My New Caubeen

**Baldybrown** · 10th August 11, 05:49 PM

Thanks to the inspiration from Kiltedfirepiper, and with most of his instructions, I was able to throw this puppy together. I used cold-weather trousers for the material and I was able to get two headbands from the waistband. ( one for my wife) I've since made one in tan and another in brown. What do you think?

**cruiser348** · 10th August 11, 06:08 PM

I don't see anything.

**Baldybrown** · 10th August 11, 06:21 PM

I still don't know why some of my photos come up and others don't. Maybe this one still has to be approved?

**Joshua** · 10th August 11, 08:02 PM

Did you link to the url of the gallery instead of the picture itself?

**longhuntr74** · 10th August 11, 08:21 PM

Looks splendid, IMHO. Well Done!!

**O'Callaghan** · 10th August 11, 11:46 PM

Well, I can still only see Joshua's caubeen, and not that of Baldybrown, the OP.

I have a couple of caubeens myself. In fact I might consider selling one. The main difficulty is that I really don't know what size it is, because if it were the size it were marked it would fit my head, LOL! It's a British Army surplus one, which for those who don't know means it's green and doesn't have any band or ribbons. I got it from a German eBay trader who gets a lot of British uniform items. The trouble is, I think the squaddies deliberately get them too big and shrink them on purpose. The lining is also missing, FWIW.

The one I actually wear is from J Byous of Savannah, Georgia, and is adjustable in size, because I didn't want to risk getting another one that didn't fit! (And I have a large head)