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I may buy that NY Knights hat.

I just got the go-ahead from the wife to use my birthday money to buy that one. Right now I'm trying to work out what size to get. Anyone know how to best size their caps? I mean... I can measure my head, but how do I know which of their sizes to get?

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I may buy that NY Knights hat.

I just got the go-ahead from the wife to use my birthday money to buy that one. Right now I'm trying to work out what size to get. Anyone know how to best size their caps? I mean... I can measure my head, but how do I know which of their sizes to get?

You have to clear what you buy with YOUR birthday money with the wife? I'm not quite at 4 months of wedded bliss, but if it ever got to that...

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I may buy that NY Knights hat.

I just got the go-ahead from the wife to use my birthday money to buy that one. Right now I'm trying to work out what size to get. Anyone know how to best size their caps? I mean... I can measure my head, but how do I know which of their sizes to get?

Just your basic size should work. I have both a San Francisco Seals and that NY Knights hat your talking about and both fit 7 1/2 comfortably just as it should.

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On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said:
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is the wool uncomfortable on your head?

look weird as opposed to whatever normal fabric baseball hats are?

Before this season, all authentic MLB on-field (59Fifty) caps were 100% wool. The crown looks a little less peaked compared to today's models, but they'll probably feel just fine. I'd also venture to guess that the sweatband inside these Ebbets caps are leather, instead of cloth.

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is the wool uncomfortable on your head?

look weird as opposed to whatever normal fabric baseball hats are?

Before this season, all authentic MLB on-field (59Fifty) caps were 100% wool. The crown looks a little less peaked compared to today's models, but they'll probably feel just fine. I'd also venture to guess that the sweatband inside these Ebbets caps are leather, instead of cloth.

Nope, cloth. EFF changed from leather a few years ago due to price

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On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said:
She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.)
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Yeah, when he bought back the company from Stall and Dean.

Worthwhile tradeoff, to my mind. I miss the leather, but the quality had gone so far downhill after he sold it. Even 90% of the product he used to sell is 100% better than the dreck they were putting out under his name....

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The caps are pretty comfy. The wool is soft melton. The crowns aren't stiff at all. The sweatband is black cotton, not white.

When I first got mine, I was reminded of the ballcaps Charlie Brown's team wears. Compared to the 5950s, they have a sandlot feel to them.

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Have you never bought a fitted cap?

Try this size guide:

http://www.shushans.com/sixthpage.html

ha, of course I have. I guess the question was more about how they fit compared to other fitted caps. Do they run large or small? etc. Looking back at it now, I didn't really ask that properly.

But I couldn't wait for a response, because I'm like a kid in a candy store with hats, so I just bought my "correct" size (7 5/8) and we'll see if it works out.

Actually, technically, I'm EXACTLY between 7 5/8 and 7 3/4 (my head seems to be exactly 24 inches around) but I hate loose, so I usually go with 7 5/8.

I'm pretty sure you can just measure your head and divide the circumference by pi.

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"You could put an empty orange helmet on the 50-yard line at Cleveland Browns Stadium and 50,000 fans would show up to stare at it."

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Just your basic size should work. I have both a San Francisco Seals and that NY Knights hat your talking about and both fit 7 1/2 comfortably just as it should.

Thanks! That's what I was looking for!

You have to clear what you buy with YOUR birthday money with the wife? I'm not quite at 4 months of wedded bliss, but if it ever got to that...

Heh, sorry. I should mention that I have over 500 hats. We're trying to save money (because we have a baby on the way, and money is already tight) so we put a moratorium on unnecessary spending (which includes hats for me, and several things for her, so I made out OK on the deal, really) but since its my birthday money, the moratorium, we determined, does not apply.

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"You could put an empty orange helmet on the 50-yard line at Cleveland Browns Stadium and 50,000 fans would show up to stare at it."

-Terry Pluto

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