Cooly Hat

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:52 am

A cooly hat would top off my M V project. The damn things were at every yard sale. That is until I decided I needed one. Could pick it up on the playa. Please.

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 12:24 pm

I picked up two off of ebay that ended up costing $10 plus postsge.

Post by **AntiM** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 12:31 pm

I'll keep an eye out at DI, but no promises as I'm going road trippin soon. I did get a way cool sombrero for a buck there ... Chevy's Fresh Mex! I need dingle balls for the brim.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:47 am

bump>>> This a cooly hat pedeling a stedson hat around the playa.

BadDawg · Post by **BadDawg** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:24 am

I have a website for these hats, when I get home I'll send it to you.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:17 pm

BadDawg wrote:I have a website for these hats, when I get home I'll send it to you.

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Good dog.

Kinetic IV · Post by **Kinetic IV** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:54 pm

I'm hoping he'll post that link. I've been trying to figure out what everyone is calling a "Cooly Hat" since this thread started.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 1:02 pm

Kinetic IV wrote:I'm hoping he'll post that link. I've been trying to figure out what everyone is calling a "Cooly Hat" since this thread started.

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It's the type of hat wore by " laborers" in asian countries. As in a cooly being a porter or ricshaw person. Servent.

Kinetic IV · Post by **Kinetic IV** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 1:06 pm

I've been trying to figure out what would work as a BASH: big assed shade hat for months now. I can't find anything I like around here so that's why I've been watching this thread..to get ideas.

Post by **AntiM** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 1:25 pm

One year I had a batch of coolie hats from Oriental Trading; they were too flimsy to wear if there was the slightest breeze. Even with a neck cord the edges would flip up and strangle you. Their cowboy and safari hats look good, of couse you have to buy a dozen at a whack.

Fishing or gardening hats, that's the ticket. I saw lots of Red Hat Society lids on clearance at the local department stores, looked like potential BASHs if you like vivid red and purple. I covet my larry's fishing hat, has mesh sides and a good neckcord. You'll want some airflow, I have a completely sequined shade hat that is suffocatingly hot. I have a trashed old gardening straw hat and the straw sombrero, I even have an Amish straw sunbbonnet that I haven't used quite yet. I've tried the flaps hanging down my neck but personally I find them irritating. I've tried heavily decorated hats, but the weight annoys me. (Queen of fussyland, neh?)

Basics: airflow to your scalp, comfy sweatband, neckcord, big brim.

Kinetic IV · Post by **Kinetic IV** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 1:28 pm

Amish hats! Duh! There's an Amish general store about an hour out of KC that might have something! Thanks for the idea!

Post by **AntiM** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 1:31 pm

Yep, larry has an Amish straw hat too. Hasn't worn it yet because I haven't put a chinstrap on it. Disappointingly, many Amish hats are made in China.

Larry's hat I like looks like this, only in forest camo:

http://tinyurl.com/8wmlf

We did not buy it from them, we got it at a surplus hunting store.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 1:33 pm

I have small rack of hats from cocaphony events. For robo aaaa a pith helmet would work. Now what is a fanny in Brit.? every one giggles but wont tell me.

BadDawg · Post by **BadDawg** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:08 pm

One place I found one was on ebay Item#8207029858
Ezscrubs is the ebay store name out of Las Vegas.

Another website I found is
www.asianideas.com/bamboohats.html

Hope this info helps you out.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:31 pm

BadDawg wrote:One place I found one was on ebay Item#8207029858
Ezscrubs is the ebay store name out of Las Vegas.

Another website I found is
www.asianideas.com/bamboohats.html

Hope this info helps you out.

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Thank you much. Good Puppy.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:58 am

unjonharley wrote:Now what is a fanny in Brit.?

In Britain, a "fanny pack" is called a "bum bag" fwiw.