Jump to content

Favorite Hat that you own?


BadSeed84

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 81
  • Created
  • Last Reply

I love the "New Timer" caps from American Needle.

30067ACUBSN.jpg

See more teams here

They're really amazing - instead of cardboard, the bill has a leather insert, so it's very flexible. The idea is that you can fold the cap in half and stick it in your back pocket. I like to throw it in my messenger bag, and unlike all my other caps it comes out perfect, not bent.

So far, most of the baseball they have is Cooperstown, but I'm hopeful that they'll expand the line to include more contemporary caps.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

First off, I surprised myself that these mostly turned up Nationals, since I have more caps than my wife has shoes, and I don't even particularly like the Nats curly W as a logo. Still, of the ridiculous number of caps on the shelf in my closet, these are the ones I've worn almost exclusively in the last year, which I suppose by any honest definition makes them my favorites.

Electoral College Winner

ros54c.jpg

I picked up a Roswell Rockets cap from Ebbets in '97. I'm on my second one. Any cap you wear until it wears out, and then you replace it and you're still wearing that one out a decade later, that's probably your favorite cap, whether you want to admit it or not.

Popular Vote Winner

P0092705.jpg

I just love the DC logo. Like most white men, red ballcaps make me look like a pasty-faced zombie. But with this beauty, I don't care what a fool it makes me look like. Though if anyone has one of these in blue, size 7-1/2 ...

Third-Party Candidate

NEFzontellawasnat-gryred.jpg

I wore one of these all winter, and with its thick flannel it's the best cold-weather ballcap I've ever had. Comfortable down to and just below freezing. Plus it got the attention of the Nats' GM when I ran into him on the street one day in January.

I'd like to have put all sorts of my more interesting vintage or minor-league caps on this list, but as much as I like those caps I just hardly ever wear them anymore.

20082614447.png
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Bronze: 1_250.jpg

Angels Brown Marlin Franchise...side story: About this time last year, I went to Pittsburgh for St. Patty's Day(I'm leaving on friday for this year's extravanganza). I was wearing a different Angels hat(Nike Ligature Flex...state of cali logo on the front), and I got drunk and left it in my friend's room. The next morning, we went to a mall out there, and I saw this cap, and just bought it. My logic was, my Angels hat is missing(although I knew I'd get it later in the day), so why not get a replacement for a bit? Unfortunately, working at a printing company this summer basically ruined my cap...sweat stains, ceiling tile crap, dirt, chemicals etc.

Silver: 1_250.jpg

St. Louis Cardinals franchise cap. I bought this for $8 at the beginning of playoffs merely on the basis that I don't have a Cards cap yet(they're my 2nd team behind the Halos...Edmonds is my fav. player). Wearing this hat for a few weeks paid off, as they won the series(sorry Joel). Similarly, in 2002, I bought an Authentic Angels jersey, and they won the series. Anyone want me to pick up some merchandise for this year? :D

Gold: pMLB2-2546031reg.jpg

Angels Cooperstown Flex(this isn't exactly it, but it looks the same). This thing rarely leaves my head if I don't feel like fixing up the ol' hair.

Honorable Mention/Platinum: 411414.jpg

Bauer HH5000....if I wouldn't look ridiculous(look, no "e" in that word), I'd wear my helmet at all times.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

OK, since folks are mentioning their number 2 and 3s...I'll chime in with the rest of my common headgear choices.

Previously mentioned Gold:

100_0282.JPG

2000 Detroit Tigers Home 5950 BP Cap (as tossed to the stands by CJ Nitkowski)

Silver:

pclsealshat.JPG

(except the sweatband is brown leather, and there's no autograph)

Bronze:

pMLB2-2070459reg.jpg

I absolutely love this beauty.

