciphering. Sadly I didn’t inherit his skills.
I remember as a kid wearing his and playing Frank Buck. Reminds me I have an old Frank Buck book I should reread. I’ll have to dig it out of my little library.

 

[Ridge Runner]

In the garage! No man, get it out there! Here in my wife's series 2, called the David Livingstone. She had a Land Cruiser, but since she got this the cruiser has stood with a flat battery.
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1966-68 Ford Bronco, identifying as a Land Rover. Or is it a Land Rover identifying as a 1966-68 Ford Bronco.

 

[Rare Breed]

In the garage! No man, get it out there! Here in my wife's series 2, called the David Livingstone. She had a Land Cruiser, but since she got this the cruiser has stood with a flat battery.
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Love my Land Rover!!!