Paul "Mags" Magnanti
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The true harvest of my life is intangible...a little stardust caught,a portion of the rainbow I have clutched -Thoreau
Don't know of any hat I've owned that I love enough to wear after that, except maybe my 2011 Bruins Stanley Cup Champions hat
Nike base all cap. Under Armour baseball cap. Now for CDT a Oregon Research holisomething or heliosomething hat. Nice brim. I beat you on the price. Tillys sell for a lot more then $27 bucks which is what this cost me.
"Something hidden. Go and find it. Go, and look behind the Ranges. Something lost behind the Ranges. Lost and waiting for you . . . Go!" (Rudyard Kipling)
From SunnyWalker, SOBO CDT hiker starting June 2014.
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If there is one thing I have learned from WB is the lesson that I try my best not to look my nose down at any other person. People have different taste and views on life and they all have the right to follow their choices and preferences. As long as their acts is not detrimental to others I have no right to interfere them.
I am currently on my 2nd Tilley hat. I lost the first. I know the exact location where I left that hat but it is about 600 miles driving and 4 days hiking. Do I expect to find that hat intact after two years being outside in the elements of harsh climate of Canada? I do.
I enjoy when my stuff has some wear and tear. I like to call them battle wounds, and it gives items character. But I have the luxury of buying most of my stuff brand new rather than used. I tend to take care of my stuff more when it's brand new than after its beat up a little. What I mean is, I bought a brand new tilley. Paid good money for it. I was careful to keep it clean for a year or so. After that I just stop thinking about it and it becomes mine. Same thing with nice watches. I'm so ever careful not to scratch or ding them when there new. Once they get a little beat up I just stop thinking about it.
I don't even know if this has anything to do with the op.
I think you were getting at something along the lines of seeing brand new items on the trail? .... well hell, how's it suppose to character if it sits on your couch while your in the woods?
And people who put "fake" distress on their items, like buying a brand new hat and rubbing dirt on it to make it look like you've been to hell and back. Well, come on. At least have some sweet bs epic story to back it up. I'm easily entertained.
Well this here yarn is true, though you may not believe it. Me granpappy was a trapper on t' ol' mississippi. Course he didn't call it the mississippi cause of voodoo and all. Anyhow, he was one of them fiercest trappers - never did a muskrat get the better of him. But the beavers ... Oh boy those beavers were somethin' else. In those days the smallest was over 5 stone and mean as a horse.
One year me granpappy couldna catch anythin' fur his life. Weeks and all them muskrats were afraid of his traps. Them beavers wurn't but they were too mean.
Eventually he grew dasparate after months of nuffin'. He trapped himself a beaver, the grandaddy of all beavers! 'E was at least 10 stone. Afore taking 'is last breath that darned beaver cussed me granpappy and all his kin - meanin' me - that they could never wear anythin' new ever again. Me granpappy believed the old bugger and boy - not sure ifn I do, but I've seen pictures and I don't want to tangle with 'im.
So if you see me tossin' durt on me new hat, please don't tell the beaver.
(I hope you meant it when you said you are easily entertained . Otherwise - I'm sorry ;P)
For the record:
I have nothing against using and wearing brand new gear/cloth on the trails.Not a thing.
All I am saying is that if two persons buy the exact same hat/gear and use it let's say for two years and then you compare these two hats/gear , they will not be the same and the wear and tear and sun burning and stigmas of these two hat/gear can speak volumes about the character of these two users. Why I couldn't explain this in the OP? :Possibly because English is not my mother tongue and sometimes I struggle finding the proper word or phrase to express what I am trying to say.
I favor synthetic baseball caps, with no parts that can rust, that float, and I wear them hiking until they rip or otherwise lose integrity. I used to try to find one without a prominent logo, but that is getting much more difficult to do, so I have relaxed that criterion. For additional sun protection, add a bandana. I like the ball cap brim to keep rain off my glasses, to keep a hood away from my face, shade my eyes, etc.
Even if new, it doesn't take long to see the sweat/salt stains forming. Every once in a while I will take it in the shower with me, soap it up, and rinse it out.
Time is but the stream I go afishin' in.
Thoreau
Time is but the stream I go afishin' in.
Thoreau
Yep. That's why I went to an Under Amour hat. It is synthetic and I did not no longer have to put up with the endless comments about the team represented by the hat I was wearing. I mean, Comon' we all know THAT THE DALLAS COWBOYS ROCK!!!!!!!! (Just kidding). Anyway, I wanted a hat with a brim and did not want to go the tilly expense so went the oregon research expense which gave me a nice hat and a smaller price. Cool. Now to put some "character" on it. That will take some trail miles.
"Something hidden. Go and find it. Go, and look behind the Ranges. Something lost behind the Ranges. Lost and waiting for you . . . Go!" (Rudyard Kipling)
From SunnyWalker, SOBO CDT hiker starting June 2014.
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Wicking ball cap with no label?
Da Google knows all:
http://www.chefuniforms.com/chef-hat...frmColor=BLACK
Only in black, but still...
Other choices:
http://www.logosoftwear.com/customwickingcaps.php
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_so_16...qid=1398449616
Paul "Mags" Magnanti
http://pmags.com
Twitter: @pmagsco
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The true harvest of my life is intangible...a little stardust caught,a portion of the rainbow I have clutched -Thoreau
No sir, your character does not change with a hat unless it is a wizard hat!! but i am not sure about your post. It seems you are disagreeing with a point that I have never made. Where in my posts did I convey that using a new hat makes somebody less of a character?
Please read my posts one more time.
I hike with the tag on mine.
I wear a variety of headgear depending on environmental factors. My boonie hat is my go to item. I don’t judge hikers by the cover or other gear they use.