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Anybody know where to get a hat like the one Robert Redford wore in "Out of Africa"? Thanks, DC300 DC300 | ||
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For reference:   Not exactly the same, but you might take a look at Filson's line of hats. http://www.filson.com/vihats.htm -Bob F. | |||
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You also might wanto to try Noggin Tops. I know they have a web site. crl The average man's love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary. It takes a special sort of man to understand and enjoy liberty; and he is usually an outlaw in democratic societies. | |||
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I thought he was leaving the USA if Bush won? I would not wear a hat that any liberal democrat wore!   Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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That a boy Ray. I agree. anyone who said they were going to leave should leave. Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum | |||
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Redford is nothing more than a "Pinko Commie Rat bastard" | ||
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And so is his HAT! Peter. Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright, that God may love thee. Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong; | |||
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no they shouldn't we have enough of our own liberal jerks | |||
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http://www.randhats.com Check these guys out, imho the best and if you tell them you are a 'commie pinko rat bastard' they probably won't sell to you. C.G.B. | |||
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Looks like they will even put "authentic" fake sweat marks & dirt stains on it for you. Mike "Too lazy to work and too nervous to steal" | |||
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I also thought Redford was totally wrong for the part of Finch-Hatton. They should have used a dashing Brit like Charles Dance (White Mischief, Pasquali's Island, etc.) NRA Life Member, Band of Bubbas Charter Member, PGCA, DRSS. Shoot & hunt with vintage classics. | |||
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As long as they don't come here! Frans (in Canada) | |||
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Franklly, just mentioning Robert Redford on this forum gets my ire! Cool hat though - LOL! Jeff | |||
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I took a hat with me to Zimbabwe. Never wore it while hunting as the jess we went through was too thick. I wore my ballcap all the time instead. Some of the jess was so thick i was lucky to get through with my ears still attached to my head.  DOUBLE RIFLE SHOOTERS SOCIETY | |||
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Jess? Help me out here. So, reckon my 4" brimmed Resistol is out of the question! Uh-oh, might have to scrub the trip if that's the case (LOL)! Jeff | |||
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Well, Frans, that is exactly where they all said they were moveing! Canada, OH Canada, here comes the traitors! Personally, I think they should move to France!  ....Mac >>>===(x)===> MacD37, ...and DUGABOY1 DRSS Charter member "If I die today, I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"~ME 1982 Hands of Old Elmer Keith  | |||
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God Almighty guys, it's a freaking hat, not a political statement. DC300 DC300 | |||
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J.W. Hats in Salt Lake City will also build whatever you want. They are, as far as I know, one of the only manufacturers of equipment used by hatters in the US. They have no web site but a web search will provide the phone number I imagine. The owner is a really nice guy although I cant tell you anything about his politics.  Best, JohnTheGreek | |||
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To hell with Redford and his hat. Just send me the SxS. Hog Killer IGNORE YOUR RIGHTS AND THEY'LL GO AWAY!!! ------------------------------------ We Band of Bubbas & STC Hunting Club, The Whomper Club | |||
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Most of their product is pretty citified but there are a few worth looking at in www.hartfordyork.com Sarge Holland's .375: One Planet, One Rifle . . . for one hundred years! | |||
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Hog Killer, Just call George at Champlin's in Enid OK. The double from "Out of Africa" is there! Or at least it used to be. I've held it! 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 did not say I could afford to buy it, but I would like it. George, probibly has a premium on it becuase of it's use by Redford. Hog Killer IGNORE YOUR RIGHTS AND THEY'LL GO AWAY!!! ------------------------------------ We Band of Bubbas & STC Hunting Club, The Whomper Club | |||
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It's interesting to look at all the hats showing up here the last few days, but like it was stated earlier, an old ball cap, soft and well worn of a neutral color is about the best all around hunting hat you can wear. It won't always be getting caught on something and making a lot of noise and you can always wad it up and stick it in your pocket. And when the hunt is over, you can give it to your tracker. Save the funny hats to wear at home. | |||
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No, they look cool in the after-shot pictures. Just don't try to wear them through the waitabit bush. Sarge Holland's .375: One Planet, One Rifle . . . for one hundred years! | |||
