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Tri-corner hat.
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38ExtraSpecial
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Village hat shop, tricorn hats at Village Hat Shop
Dennis in MA
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Wehn I was a yowen right around the Bicentennial, I desperately wanted a tricorner hat. The various shops and sundry-carts in Boston had stupid pirate hats without any corners and that was it. As if the Revolutionary War heroes were pirates. (Well. . . . they sorta were, but I digress.)
My dad tried to "make" one using paperclips on the crappy one. It didn't work.
I've longed for one. But at 54, I think it would be wasted on me. LOL
My dad tried to "make" one using paperclips on the crappy one. It didn't work.
I've longed for one. But at 54, I think it would be wasted on me. LOL
RumRunner
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I have one from Townsends, good quality and a great company to work with.
StevieP
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I had one custom made at a place called Dirty Billy's Hats in Gettysburg, PA. My folks used to live in the next town over & I stopped in. described what I wanted, they measured my head, and a few weeks later I had a custom hat delivered to my door.
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8 point cover in the marines.
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Exactly.
Anyone remember these?
Well, all of you that do remember them, it means you're really friggin old :-(
Well, all of you that do remember them, it means you're really friggin old :-(
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My grandfather used to sing this to me all the time...I had a three corner hat when I was just a wee laddie that he bought me somewhere...I was SO proud of that thing.. I think I was 4 or 5 years old.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp1L2nuDQSg
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp1L2nuDQSg
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Gotta have the right attitude:
“Some hats can only be worn if you're willing to be jaunty, to set them at an angle and to walk beneath them with a spring in your stride as if you're only a step away from dancing. They demand a lot of you.”
― Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys
“Some hats can only be worn if you're willing to be jaunty, to set them at an angle and to walk beneath them with a spring in your stride as if you're only a step away from dancing. They demand a lot of you.”
― Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys
fencer
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Probably for those who participate in historical re-enactments.
pdm
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We all float down here...
RumRunner
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For reenactments and parades, or to piss people off at the movies
![[laugh]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/012.gif "Laugh [laugh]")
In the past I would have not done reenacting due to paucity of pussy it would have caused. Now that I’m 36 and married, I don’t give a shit anymore. Lol
Which one is Dirty Billy? And, did they deliver her right to your door? Oh, wait, sorry. You meant a hat.
Shark_Cage
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I like his videos
Mtn_Guy
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Define need… I always wanted one as a kid.
I grew up very close to Washington’s Headquarters and the last encampment of the continental army and use to go to the re-enactments all the time — my neighbor was a blacksmith for the re-enactments and made me a lead musket ball that I still have someplace.
I may need to get one also for the full battle rattle…
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