Rand Hat Color

[Kevin Peacocke]

Westley Richards Safari hat in the Scottish Highlands, yes I know, all wrong! Soft and easy to travel with, but lose their shape.

 

[Ngonyama]

I admire how you guys get kitted out ,I feel underdressed with my Bowtech cap.

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

I admire how you guys get kitted out ,I feel underdressed with my Bowtech cap.

Funny you should say Ngonyama, this was a bit of a special hunt and I was given specific instructions by the outfitter. The required dress was tweeds but I decided to put an African twist on it. Nevertheless my wife bought me a stag tie to zoom it up. The oil skin jacket came in handy, it started snowing! In the inner pocket there was also a nice silver hip flask and a cigar slipper, that also helped.

 

[Ngonyama]

Funny you should say Ngonyama, this was a bit of a special hunt and I was given specific instructions by the outfitter. The required dress was tweeds but I decided to put an African twist on it. Nevertheless my wife bought me a stag tie to zoom it up. The oil skin jacket came in handy, it started snowing! In the inner pocket there was also a nice silver hip flask and a cigar slipper, that also helped.

What precious liquid was in the silver flask,We waiting for snow at the moment but it doesn’t want to.

 

[VertigoBE]

Westley Richards Safari hat in the Scottish Highlands, yes I know, all wrong! Soft and easy to travel with, but lose their shape.
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Where in Scotland did you hunt @Kevin Peacocke?

Btw, I think I have the same cap as the Stalker.

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

Where in Scotland did you hunt @Kevin Peacocke?

Btw, I think I have the same cap as the Stalker.

Yes, took a red stag, just a little one.

 

[whitetail]

If ever in Vail or Aspen, CO (and I think they have a place in Las Vegas)- I highly recommend Kemo Sabe custom hats… They have an incredible selection that they customize to your needs and specs. Their website is www.kemosabe.com… My custom inside band states: “It seemed like a good idea at the time” . My hat is ALWAYS with me on safari- it’s my good luck charm.

Happy safari hat hunting!!

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[Captain Munro]

The Akubra Territory hat with a pugaree is what I an going with in the near term. But I did have Rands measure me at DSC to put me in their records.

 

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I can almost afford the Rand baseball cap....

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

Where in Scotland did you hunt @Kevin Peacocke?

Btw, I think I have the same cap as the Stalker.

It was an estate in the Cairngorms national park, about 40000 acres, mountainous.

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

What precious liquid was in the silver flask,We waiting for snow at the moment but it doesn’t want to.

It was Hibiki VBE, I know, should have been Scotch, but my buddy filled it and it was divine.

 

[Arthur Morta]

My Akubra has served me well for years on many Hunts. The other is my locally woven Birchenough Bridge hat made from Baobab tree fibre
Both will be heading to the Save Conservancy in a few weeks time...

 

[Sourdough]

I’m struggling with how I missed Rands. Maybe a half dozen years ago I was driving through Montana on my was back to Alaska and I stopped in Bozeman and Missoula looking for a custom hater. None. Further in Calgary I came across Smithbilt. They didn’t have time for a custom fitting so I bought a beaver hat and a straw hat the fit my head pretty well. A year later I find O’Farrells in Santa Fe, NM. Perfection. Takes a year to get a custom hat but the quality is superb, the choice of hat bands is extremely broad. I now own five of their’s, and they resized my Smithbilt so it fits perfectly. They are currently making a mountain man hat for me. BUT, I am on the hunt for the perfect safari hat so I’m looking into the companies you guys have used as well. Bespoke hats are yet another addiction aren’t they.

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

My Akubra has served me well for years on many Hunts. The other is my locally woven Birchenough Bridge hat made from Baobab tree fibre
Both will be heading to the Save Conservancy in a few weeks time...View attachment 482926View attachment 482927View attachment 482928

Arthur, that straw number is a winner, you must wear that to the next Big Bore shoot!

 

[WebleyGreene455]

I'd quite like one of these, or something close: https://www.northwesthats.com/quatermain

Or this one: https://www.randhats.com/hat-pages/146-Drover-hatpage.html

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

I'd quite like one of these, or something close: https://www.northwesthats.com/quatermain

Or this one: https://www.randhats.com/hat-pages/146-Drover-hatpage.html

I really like the Quartermain, it just says Africa.

 

[WebleyGreene455]

I really like the Quartermain, it just says Africa.

It's meant to. It's based on Allan Quatermain's (Sean Connery's) hat in The League of Extraordinary Gentleman. A bit exaggerated, as a graphic novel would be, but a good old-fashioned 1890s slouch hat. I like the color choice, not too light but not a typical "chocolate" brown. Would probably darken nicely with use.

 

[VertigoBE]

It was an estate in the Cairngorms national park, about 40000 acres, mountainous.

If that is the river Tilt behind you, we might have been to the same estate.

 

[Bullthrower338]

I’m struggling with how I missed Rands. Maybe a half dozen years ago I was driving through Montana on my was back to Alaska and I stopped in Bozeman and Missoula looking for a custom hater. None. Further in Calgary I came across Smithbilt. They didn’t have time for a custom fitting so I bought a beaver hat and a straw hat the fit my head pretty well. A year later I find O’Farrells in Santa Fe, NM. Perfection. Takes a year to get a custom hat but the quality is superb, the choice of hat bands is extremely broad. I now own five of their’s, and they resized my Smithbilt so it fits perfectly. They are currently making a mountain man hat for me. BUT, I am on the hunt for the perfect safari hat so I’m looking into the companies you guys have used as well. Bespoke hats are yet another addiction aren’t they.

Double H custom Hats south of Missoula and Rocky Mountain Hat Company in Bozeman, got to go a little east to Rands in Billings. Montana Mad Hatters in Twin Bridges, MT builds a fine hat also.

 

[steve white]

I admire how you guys get kitted out ,I feel underdressed with my Bowtech cap.

caps are alright until they come with white brand lettering on them--it's unbelievable how much that stands out, especially when you move. Can't imagine game being blind to it.