[Cajun_Mike]

I picked up a Daniel Cremieux flat cap at Dillards for 24 bucks on a whim a few weeks ago and i love it. Ive never been a ball cap guy, but this style looks good on me. I want to buy more, what brands should i look at that are the real deal in this style? I have poked around a bit and i can tell you that I dont want anything that has any logos anywhere on the hat.

 

[Vecchio Vespa]

I picked up a Daniel Cremieux flat cap at Dillards for 24 bucks on a whim a few weeks ago and i love it. Ive never been a ball cap guy, but this style looks good on me. I want to buy more, what brands should i look at that are the real deal in this style? I have poked around a bit and i can tell you that I dont want anything that has any logos anywhere on the hat.

O'Connell's has a good assortment of the real deal including linen for summer, waxed cotton for rain, and tweed for being out on a cold day. They are having their winter sale right now!

 

[Andy]

Cajun_Mike:

Did you read the article about Caps?

 

[127.72 MHz]

I have two wax cotton caps, one by Barbour and one by a generic maker. (They have served me well in the Pacific Northwest rain.)

A couple of other flat caps that I have purchased from this firm:

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[Oldsarge]

Another PNW supplier is John Helmer. Three generation haberdasher with a great selection of everything menswear in the same location in Portland for what must be a hundred+ years. If I want to shop OTR, Helmer is my go-to.

 

[127.72 MHz]

Another PNW supplier is John Helmer. Three generation haberdasher with a great selection of everything menswear in the same location in Portland for what must be a hundred+ years. If I want to shop OTR, Helmer is my go-to.

Good catch Sarg,...

I just purchased a new navy v-neck Alan Paine sweater from John himself last week.

How could I have forgotten to mention that John Helmer is also a hat specialist?

John Helmer

A large selection of headwear-hats,caps,berets,Greek fisherman caps,unique men's accessories

www.johnhelmer.com

 

[DRWWE]

Look up Lock and Co. Their flat caps are the real deal. Excellent quality; I have several in tweed (winter) and linen (summer).

 

[Andy]

Here are some photos from the AskAndy Event (some years ago) at John Helmer Haberdasher in Portland, Oregon!

Some of the photos were gone, maybe part of the transition to the new owners of AskAndy. ?? Tried to get them back in and hopefully in the right spots!

 

[Oldsarge]

As it turns out, John Helmer called me this evening to tell me that a brown tweed driving cap that I'd wanted for a long time finally arrived. That's customer service--and yes, I bought it.

 

[David J. Cooper]

If you ever get to Victoria BC, and I recommend you do:

https://www.outofireland.ca/

I would estimate their inventory of Mucros and Hanna hats at over 200 and if you can’t find what you want there is a smaller Irish store with another 50 or so.

 

[InitialsBB]

Just a suggestion, but might also look on Etsy as there are(were) a few people who would make these caps for you (and some you can supply your own material if you like). I had a tweed odd jacket made a year or so ago and got a length of extra material from the maker and sent that to a maker on etsy for a matching flat cap.....I was very happy with the outcome.

 

[Oldsarge]

Just a suggestion, but might also look on Etsy as there are(were) a few people who would make these caps for you (and some you can supply your own material if you like). I had a tweed odd jacket made a year or so ago and got a length of extra material from the maker and sent that to a maker on etsy for a matching flat cap.....I was very happy with the outcome.

So did I.

 

[Oldsarge]

Everyone loves flat caps.