Rooster Feathers

[BoldHighlander]

In my mind the 8-p caps would go very well with a waistcoat or vest. I guess the flat caps too.

...and kilts too

[Bugbear]

Yep!

[BoldHighlander]

Today I received from Blockbuster.com the film "The Wind That Shakes The Barley" (1920s IRA vs Brits story) that I'm going to watch tomorrow, but I noticed in both the trailer for it, and in watching our copy of "The Secret of Roan Inish" recently that the Flat Cap is very much in evidence and seem's to be truely a very Irish style of hat.
(I'll have to go back and watch "The Quiet Man" and see if this is also the case with it).

Well Ted, I watched "The Wind That Shakes The Barley" late last night, and right now I have "The Quiet Man" going, and one thing I noticed about the Driver/Flat Caps in both is that the style was larger & fuller than the sleek & trim looking caps I mostly see worn today.

The other thing I notice in both is that there were not any 8-panel caps in evidence. This makes me wonder if this is a regional style (US vs Ireland/UK)?
Not that it matters as both styles go well with a kilt, and both styles are made in Ireland today.

[Bugbear]

You know BoldHighlander, I was thinking about how there seemed to be a third style of this kind of hat that is poofier or more clothey around the back. I think they are all in the same family of caps that fold down over the bill, including the Scottish version with the pompom thing in the middle. I seem to remember a military style hat that has a mor rigid and flat top that is wedge shaped...

Ok, I had to go look that up. I was talking about the Balmoral and the tam. They kind of have the same flavor having the flat top; guess they don't have a brim of any sort though... They kind of remind me of the look of the newsboy or the flat cap. I'm not sure what that military looking hat would be that I was talking about, but I seem to remember the front of it slanting down over the bill and perhaps not actually touching the bill; probably made of canvas.

I wouldn't mind wearing a glengarry from time to time, but not too often. Deerstalkers are kind of neat too. I used to have a brown one, but it wore out along with almost all of my other hats.

Here's an idea, a leather glengarry motorcycle hat. Remember those leather helmets? You'll need some round goggles with the leather glengarry too.

[Bugbear]

I'll tell you what I've been doing for part of the day. My sister just got married. I wasn't able to fly out there, so I was there by phone. It was crazy, but it worked.

It's been a long busy day, but it was fun. The Irish/Scottish thing has been going on also. Anyway, that's the first wedding I've been to by phone. I kept getting passed around.

BTW, that tweed hat in the picture of me was a gift from my sister.

[BoldHighlander]

You know BoldHighlander, I was thinking about how there seemed to be a third style of this kind of hat that is poofier or more clothey around the back. I think they are all in the same family of caps that fold down over the bill, including the Scottish version with the pompom thing in the middle. I seem to remember a military style hat that has a mor rigid and flat top that is wedge shaped...

Ok, I had to go look that up. I was talking about the Balmoral and the tam. They kind of have the same flavor having the flat top; guess they don't have a brim of any sort though... They kind of remind me of the look of the newsboy or the flat cap.

Ted, you just once again jarred my memory. As I have seen depicted in art (& by Scottish reenactors) the old flat bonnets (forerunners of the Balmoral) were usually worn pulled forward so that it more or less resembled a flat cap.
I wonder if this is where the idea of the billed flatcap (etc) came from?

[Bugbear]

Ted, you just once again jarred my memory. As I have seen depicted in art (& by Scottish reenactors) the old flat bonnets (forerunners of the Balmoral) were usually worn pulled forward so that it more or less resembled a flat cap.
I wonder if this is where the idea of the billed flatcap (etc) came from?

I'm not sure, but that depiction is the one stuck in my mind. If I had something like a Balmoral or a tam, I would probably try to wear it that way. I just thought that was what everybody was talking about; pulled forward just like a flat cap except without a bill... The badge would be on the side right where the front begins to bend down.
Now that you cleared that up, I dont want to wear a Balmoral, I want a flat bonnet that I can wear that way we're talking about. Maybe even with the pompon thingy in the middle too...

* I went and read up on the Scottish bonnets and hats we're talking about. It turns out that the tam and Balmoral can be worn forward a little like the flat cap, instead of pulled to the right. I think I would wear it that way if I had a tam or Balmoral.

All of these kind of hats are in the same family to me, even the peaked cap. There are several others that I can think of, but I don't know the names. They all tend to have a bigger top than bottom...

Those glengaries kind of remind me of a rooster comb...

[BoldHighlander]

warning Ted: smilie heavy

Well Ted, this ol' rooster was getting his feathers stroked this past weekend!

Seemed everywhere I went the 20-something females were all commenting in the positive about the combo of my new 8-panel cap and my handlebar moustache
There were even a couple that were pretty near crossing the line, if you know what I mean
(old ticker, be still!)
My nephew was jokingly calling me a "chick magnet"

The consensuses is that its a handsome/stylish combination
(I'm happy )

Wonder what the effect will be when my Newsome box pleat arrives & I combine the three? hmmm

[Bugbear]

Sounds good. Glad you had a good time, BoldHighlander.

Here's one of my other hats, and some California poppies.
* I've removed the picture so I don't have to keep track of where it's posted.

[BoldHighlander]

Sounds good. Glad you had a good time, BoldHighlander.

Here's one of my other hats, and some California poppies.

SUNSHINE!!

...actually we started getting some these last couple of days. Now if the temp's around here would only match the weather (we still have snow in the low foothills just outside of town)... like the poppies, says "Spring has sprung"

And the zebra kilt pin Moosedog sent me next to one of my zebra sculptures.

Nice!! I like them both Ted