I had no idea that there are so many pith helmet devotees in this forum. And I seem to have drawn them all out. Not sure I should have done that.
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Pith Helmet & a Pipe
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This forum is home to the venerable crew of the Black Frigate - It should probably come as no surprise that there are a good number of pith helmet legionnaires here too.
More like Livinglong if he's still around... ?
Does that mean we all have to start smoking Tanganyika Meerschaums?
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Cajuns always wear a straw hat in summer, I needed to modernize and found this one In Gavelston, smokeing my supersized Ardor!
Methinks that pipe is smoking YOU!
Not only is he a stuffed bear, Vladdy's a Russian, condescending robotic bear that thinks corn are idiots and likes to dance with scarecrows.Oh come on Olkofri, a stuffed bear in a pith helmet would be super cute.
My father always wore one in summer (guess too many years in the infantry, in a jungle, with a helmet). He's passed and I inherited it. I wear it to mow the lawn on hot days, I'll have to snap a picture. One of the many weird (to others) hats I wear....
I originally got my pith helmet with the intention of wearing it to mow but then we hired someone to mow our lawn so now I sometimes watch them mow from our deck while wearing it
Yeah. You threw the weirdy magnet out there.
Holy crap! I was aware of the inexplicable connection between pipe smoking and wearing a kilt, but this is the first time I have been made aware of the apparent connection between pipe smoking and wearing a pith helmet. Do you guys also hunt dangerous African big game with large caliber double barrel rifles?
I guess pipe smoking, wearing a kilt, and wearing a pith helmet are just quirky things a man might do, but I still don't see how those things fit together, unless you're a Scotsman from the late 1800's on a safari somewhere within the more remote parts of the British Empire.
I guess pipe smoking, wearing a kilt, and wearing a pith helmet are just quirky things a man might do, but I still don't see how those things fit together, unless you're a Scotsman from the late 1800's on a safari somewhere within the more remote parts of the British Empire.
I think it's time for some of you to upgrade to a Steampunk Pith.
And the ultimate...the Steampunk Octopith
And the ultimate...the Steampunk Octopith
Pith helmets have a varied history, not just the English big game hunter. The CCC issued them back in the 30’s and 40’s to all workers to protect their heads while working construction. And, from their they worked their way into agriculture, and can still be found for sale at seed, tractor, and cooperative stores in rural areas.
You will still see many of them being worn by farmers throughout the South.
The Colonial African piths are a little different, more decorative and made of a much harder material.
Interesting. Must be a Southern thing. I live in a pretty rural area and know a lot of farmers, and I've never seen a pith helmet around here, not on a farmer's head or at a feed store or anywhere else.
I didn't mean to poke too much fun at the antiquated Englishness of the pith helmet. I wear tweed jackets pretty regularly in the colder months, which aren't quite as quirky as a pith helmet or a kilt, but are still a bit of a low-key Anglophile nod to the Empire.
I just wanted to add some more pictures to the thread.
Piths aren't worn very extensively but occasionally I see one out in the field on a farmer. If you weren’t looking for it, most probably wouldn’t pay any attention to the old guy on the tractor, much less what he is wearing. But, the CCC was mostly composed of Southerners and ag workers hard hit by the Depression.
We'd get along well. I got a used Harris Tweed from Orvis that I wear when its very cold.
We have one hundred years old Leuter's Hardward here in Huntsville with pith hats, but hells bells, there is not much they don't have....LOL!!
I like that old Farmall. As they say, "if it ain't red, it stays in the shed". Mine is a '64 Massey 35 Diesel with PS.
I will actually be looking to trade this winter. Mine is a Ford 600, but I have way outgrown it. As much as I love the vintage models, I am just going to HAVE to get a new one. Productivity takes precedence over coolness when money starts coming into the picture. But, I LOVE old tractors.