Honorable Mention:

p2209454reg.jpg

The fit on this one is phenomenal.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Silver:

pclsealshat.JPG

(except the sweatband is brown leather, and there's no autograph)

What team is that?

spacer.png

On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said:
She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.)
Link to comment
Share on other sites

currently:

72350.jpg

runner up is another oilers cap i can't find a picture of. normal blue with the logo and white mesh around the back, flexfit, along with a thrift store find of a cap similar to the oilers vintage mesh, except change the colors to expos blue and red and the expos logo. classic.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Looks like an old SF Seals to me, but I could be wrong.

Yeah thats what I assumed, but ive never seen that design before. I thought they only used the interlocking SF logo.

And one more question for those of you who own EFF hats. Is the kinda money that you throw down for those babies really worth it? Ive been really considering picking up a Sacramento Solons or San Francisco Seals throwback (mainly beause im intrigued to see what the leather sweatband feels like), but im hesitant to spend $45 or more on something that is either going to be fairly crappy quality, or is just gonna look goofy that id never wear.

spacer.png

On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said:
She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.)
Link to comment
Share on other sites

For looks, it's my New Zealand All Blacks cap (sorry for the tiny pic, it was the only one I could find):

Cap%20All%20Blacks.jpg

The logo looks like this:

logo_allblacks.gif

For comfort and matching with my Archie throwback jersey, this is the winner:

SAINTSOOB.jpg

BTW, if you like this style of ballcap, many teams are on sale for $19.20 at Distant Replays. Go to that page and scroll down. They've even got one for you creamsicle fans. Funny to think the Bucs haven't been around long enough to warrant a one-bar mask. :P

OOBBUCS.jpg

92512B20-6264-4E6C-AAF2-7A1D44E9958B-481-00000047E259721F.jpeg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

And one more question for those of you who own EFF hats. Is the kinda money that you throw down for those babies really worth it? Ive been really considering picking up a Sacramento Solons or San Francisco Seals throwback (mainly beause im intrigued to see what the leather sweatband feels like), but im hesitant to spend $45 or more on something that is either going to be fairly crappy quality, or is just gonna look goofy that id never wear.

My review, as someone who has bought eight Ebbets caps in the last ten years (though none while it was owned by Stall & Dean):

If you're looking for an authentic-looking vintage-style cap, Ebbets is the closest, highest quality you'll find. The new incarnation of EFF makes caps that are more uniform in construction, and therefore less authentic as reproductions, than formerly. All caps are six-panel, not eight, and all have crowns and bills that most closely match late 1940s or early 1950s caps. No more shorter bills on early century caps or higher crowns on mid-century caps. Materials and workmanship have improved, at least in the caps I've ordered, in the last year. Gone are the leather sweatbands, and all undervisors now seem to be green satin, not flannel (but the undervisors of the two caps I just bought look pretty normal, dark and not very reflective, compared to the super-reflective neon green satin under the visor of the cap I bought shortly after Ebbets relaunched itself in 2005).

So when you buy EFF you get a very well built cap that is closer to authentic than anything you'll find elsewhere, but you're no longer buying a cap that can honestly be called a vintage reproduction. The cap logo (embroidery, felt, or both) will be unmatched in quality and accuracy. The EFF cap has a lower, rounder profile than most modern caps, and the flannel material is softer. Slouchy, even. It will conform to your head rather than holding its own shape. An Ebbets cap looks "old fashioned" on your head.

Ebbets has regular sales, so if you see a cap you like just check back from time to time. It'll probably go on sale for a price in line with or lower than a new 5950 eventually. I highly recommend requesting a catalog; EFF is back to mailing catalogs seasonally with new products and sales. An Ebbets catalog is sort of like ballcap porn, delivered right to your mailbox every couple of months.

20082614447.png
Link to comment
Share on other sites

SH-MLD006.jpg

I got this ushanka when I was in Prague in '98. The wife hates it. But where ever I go I get asked were I got it. and that they love it. It pisses her off and makes me laugh. When I tell people Prague some ask what mall is that in. Once a PETA wacko gave me :censored:. I just told her thats why God gave us rabbits. :D

pissinonbobsmall.jpg

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.

P. J. O'Rourke

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.




×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use.