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Personally, I think all those Hollywood hats with or without Zebra skins are silly unless you have worn them most of your life and are a tour guide in Krueger park and killed the Zebra yourself. As an AR member you should wear an AR ballcap. They do not blow off and do not catch on the brush. Also, you can promote AR on the airplane and in airports - and sometimes you meet some other AR members (hopefully not wearing Hollywood hats with Zebra skin bands.) ALLEN W. JOHNSON - DRSS Into my heart on air that kills From yon far country blows: What are those blue remembered hills, What spires, what farms are those? That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, The happy highways where I went And cannot come again. A. E. Housman | |||
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Howdy Palmer, Your suggestion makes a lot of sense - actually I have considered that. All my other hunts and fishing trips I have taken ball caps. Adios Sport | |||
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Rube rhimes with dude, and that's what a zebra band reminds me of but to each his own. And besides, every sweat and rain and even blood stained hat I have worn in africa becomes a part of the trophy room where the trophies are placed. It's kind of fitting, and humbling, and a constant reminder to go back in as good a physical shape as i possibly can. Dan Donarski Hunter's Horn Adventures Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 906-632-1947 www.huntershornadventures.com | |||
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Jdollar, I understand about the cost, a good hat is very expensive. However, don't give sweat or a good soaking a second thought with a custom hat, neither is going to have any effect on it. When they get sweat and dirt stained you just have your custom hatter block and clean it. They come out just nearly new. Sport, that Rand hat company looks fine to me but how do you get them custom fitted? That is the most important part that the hat be built specifically to the shape of your head. That is the way you get one to stay on through thick and thin. Josh | |||
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I think someone is having a little "slow day" fun!  | |||
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Wow, thanks for the education on the penis bones aka "swizzle sticks". Those, combined with two elk ivories and a zebra hat band would be a wicked combination. The closest thing to it has to be the hat worn by Crocodile Dundee:   | |||
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Rands does some great hats. They can also custom fit You which is THE way to go if You have an off kilter noggin. Rich did a great hat for my wife several years ago. They are extremely high quality and Rich Rand stands behind his product. FN in MT 'I'm tryin' to think, but nothin' happens"! Curly Howard Definitive Stooge | |||
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Josh, I was in Odessa this past weekend and drove down to Fort Davis and got fitted for a Limpia Creek Hat Co.50X. It will be my first custom hat. Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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Rusty -- I know only enough about hats to know that a 50X should be very nice indeed. Congratulations! ------------------------------- Some Pictures from Namibia Some Pictures from Zimbabwe An Elephant Story | |||
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I seem to always end up wearing a either military 'boonie' hat or a ball cap. | |||
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Sorry, but only low rent wannabes wear hats with zebra skin bands. If you want true, Stewart Granger style, you will need a wide brimmed felt double terai with a leopard, not zebra, but leopard, skin band. And it helps for extra style points to have Deborah Kerr at your elbow, too.  Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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And you'll be sure to make a huge hit internationally if your safari hat contains a leopard skin band, especially with the Cites crowd and the USFWS. In fact, your hat will thereafter be prominently displayed in one of the airport Cites cases found in Atlanta or Dulles, along with your own personalized photo showing you with your own new striped attire.  | |||
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Naw, but I should've been. I jumped mainly Homestead, Clewiston, Topp of Tampa, a couple of time at Pahokee, and a lot at Lyle Goodin's place down by the Cape. Had some good times at Z Hills in the late 70's, though. Real good times. | |||
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Rusty, you will love a high quality, custom fitted hat. I am going to replace my current hat this fall with a 100%. Mine has a lot of wear on it and I am ready for a new one. Josh | |||
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Just tuck a copy of your CITES permit under the hat band and all is well...  ------------------------------- Some Pictures from Namibia Some Pictures from Zimbabwe An Elephant Story | |||
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Some hat choices - great hunting /outdoors hats . I try to blend in public in Texas ,Georgia, LA or Africa. It is not always possible but at least don’t stand out. My hat is in my carry on to protect my bald head if needed. Tilley T3  Tilley T2  Filson  Buy from this lady Texas Zebra at Long Grass Outfitters  "He must go -- go -- go away from here! On the other side the world he's overdue. 'Send your road is clear before you when the old Spring-fret comes o'er you, And the Red Gods call for you!" Rudyard Kipling - 1887 - The Feet Of The Young Men | |||
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Howdy, Wow - what did I start here??? This has been great and some interesting ideas. BTW - Josh - very nice Kudu and since you are going to get a new hat what are you going to do with the old one and what size is it? Adios Sport | |||
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Doyle, you got that right! Buy from Melody and Gerald! Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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As recommended by the safari outfit I hunted with, I took a wide brim hat on my recent trip to RSA, and I was glad I did. My buddy just had a baseball cap, and his nose, ears and the back of his neck were burned pretty good. My hat was camo with a mesh top, and had a thin rawhide strap to keep it from blowing off in the truck. I found it blocked the sun better than a baseball cap, so I could SEE into the brush better. By no means a special or custom hat, I bought it at a chain sporting goods store for about $15 - and I looked good in it too! | |||
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Limpia Creek is a good hat shop. on the other end of the spectrum is Alamo Hats in Moore Tx. very nice inexpencive for about $30 they carry palms, Pannamas, and plain ol' Bangoras and also other types. stop in if you're going on a brush-country deer hunt. and speaking of pith helmets, I remember my grandfather wearing one in the '60s while farming. practical old German. | |||
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My daughter had climbed Mt. Kilimanjero and had worn a leather fold up slouch hat that she insisted I wear on my Safari. It was really quite a good choice and did the job fine. It packed nicely and with a wide brim, shaded all that needed shade.  Good shooting.phurley | |||
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Howdy, Doyle - nice photos - very nice Warthogs - gotta get one like those. I already have a nice Tilley and the exact same Filson on the photo-I like Filson's a lot. I've decided on an old but virtually brand new "high" baseball style "Boyt" hat - the hat is a dark green with a dark leather sewn on Boyt emblem(Iowa Falls, Iowa) on the front - very classy IMHO. Something very unique too in this day and age - inside is a little tag - "Made in the U.S.A." I think I'll leave the elk ivories and swizzle sticks at home too - I liked the advice about not being too noticible. Someday I will have a custom beaver fur hat too but not for next May's trip to S.A. Adios and thanks again for an interesting and enlightening discussion. This was my first "post" at this web site and I found it most enjoyable. Sport | |||
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