Refurbishing a faithful SD Hat
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Refurbishing a faithful SD Hat
I had the misfortune to be Comp'd back from Ops this week and have to attend a funeral a week on Monday. My SD hat is in need of refurbishment, the more so because I can't find a company who make decent new ones (Bates' seem to have folded).
If anyone knows of a company who can either refurbish my old one or sell me a decent new one, I'd be most grateful of the information.
It's my Mother's funeral, so I can't look like a bag of cr@p, but she wanted all serving personnel attending to be in uniform.
Help very much appreciated
BfI
If anyone knows of a company who can either refurbish my old one or sell me a decent new one, I'd be most grateful of the information.
It's my Mother's funeral, so I can't look like a bag of cr@p, but she wanted all serving personnel attending to be in uniform.
Help very much appreciated
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Bates
Worth phoning ahead, but if you pop in to their Jermyn Street store they should be able to sort you out same day. They were very handy for me a couple of years back when I inadvertently set fire to my SD hat.
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
6Z3, I didn't realise that AIDU was a hat shop model.
Still given his location and wit . . .
Still given his location and wit . . .
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Occasional Aviator, you have to tell us more, how? why? or what, sounds an interesting story 
was sick in mine once, you tell your story and I'll tell mine.
was sick in mine once, you tell your story and I'll tell mine.
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Have a rather nice size 57 'Ai Wai Lam' (will check speeeling later) SD hat, in a bag, never worn and never likely to be worn. Might have to pop it on the 'Bay at some point.
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There's a place in Peckham (SE London) called something like "The Cardinal Cap Company" which will refurbish - primarily by fitting with new peak - SD caps.
They claim that they actually make the caps for a well-known Saville Row military tailor - when I had one of mine done, the slightly dodgy looking character (well it was Peckham) that took my cap looked under the sweatband and said "Si si, thisa isa one of ours!" (he was Italian).
I'll try and dig out a contact.
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Backfrom Iraq
check PMs for contact details
Teeters
They claim that they actually make the caps for a well-known Saville Row military tailor - when I had one of mine done, the slightly dodgy looking character (well it was Peckham) that took my cap looked under the sweatband and said "Si si, thisa isa one of ours!" (he was Italian).
I'll try and dig out a contact.
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Backfrom Iraq
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Sorry
Afraid it sounds more interesting than it actually was. Came home in a frustrated state, started ranting at Mrs OA in our cramped kitchen, she clearing up. The smell of burning alerted us to the fact that she'd put it down on the electric ring which had just been used to boil the veg. I do most of the cooking now.
Best wishes to BackFromIraq at the funeral.
Best wishes to BackFromIraq at the funeral.
