The Boss once fed my aged SD cap to vascodegama's snoozing labrador.... I managed to recover it from the happy lab's jaws, but it was in rather a sorry, soggy state...and the strap had been eaten. So my hitherto 'cere' SD cap reserved for parades, weddings and bollockings had to be re-assigned for daily use and the dog-cap was stuffed away at the bottom of my headset bag...
Just as well, because someone stole my good cap at Incirlik, so I had to use the strapless dog-cap but fortunately didn't need to wear it very often as the flight line was a no-hat area. I bought a new one when I got back, which was delivered quite quickly. I think it was a proper Bates one, but came with a horrid plastic strap rather than a proper leather one.
That served me well - until in 2003 I needed a new one. That came from stores and was the cheapest, best made and smartest one I ever had. Less than £20, which I couldn't believe!