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Here's what you really want: "Charles Lancaster .450 NE (3 1/4) Back action non-ejector (formerly ejector) double barrelled big game rifle. Double Barrelled .450 NE Big Game Rifle which was the personal weapon of Hon. Denys Finch-HGatton, Big game hunter and lover of Karen Blixen (Out of Africa). Completed in 1911 and re-barrelled in 1928. Silver escutcheon with D.F.H initials and the date 1925. In its original leather red beige lined case with initials D.F.H. This rifle is extremely accurate and a target is available. Denys Finch-Hatton was born in England on April 24th 1887, the son of Henry Stormont Finch-Hatton, Earl of Winchelsea and Anne Finch-Hatton (nee Coddrington), a daughter of a former Admiral of the British Fleet. Educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford, Denys was a natural sportsman and scholar of the arts. In 1911 the 24 year old Denys bought land in British East Africa as an investment which would give him the freedom to spend his time hunting. He would spend every Autumn and Winter in Africa doing just that. In 1925 he became a professional big game hunter and took numerous wealthy and distinguished clients on safari - including H.R.H. the Duke of Windsor (the then Prince of Wales). His taste for adventure led him to learn to fly, and it was on May 14th 1931 that he died in a fatal plane crash in his Gypsy Moth near what is now the Tsave National Park, Kenya. He is buried in the Ngong Hills and an obelisk marks his grave to this day. The story of Denys Finch-Hatton and his love affair with Karen Blixen (his only known romance) is immortalised by Robert Redford and Meryl Streep in the Academy Award winning film "Out of Africa" (1985)."    But if you can't afford to go out to dinner once in a while, you'd best forget about it. Price: £100,000 Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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mrlexma, OK, I'll forget aboout it. When are you going to receive it?  Hog Killer IGNORE YOUR RIGHTS AND THEY'LL GO AWAY!!! ------------------------------------ We Band of Bubbas & STC Hunting Club, The Whomper Club | |||
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 Click on my signature and you'll see a Stetson Gunclub hat (from Noggintops) as worn in Africa. In the thick stuff, from Africa to British Columbia, that hat (and its predecessor)has saved both face and ears a lot of abuse. When the thorns and brambles get too bad, just lower your head and push on through. Initially I wore it for sun protection mostly. Turned out to be reasonably good chaps for my noggin as well !! Baseball caps are great, and I take one along. Mostly for bird shooting and fishing diversions. But for hot days and thick bush, I'll take a large brim hat anytime. Just my opinion. | |||
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You Fools!!!! The only hat worth wearing is the 1900 style Calvery Pith Helmet!!!  Fezes, berets, and any other socialist type headgear is bottom shelf!!! | |||
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Gentlemen, Baseball caps are for baseball. A baseball cap is as fitting at a hunt as a pith helmet is at baseball. I am glad to say that as I don't play baseball, I have never had a baseball cap on my head. Should I ever take up the game, I will of course dress appropriately. Regards, Martin  ----------------------- A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition. - R. Kipling | |||
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Here is the hat the all true African Bwanas wear. Of course you must take the Leopard with a knife between the shoulder blades. None of that sissy shooting stuff. | |||
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I had one of the old Willis&Geiger safari hats that I had worn out. I sent it to Rand Hatters and they duplicated it. I love it but it was expensive! | |||
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I think y'all should go to the Rand website and look up the "Snows of Kilimanjaro" style. If that's no up to snuff for you then I say you're too damned fussy. Sarge Holland's .375: One Planet, One Rifle . . . for one hundred years! | |||
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Baseball cap may be a bit of misnomer, here in Texas we call them "gimme caps" and most people have about two dozen or more laying around at any one time, and you don't buy them, they are given away. Some of the best PH's I have had wore them, and I figured they must know something about what works. | |||
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Martin, You don't wear that ghillie cap hunting in Afirca do you? I mean, everyone would want you to net and release their tigerfish. I'd expect there are moments when you glad you did wear it, especially when the tips are handed out. | |||
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I personally use on of the Tilleys. They are rugged, can be wadded up and stuck in a pocket or pack, sides can be buttoned up to avoid getting hung up on the sides or left down to keep out sun later in the day, Turns water(at least for a while) has a under the chin strap if the wind in the land cruiser gets bad. Best of all it was a gift from my daughter so the price was right and think of her while it is in use. Use what you like. Although cartridge selection is important there is nothing that will substitute for proper first shot placement. Good hunting, "D" | |||
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DC300, I have no idea where you live, but in most parts of the USA there stores where they sell quality western type hats! These had shops shape these hats to your order. Simply print the pictures BobF furnished, and take or send them to the store for a custom shapeing! A Resistal will run you around $100 to $150, but will out last you! Here in Cow Town (Fort Worth,TX) custom hat shops are on every corner, but I realize some cities have only "CAT HATS" available! I have a Stetson 5x Beaver, that is 50 yrs old, and is still in perfect shape. This was my father's hunting hat, and has a Zebra hide hat band about 1" wide, with a 2 3/4" brim, and is plenty wide to protect from the sun! A 2 3/4" brim is 12 1/4" wide from side to side, on a 7 1/8 size hat! ....Mac >>>===(x)===> MacD37, ...and DUGABOY1 DRSS Charter member "If I die today, I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"~ME 1982 Hands of Old Elmer Keith | |||
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Did you know the true Denys Finch-Hatton was almost bald. . | |||
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btt Mike Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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