Hats

**OC Richard** · 1st February 25, 07:29 AM

Thanks!

Of all those styles, only the deerstalker with ear-flaps doesn't make sense for sunny places.

If you have the flaps up your ears will get sunburned and if you have the flaps down you'll cut off the breeze and get bit warm.

However a local Scot, Colin Gordon, invariably wore that type of hat, kilted, when performing at our local Highland Games. He was the founder of The Scottish Fiddlers of Los Angeles, said to be the first Strathspey & Reel Society outwith Scotland.

**Jock Scot** · 1st February 25, 08:46 AM

[QUOTE=OC Richard;1410101]Thanks!
Post deleted dual post. Sorry.

**Jock Scot** · 1st February 25, 08:47 AM

Originally Posted by OC Richard

Thanks!

Of all those styles, only the deerstalker with ear-flaps doesn't make sense for sunny places.

If you have the flaps up your ears will get sunburned and if you have the flaps down you'll cut off the breeze and get bit warm.

However a local Scot, Colin Gordon, invariably wore that type of hat, kilted, when performing at our local Highland Games. He was the founder of The Scottish Fiddlers of Los Angeles, said to be the first Strathspey & Reel Society outwith Scotland.

AHA! The trick there is to wear the flaps on the baggy side, just don't have the flaps tied up too tight at the top.

**Jock Scot** · 2nd February 25, 03:57 AM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

AHA! The trick there is to wear the flaps on the baggy side, just don't have the flaps tied up too tight at the top.

I think that I need to expand a tad, on the above.

When the bonnet is new, the flaps will be fairly stiff, so getting the "baggy" look takes time and regular wear. You chaps need to understand that these bonnets are often worn as everyday, all-weather, all-occasion attire by ghillies, stalkers, game keepers, farmers, shepherds, country sportsmen/women and so on. So a new bonnet gets "worn in" fairly quickly, so in a few months the new bonnet achieves the baggie-ness to allow the flaps to have the necessary "blousing ability" when required to give the ears some modicum of protection from the sun. Unlike the occasional wearer who might take quite a long time to achieve the same effect.