"Question for experienced reenactors" Topic
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| Winston Smith | 10 Jul 2017 5:39 a.m. PST |
Which hat is the most awkward to wear? My guess would be a Napoleonic hussar's busby, with full plumes. How do you fit through a doorway? |
79thPA  | 10 Jul 2017 5:56 a.m. PST |
You take your hat off first. |
 Der Alte Fritz | 10 Jul 2017 6:21 a.m. PST |
It's easy to knock your tricorn off of your head with a musket. |
| 45thdiv | 10 Jul 2017 8:43 a.m. PST |
The British helmet from WW2 had a thick bit of rubber to pad the bolt holding the web liner in the helmet. It tended to rub my scalp in a painful way. |
| Frederick | 10 Jul 2017 8:44 a.m. PST |
I wonder about bicornes and tricorns Also for those hard-core types a mitre or, probably worse, a bearskin |
| Great War Ace | 10 Jul 2017 11:37 a.m. PST |
Oh come on! Medieval great helm with jousting crest, hands down. And who would want to duck under a lintel with "Loki horns" towering over a great helm? |
| Cacique Caribe | 10 Jul 2017 12:08 p.m. PST |
Der Alte Fritz: "It's easy to knock your tricorn off of your head with a musket." Or just a light gentle breeze. :) Dan |
| Extrabio1947 | 10 Jul 2017 2:23 p.m. PST |
In my limited experience, it's a bearskin grenadier/fusilier mitre. They are top heavy and will fall when looking down unless worn uncomfortably tight. Never had a problem with a tricorn if it's worn at the proper angle. Of course, a good ACW slouch hat is hands down the most comfortable. |
| warwell | 10 Jul 2017 4:03 p.m. PST |
The 1833 US leather forage cap
link Who was the genius who issued these to troops in FL (used in 2nd Seminole War) |
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has a tip to help with your paint storage (and recognition).