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WyoRockMan
climber
Grizzlyville, WY
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 13, 2017 - 06:21pm PT
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As part of our purge prior to moving a couple years ago, my wife convinced me to feel the "joy of letting go" a collection of hats that seemed to have accumulated in the dark recess of my closet. Probably 200+, acquired from various vendors and locales. Her reasoning was sound, less stuff is good AND you only wear that one hat anyway.
Fast forward to a week or so ago. She says, "That hat is nasty, fix yourself!" I agree, the hat IS nasty, but more importantly it is falling apart. A new hole appears almost every day. So I began the hunt for a new ball cap.
Trucker Hats. That's it, trucker hats. Deep on every shelf.
I'm not the most fashionable guy around, but I do like practicality. The trucker hat with it's glorious mesh is an absolute disaster for us bald dudes. Ever have polka dot sunburn on your supercranial epidermis? No? Neither have all these young hat designers and store buyers. It isn't pleasant. A huge(?) market is overlooked here. Thanks fashion, you slut.
I did find a hat on the way back from the Black Hills, a wonderful hat from the Liquor Clean in Upton, WY. A bar and laundromat, genius. My wife thinks the hat is too steeped in sophomoric humour. Not fit for family galavanting.
The hunt for a quality ball cap continues...
...without a flat brim.
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caughtinside
Social climber
Oakland, CA
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Jul 13, 2017 - 06:28pm PT
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It is a puzzling trend, they look stupid on everyone. Sort of acceptable wen they were cheap but the new breed of dirtbag-chic truckers are pricey and ugly.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 13, 2017 - 08:43pm PT
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People who wear flat brim hats are hard pressed to spell 'hat'.
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anita514
Gym climber
Great White North
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Jul 14, 2017 - 04:29am PT
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People who wear flat brim hats are hard pressed to spell 'hat'.
Judgemental much?
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Jul 14, 2017 - 05:26am PT
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Yeah- I'm a bit perplexed as well... I guess it's the "trend".
I work the retail up at the bristlecone forest. Our traditional soft cap (non-trucker) is the top selling item in the store- probably because you poor guys who just want a normal hat are so desperate for a fix.
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Nick Danger
Ice climber
Arvada, CO
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Jul 14, 2017 - 05:29am PT
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WyoRocMan,
I have spent a number of years working in the oil patch and have a bunch of hats from various oil field service companies, including the ever difficult to obtain Halliburton hat. Also a couple of cool Triumph motorcycle hats. If any of these would fit your bill (poor pun, I know) then let me know and I will send you one.
cheers
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Jul 14, 2017 - 07:30am PT
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Jack has introduced me to the underwear-band hat. Best invention since hats were invented.
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Jul 14, 2017 - 08:55am PT
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Not a big fan of the flex fit, sometimes you gotta tighten-up yer shorts and yer hat on breezy run-outs. AAC has been pushing their trucker hats lately, swag at the Craggin Classic and they are showing up at raffles.
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WyoRockMan
climber
Grizzlyville, WY
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 14, 2017 - 10:20am PT
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Thanks for the offer Nick. This has become a quest and just having one delivered would diminish the suffering. I kind of feel the need to hold it, try it and thank the store owner in person.
The Flexfits are comfy, no doubt. They do lose their elasticity in a few months resulting in a sloppy fit with no way to crank it down. Plus they are missing a clip in loop. I like them and have no issue wearing one, but I don't think it will work for my daily driver.
I'm thinking a fabric or leather strap with buckle is going to fall into the "must have" category. The plastic plug and hole adjustable ones just seem slimy in hot weather, and low rent. I have an image to uphold.
My last hat went approximately 1,600 consecutive days. At $20, works out to just over a penny a day. Hoping for similar economy out my next one.
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anita514
Gym climber
Great White North
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Jul 14, 2017 - 11:22am PT
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At last count there were 2 women who owned Blanchard Guitars. Myownself and a gal who bats for the other team.
UhOh. . . is that sexist?
Nah. Just makes you super special and unique in all the world.
Please tell us more!
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blahblah
Gym climber
Boulder
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Jul 14, 2017 - 11:24am PT
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People who wear flat brim hats are hard pressed to spell 'hat'.
Judgemental much?
Umm, I think the word you're looking for is "judgmental." (No "e"--it's a tricky one, a lot tougher than "hat.")
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 14, 2017 - 12:20pm PT
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Hey, Charles and Anita, can you spell 'troll'? (hint, it's Norwegian)
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WyoRockMan
climber
Grizzlyville, WY
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 14, 2017 - 12:46pm PT
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Just put "cowboy" in front of word hat. No holes in those to burn yer head.
Kind of hard pressed to wear a cowboy hat. I wouldn't want people to think I was a trucker.
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JLyons
Sport climber
Cali
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Jul 14, 2017 - 01:43pm PT
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Flat hats
Reilly is 100% accurate. If I see someone with a ball cap with the flat bill, I immediately write them off. If they also tuck their ears in, or use the hat to force their ears to stick out more than usual, I find myself scanning the room for an axe. No offense, of course.
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rockermike
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Jul 14, 2017 - 08:25pm PT
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Funny to me how just a slight difference in the curve of a bill can speak wonders about one's personality. Personally I don't go for flat, nor too curved (reads military to my eyes). ha
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landcruiserbob
Trad climber
PUAKO, BIG ISLAND Kohala Coast
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Jul 14, 2017 - 08:34pm PT
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Trucker hats suck.
You can't wear them with sunglasses, you can't surf, paddle, or climb with the buggahs.
Pure caca
Aloha
Rg
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Jul 14, 2017 - 09:02pm PT
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As a construction professional, I prefer a full coverage fabric cap with a flex fit band. This is superior to an open mesh hat with a plastic adjustment band.
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Jul 14, 2017 - 09:08pm PT
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. If I see someone with a ball cap with the flat bill, I immediately write them off. So to challege your presuppositions and overall preconceived by us as to being able to judge a person by his hat style, I posit that the "occasion" drives the style of hat needed. I'm bald so I usually wear a hat. And personally, I like the trucker style. I drive a truck. And I like the breeze from the backside.
Summertime backyard party/night out with the wife? Sims fly fishing hat, slight bend in brim.
Water polo or swim meet? USA knit back dark tone for full sun blockage.
On the river slaying giants? Marmot trucker hat dark mesh back, 55% bent brim.
Motocross with my son. Aw yeah....flat brim, ears tucked. He begs me never to wear an "old man hat" when we're at the track or a desert race. "Flat brim only dad!!!" I acquiesce for him though I feel silly for the first ten minutes. He loves it. And after spending time in that counterculture I would feel naked without one.
So, judge me all you want....I think my hat says both tons about me and nothing at all....I have even been known to wear a wig once in a while...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 14, 2017 - 09:17pm PT
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This is about sending, right?
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