Quote from: bantam5s on June 16, 2021, 07:12:03 PMQuote from: Hoosier Daddy on June 16, 2021, 06:49:45 PMDavid... are those pins on a Boonie Hat?There is a whole 'nother spin on "tool". To me a "hat" is not a fashion statement, but a "Tool" to keep your head covered and the sun out of your eyes.. even hold items.In my opinion, a true Boonie is the best. It has snaps on the side to raise one or both sides of the brim. a sewn in strap around to hold things like mosquito repellent, a pack of matches, super glue, or even your favorite fly's for fishing... even clip your Ipod to it and you have a "Musical Hat". Good ones have vents at the temples to help keep you cool.And a chin strap for the wind.For shooting I snap up the right side for a cheek weld and lower the left to shade the scope.I have an assortment of them in khaki, grey, and camo... but this is "Old Faithful"... getting quite worn and stained... but is still my "Go To". I have dozens of "ball caps" but always grab a Boonie for working so it must be a "tool".USGI boonie in " m81 " woodland, made in the US by R&B inc.The last American manufacturer of GOVT spec hats and caps in " M81 " woodland.Been wearing a patrol cap every single day since my dad gave me the last one he had been issued when I was 12, but last year I decided to get a boonie for outdoor wear during the summer.It honestly doesn't even feel like I'm wearing a different hat most of the time.I'm not even close to being done putting pins in it BTW, I still gotta ad another hook or two and I've got a couple Case knives pins on the way.David?...my young brother...you have some COOL stuff!
Quote from: Hoosier Daddy on June 16, 2021, 06:49:45 PMDavid... are those pins on a Boonie Hat?There is a whole 'nother spin on "tool". To me a "hat" is not a fashion statement, but a "Tool" to keep your head covered and the sun out of your eyes.. even hold items.In my opinion, a true Boonie is the best. It has snaps on the side to raise one or both sides of the brim. a sewn in strap around to hold things like mosquito repellent, a pack of matches, super glue, or even your favorite fly's for fishing... even clip your Ipod to it and you have a "Musical Hat". Good ones have vents at the temples to help keep you cool.And a chin strap for the wind.For shooting I snap up the right side for a cheek weld and lower the left to shade the scope.I have an assortment of them in khaki, grey, and camo... but this is "Old Faithful"... getting quite worn and stained... but is still my "Go To". I have dozens of "ball caps" but always grab a Boonie for working so it must be a "tool".USGI boonie in " m81 " woodland, made in the US by R&B inc.The last American manufacturer of GOVT spec hats and caps in " M81 " woodland.Been wearing a patrol cap every single day since my dad gave me the last one he had been issued when I was 12, but last year I decided to get a boonie for outdoor wear during the summer.It honestly doesn't even feel like I'm wearing a different hat most of the time.I'm not even close to being done putting pins in it BTW, I still gotta ad another hook or two and I've got a couple Case knives pins on the way.
David... are those pins on a Boonie Hat?There is a whole 'nother spin on "tool". To me a "hat" is not a fashion statement, but a "Tool" to keep your head covered and the sun out of your eyes.. even hold items.In my opinion, a true Boonie is the best. It has snaps on the side to raise one or both sides of the brim. a sewn in strap around to hold things like mosquito repellent, a pack of matches, super glue, or even your favorite fly's for fishing... even clip your Ipod to it and you have a "Musical Hat". Good ones have vents at the temples to help keep you cool.And a chin strap for the wind.For shooting I snap up the right side for a cheek weld and lower the left to shade the scope.I have an assortment of them in khaki, grey, and camo... but this is "Old Faithful"... getting quite worn and stained... but is still my "Go To". I have dozens of "ball caps" but always grab a Boonie for working so it must be a "tool".
David, Some how I just knew that was a Boonie... not your classic patrol cap. Lizzie, thanks for the offer, but in the "Big City", we have G.I. Joes army / navy surplus. I have been a patron of theirs for literally going on 50 years now. Dad took me there when I was a wee lad and he bought me a "Marine's Semper Fi" tee shirt Red T-shirt with a yellow screen printed English Bulldog wearing a drill sergeants hat on the front, and full "anatomically correct" rear view of the same dog on the back. Seriously can not believe I remember that still today... In elementary school, I could not wait for Mom to wash it so I could wear it to school again the next week....Yes, I come from "good stock". https://m.facebook.com/GI-Joes-Army-Surplus-184715005008020/?ref=page_internal&mt_nav=0
^THAT is a true BOONIE!^Wait... no snaps for the brim?Now you are gonna make me dig for the Mil-Spec number aren't you.
OK.. Now I am suddenly really P.O.ed!!!Where in the heck IS my dessert Camo military issue Boonie I wore in Desert Storm now that it is time for it's photo op?Found my BDU pants, shirt,even my double liner coat... but my HAT?Where the heck is my Boonie from Uncle Sam!!!?I bet it is in the attic for "safe keeping" with all my other old military stuff.But it is much like this...
. You are all very lucky that I have not yet mastered the photo thing.
If a hat is considered as a "visual / protection aid" and not a "Billboard Advertisement" nor "Fashion Statement" and servers a utilitarian purpose.. it is a "tool"... no?
We have a pretty cool surplus in Fort Worth as well. When the boys were young, Mike used to take them there and buy MRE's for them, which they thought were excellent camping table fare. There is a really nice creek on this place with woods along the creek and on the hill, so they thought they were really roughing it! LOLhttps://www.facebook.com/OmahasSurplus
....I just had to cap myself.
Quote from: lizzie on June 16, 2021, 08:23:49 PMWe have a pretty cool surplus in Fort Worth as well. When the boys were young, Mike used to take them there and buy MRE's for them, which they thought were excellent camping table fare. There is a really nice creek on this place with woods along the creek and on the hill, so they thought they were really roughing it! LOLhttps://www.facebook.com/OmahasSurplusMy buddies and I used to camp out on the islands in our junior high years and my mom would buy us MREs at the base commissary. We loved that they did not have to be kept in the coolers and actually did not think they were that bad of a meal.BD
Quote from: buldawg76 on June 17, 2021, 01:39:25 AMQuote from: lizzie on June 16, 2021, 08:23:49 PMWe have a pretty cool surplus in Fort Worth as well. When the boys were young, Mike used to take them there and buy MRE's for them, which they thought were excellent camping table fare. There is a really nice creek on this place with woods along the creek and on the hill, so they thought they were really roughing it! LOLhttps://www.facebook.com/OmahasSurplusMy buddies and I used to camp out on the islands in our junior high years and my mom would buy us MREs at the base commissary. We loved that they did not have to be kept in the coolers and actually did not think they were that bad of a meal.BD They really aren't that bad a meal in reality. They have the basics there, and meet some nutritional needs, but we (humans) tend to be so creative with our cooking, because we have the luxury of immediate access to food for the most part, that we forget that food is first and for most for survival and not for fun. For ore-teen boys on an outdoor adventure, they are part of the great story in the making! 😆
Oh so true lizzie. We were so busy roaming the islands and hunting that we did not have time or the desire to cook food so the MREs were a quick and easy meal for us that we could eat on the run or in our boats. We did not use tents but built tree houses and forts with scrap lumber from construction sights we scrounged up. We had them on several different islands we frequented camping.BD
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