I need a WARM HAT!

[buck12]

Not a hat but the Carhartt hoods are warm if it will work with your coat.

 

[Marveltone]

These are the kinds of hats I prefer for Minnesota winters. If they can keep my bald head warm at -40, they should work for anyone. :thumbsup:
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Mad Bomber - Fur Bomber Hats, Be Cool!

Joe

 

[Tollster]

I'm kin to the thinner ones but with windshear or a waterproof membrane that breathes. The new textiles available are very different from 10 years ago, they are warm and you still can hear. Campmor.com has a very good selction at reasonale prices, 30-40 dollars is well spent for a decent one.

 

[ragkar]

On ebay look for ushanka. That's the Russian military hat. You'll need to know your hat size in centimeters. In the USA hat size is the diameter in inches whereas everybody else uses the circumference in centimeters. Look around the adver. and you'll find one with a conversion table.

 

[yooper1]

You need a Kromer wool cap

Stormy Kromer

The History Behind the Legend of Stormy Kromer

George "Stormy" Kromer was a real guy - a semi-pro baseball player and railroad engineer. Not the kind of guy you'd expect to start a clothing company, in other words, but one who happened to create a cap that became known for long-comfort and the ability to stay snug, even in the fiercest winds.

This final feature, in fact, is the reason he made his famous headgear in the first place, but we'll get to that in a bit.

Mr. Kromer, known as "Stormy" to the folks who knew his temper, was born in 1876 in Kaukauna, Wisconsin. He grew up with baseball and would eventually play on nearly 30 semi-pro teams throughout the Midwest. He might have continued to play that field, too, but he met Ida, and before Ida's father would allow her hand in marriage, our ballplayer needed to find real work.

That meant the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad and long, cold trips across the plains. Stormy was an engineer, and to see where he was headed, he had to stick his head out the window - into the wind. Mother Nature stole his cap more than once, and as the story goes, he set out to get her back.

In 1903, he asked Ida (now his wife and an excellent seamstress) to modify an old baseball cap to help keep it on in windy weather. The all-cloth cap with the soft, canvas visor was a departure from the traditional fedoras of the day, but it was more comfortable and because of it's six-panel fit, it stayed put.

Soon other railroad workers wanted one of Stormy Kromer's caps for themselves, and when Ida could no longer keep up with demand, they hired a few employees and the business was born.

A lot of things have changed since those first few caps - new colors, new fabrics, new styles - but we haven't changed the way we make 'em. They're hand-stitched right here in the good old U-S-of-A, and they're still made to fit better than anything you've had next to your noggin. Stormy Kromer caps are true to the original, and that means you get all the comfort and function that made them famous.

Wear one, and you'll know what we mean.

thousands of them are worn around here every fall and winter.

The rim / band around the bottom pulls down to cover your ears if needed.

 

[Redneck in training]

I don't care what in looks like, or how goofy or "Elmer Fuddish" it may make me look, I want a hat that will keep my head & ears warm when I'm outside in well below freezing weather this winter. I'm about ready to toss out all these knit type caps I have been wearing as they just aren't warm enough.

Checked out a couple of chain type outdoor stores where I ran into the cruel joke called "one size fits all". Yeah, right... unless you have a big fat head like myself.

So what's keeping your head warm this winter??

This is the hat you need. It was perfected in Russia over many many years. I have a couple. One cheap made of rabbit from China and fox I bought in Moscow. Those are hard to beat.

usanks hat - Google Search

 

[jmurray01]

I used to wear a balaclava, but I stopped wearing it after I got a strange reaction from people when I walked into a bank wearing it... I still don't understand what was so interesting about the ground that they all felt the need to lie face down.

 

[creekbend]

You need one of these.
Ushanka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Ushanka is the result of hundreds of years of warm hat evolution, er uh attrition.
This is as warm as they get.

Are those available in the United States?

 

[Redneck in training]

Are those available in the United States?

Right here
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Click on fur trooper $45

 

[Baby Grand]

These are the kinds of hats I prefer for Minnesota winters. If they can keep my bald head warm at -40, they should work for anyone. :thumbsup:
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Mad Bomber - Fur Bomber Hats, Be Cool!

Joe

I have a Mad Bomber rabbit fur hat. Keeps my noggin toasty on the coldest days.