RAF No.2 S/D Cap

[Chris RiffRAF]

Can anyone recommend a half decent S/D cap. I have recently been issued a replacement which looks, quite frankly ridiculous. Something between a Soviet general and Major Mohn springs to mind. The old one came from thieves and hawkes but must be about 50 years old as I inherited it from my father. Are there any modern manufacturers that some kind chap could recommend that supply something remotely wearable?

[bobward]

I think I got mine via Moss Bros. Although it was a long while ago and (b) I was but a humble VR(T)........
Hope this helps.

[beamer]

Try eBay, you might be surprised

[SLXOwft]

:) If your budget runs to £355.

https://swaine.london/products/royal-air-force-no-1-service-dress-hats

[snapper41]

Bates the Hatters of Jermyn Street. You get what you pay for…

[Biggus]

Ernie Bedford???

[Ken Scott]

Bates the Hatters of Jermyn Street. You get what you pay for…

Sadly they no longer make RAF hats. I bought my Bates in the mid 1980s for the princely sum of £50 (£150 equivalent today), I still have it but had to retire it from every day use about 15 years ago as it had become too ‘operational’. I recently was Issued one from stores when I started as a VR pilot and the quality is dreadful, not a patch on the Bates.

I had thought it was expensive (but worth it) but compared to the offering mentioned above at £355…!

[NRU74]

What is an RAF No 2 S/D Cap ?

[Ken Scott]

The SD hat worn with No 2 dress by officers… may also be worn with No 1 dress!!!

[teeteringhead]

The SD hat worn with No 2 dress by officers… may also be worn with No 1 dress!!! So that makes it THE SD cap, no?

[NutLoose]

https://www.cetomilitaria.co.uk/ourshop/prod_6313966-RAF-Cap-Officer-Various.html

[Ken Scott]

So that makes it THE SD cap, no?

Correct… but the IP might work with the cadet force and not have No 1s so considers it the No 2 cap. The usual pprune approach is one of excessive pedantry and pointless attention to irrelevant detail which is why the No 1/ No 2 distinction was being ignored… for a while anyway.

[NRU74]

The usual pprune approach is one of excessive pedantry and pointless attention to irrelevant detail.

I only asked a simple question