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Were they made out of felt or straw..?
Johnny

Yes. :wink:

Paul,
That was truly a "laconic" response..!

So they were both felt and straw....

Johnny

Exactly.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Most of the ones I've seen in picture were a very low round crown, reasonably wide brim, probably 4"-5", right? There's a commercially available felt hat like the one Fr. Guido Sarducci used to wear on Saturday Night Live (back when it was still mostly comedy, mostly not political commentary)...if that rings a bell, would it be a reasonable modern substitute?

There's a website on how to make the felt ones, somewhere - try a search on hatmaking, if you're interested. "Crafty Beggars", in Scotland, will make you one for £70.

Postage to Texas would be murderous, even if the 150USD price didn't scare me off. :lol: Do those beggars have a website?

I can't find their business card, but they have an e-mail address <[email protected]>, if that helps.

Here's a page with them on it, and some of their hats.

[url:3g7vpngl]http://www.reenactorsmarket.co.uk/traders/traders2/Z1/craftybeggars.htm[/url]

Also what don't you try make one. That site might be helpfull:
http://www.costumes.org/advice/costcraf ... mpjk10.htm

That's the page i mentioned! Well done, Spyros! Laudes!

Quote:Also what don't you try make one. That site might be helpfull:
http://www.costumes.org/advice/costcraf ... mpjk10.htm

I read somewhere that this kinda hats were leather covered bronze cavalry helmets, is it right?

The Boeotian helmet is 'supposed' to have been developed from the sun hat but you could also argue that it is just a wide brimed flat pylos helmet

http://spartanwarband.com/gallery/ancie ... ian_Helmet
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Quote:I read somewhere that this kinda hats were leather covered bronze cavalry helmets, is it right?

Something like that was discovered in an archaeological dig in Athens some years back. It had holes along the ring to fasten the leather cover.

Osprey’s Elite 007 The Ancient Greeks pg 19 has a reconstruction of the helmet.