Hats & Knives

Ripcord 82 · Jul 17, 2019

mitch13 said:
Thanks mate,

Here's a quick shot, I've had it about 20 years.

Perfect !

Ripcord 82 · Jul 17, 2019

My Akubra Cattleman to keep the rain off and the GEC #48 to do the cleaning if I get lucky.

JohnDF · Jul 17, 2019

Ripcord 82 said:
My Akubra Cattleman to keep the rain off and the GEC #48 to do the cleaning if I get lucky.

A picture full of awesome!

Ripcord 82 · Jul 17, 2019

JohnDF said:
A picture full of awesome!

Thank you much. I use only my little cheap camera but I try to make the photos of the knife scenes as enjoyable as I can for all to enjoy. I think it adds to the beauty of our great knives. It's like giving a knife a reason for being.

redsparrow · Jul 17, 2019

5K Qs said:
Dermatologist says I have to keep the sun off my face and should wear hats year-round. I've just been using ball caps, but some of you cowboys have got me thinking about other styles, especially in the summer. Don't know if I could really pull off that look, though. And what does something like "7x" mean?

I'm probably more likely to go with a straw hat something like this to honor my dear departed paternal grandfather who always wore hats like this in the summer (but not as fancy, just plain straw hat with green visor on brim).
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- GT

You can do it GT!!! Your avatar shows you can pull it off. But the straw hats with the green visor are cool too.

Both my maternal grandparents wore them when perch fishing on Saginaw Bay. They look so cute it puts a smile on my face each time I remember them out in the boat together.

screened porch · Jul 17, 2019

Seems to me I have a straw hat with green fabric on the underside of the brim forward.

Here's the green one.

And the black one.

mitch13 · Jul 17, 2019

Ripcord 82 said:
Perfect !

I don't know about that. If I said that, the wife would be saying you don't need anymore

As you know there's always the next 1

5K Qs · Jul 17, 2019

redsparrow said:
You can do it GT!!! Your avatar shows you can pull it off. But the straw hats with the green visor are cool too. Both my maternal grandparents wore them when perch fishing on Saginaw Bay. They look so cute it puts a smile on my face each time I remember them out in the boat together.

Thanks for the "cheerleading", James.

If we go by my avatar, I may need to grow a mustache again to make the hat style work for me. I had a mustache for 25 years, but am reluctant to go back to facial hair.

scrteened porch said:
Seems to me I have a straw hat with green fabric on the underside of the brim forward.
...
Here's the green one.

And the black one.

Both of those a quite chic for straw hats!! :thumbsup:

- GT

Prester John · Jul 17, 2019

5K Qs said:
Thanks for the "cheerleading", James. If we go by my avatar, I may need to grow a mustache again to make the hat style work for me. I had a mustache for 25 years, but am reluctant to go back to facial hair.

Both of those a quite chic for straw hats!!

- GT

Hey, Gary, are Cheesehead Hats popular in your neck of the woods?

They provide plenty of shade.

Or how about this cap?

Ripcord 82 · Jul 18, 2019

Prester John said:
Hey, Gary, are Cheesehead Hats popular in your neck of the woods?

They provide plenty of shade.

Or how about this cap?

Hey,that beautiful Barlow looks a little cheezie in that picture.

5K Qs · Jul 18, 2019

Prester John said:
Hey, Gary, are Cheesehead Hats popular in your neck of the woods?

They provide plenty of shade.

Or how about this cap?

Good suggestions, Vince, but I don't think they're quite right for me!

The Cheeseheads live in Wisconsin on the other side of Lake Michigan from me. (I wonder if Harry

Old Engineer wears one of those hats while gardening?

)

And my daughter would consider the grandpa hat to be applying too much pressure regarding childbearing decisions that are NOT mine to make!

- GT

Mayonardo · Jul 18, 2019

What I believe to be a Mexican palm leaf hat (great for my bald head) bought in California ten years ago and my trusty White bone Pemberton Wharncliffe.

Prester John · Jul 18, 2019

5K Qs said:
Good suggestions, Vince, but I don't think they're quite right for me!

The Cheeseheads live in Wisconsin on the other side of Lake Michigan from me. (I wonder if Harry Old Engineer wears one of those hats while gardening? )

And my daughter would consider the grandpa hat to be applying too much pressure regarding childbearing decisions that are NOT mine to make!

- GT

I don't wear either one myself! I was teasing you about the cheesehead because I figured you might be a Detroit Lions fan.

Foxy Grandpa was a comic strip from the first two decades of the 20th century:

It was about a sly grandfather who always outwitted his grandsons. It is my understanding that the hat in my photo was featured in an episode of Sponge Bob Squarepants. It was probably not a reference to the comic strip, but who knows?

One of my sons gave me the hat when my first granddaughter was born. Guess he thought it was funny!

Ripcord 82 · Jul 18, 2019

My Boker Tree Brand Copperhead with smooth red bone going for the shade on this hot day.

Frailer · Jul 18, 2019

Old Engineer · Jul 18, 2019

5K Qs said:
Good suggestions, Vince, but I don't think they're quite right for me!

The Cheeseheads live in Wisconsin on the other side of Lake Michigan from me. (I wonder if Harry Old Engineer wears one of those hats while gardening? )

And my daughter would consider the grandpa hat to be applying too much pressure regarding childbearing decisions that are NOT mine to make!

- GT

NO !!!

Harry

eisman · Jul 18, 2019

5K Qs · Jul 18, 2019

Old Engineer said:
NO !!!

Harry

Just checking. Thanks for the clarification, Harry! :thumbsup:

(Although a cheesehead like that would really complement the jigged bone in that Waynorth Lambsfoot you've been sporting lately!

)

- GT

Jolipapa · Jul 19, 2019

mitch4ging · Jul 19, 2019