Pith Helmets

[digger]

The perfect headwear for those on a s1 daytrip.

Found a source for cheap decent units...(US prices and add freight)

British Empire Pith Helmet - Khaki (http://www.gentlemansemporium.com/store/001972.php)

white
Emporium Stores Search Results (http://www.gentlemansemporium.com/search/?q=001973)

straw
Straw Safari Helmet - Khaki (http://www.gentlemansemporium.com/store/003218.php)

straw white
Emporium Stores Search Results (http://www.gentlemansemporium.com/search/?q=003219)

another alternative -- the fez!!
Fez - Burgundy Wool Felt (http://www.gentlemansemporium.com/store/003688.php)

another alternative -- aviator/trooper hat
Weathered Trooper Hat (http://www.gentlemansemporium.com/store/003220.php)

anyway thought Id pop em up for those interested!

[magilla]

HA , you wouldn't credit it, I was on this site last week looking for a tweed jacket

[gromit]

HA , you wouldn't credit it, I was on this site last week looking for a tweed jacket

Usually plenty at the local Op Shop.
I got one a few years back for an RACV Rally where they asked for 'period dress'. I even managed to find a tweed tie.......


Colin

[Bigbjorn]

One of the regular habitués of SE Qld. motor cycle swap meets parades around in a genuine pith helmet. He has to guard it closely as it is the goal of quite a number of his fellow members to acquire the helmet and pith in it.

[Don 130]

You'll need a pair of 'Bombay bloomers' to complete the costume.
Don.

[vnx205]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH! :spudnikboil:

I was browsing that site and showed SWMBO because I thought she would be amused by some of the Victorian ladies outfits.

Now she wants a Battenburg Lace Parasol. :D:D

[Landy Smurf]

I have been thinking of getting one for a while, thanks for the links
I am tossing up between these 2
http://www.gentlemansemporium.com/store/003220.php
(have been looking for these for a while too)
http://www.gentlemansemporium.com/search/?q=003219
and now to look at the complete outfits :O

[Landy Smurf]

finally found it the perfect suit
Union Suit - Red Long Johns (http://www.gentlemansemporium.com/store/001737.php)

[gromit]

One of the regular habitués of SE Qld. motor cycle swap meets parades around in a genuine pith helmet. He has to guard it closely as it is the goal of quite a number of his fellow members to acquire the helmet and pith in it.


If I remember correctly they were worn by the British when in the jungle to stop the monkeys pithing on them, hence the name........


Colin

[Bigbjorn]

Usually plenty at the local Op Shop.
I got one a few years back for an RACV Rally where they asked for 'period dress'. I even managed to find a tweed tie.......


Colin

Did you get a cheesecutter cap and jodphurs as well? If so, you could join one of the snobby vintage sports car clubs. Might need a British Racing Drivers Club tie at some.

[gromit]

Did you get a cheesecutter cap and jodphurs as well? If so, you could join one of the snobby vintage sports car clubs. Might need a British Racing Drivers Club tie at some.

No, but I did find some bib & brace overalls. So I wore those with my tweed jacket, check shirt, tweed tie, tweed hat (drop brim not flat) & brown brogues and went as a gentleman farmer. I've got a picture somewhere.

I was looking for a deerstalker hat but couldn't find one....

Colin

[mfc]

i go the russian tank comander hat and gladstone raincoat{think flasher or dick tracy} with goggles and driving gloves to do blockies in on sat night, or when people want to go for a drive....


not many people talk to me:{ dont know why........summer im looking at a pith helmet ,wife beater bombay bloomers and hobnail boots{ sundays weddings and funeral gear...}

its actualy surprising what an impact the furry cap absorbs... great to sleep in when bush in winter

[mfc]

finally found it the perfect suit
Union Suit - Red Long Johns (http://www.gentlemansemporium.com/store/001737.php)

wonder if they come in light wool for summer wear or just trim the legs and arms of {aka 1920's swim wear}

my summer wear is usualy an akubra stylemaster and a 1950's suit pants and a white shirt n braces
scary thing is i did before i owned a 1950's car

[magilla]

Hey MFC,

I always wondered who Dick Dastardly was modeled on

[mfc]

Hey MFC,

I always wondered who Dick Dastardly was modeled on

need a velcro on handlebar mostache... up for winter dastardly and down and waxed for the pith helmet pip pip tallyho season

[Bigbjorn]

No, but I did find some bib & brace overalls. So I wore those with my tweed jacket, check shirt, tweed tie, tweed hat (drop brim not flat) & brown brogues and went as a gentleman farmer. I've got a picture somewhere.

I was looking for a deerstalker hat but couldn't find one....

Colin

Is there still the Irish shop in McWhirter's, Fortitude Valley? It always had deerstalkers on display.

[VladTepes]

Brilliant there are a few fellas wear these at our "Edwardian" / "Vintagers" shooting days. I flavour the flat cap myself though.

Still looking for affordable breeks and vest to suit the Qld climate ! (Quite a challenge).

[wrinklearthur]

I like the beige army ( giggle ) hats, I wear that and that's me. :D

[mfc]

I like the beige army ( giggle ) hats, I wear that and that's me. :D

just the hat?

[wrinklearthur]

just the hat?

No pictures of me wearing my hat swimming in the Jardine river though.
.

[mfc]

No I figure not ... Snappers to focused on reptile v man shot ...... That's defiantly not pith helmet swimming teritory

[Mick_Marsh]

I think I know where Digger's inspiration came from.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

Oh, and while you're at it, don't forget the safari suit.

[digger]

Darn that dastardly dirty lying log!
To attack a spiffing auto like that one is just not cricket..

The Pith helmet worn by Dennis was quite fetching and I might say
he looked a treat driving the '48 and grinning like Biggles with a
new sopwith eh what?!

Now I shan't say anything about that flat cap... Eh Ian???

Rightho, keep calm and keep going chaps, Jolly good show!!


Cheers

[back_in]

one should collect stones not throw them
glass houses and all that
Dennis and myself are Gentlemen of some standing
sitting is something we do well
cheers

[123rover50]

She has a bunch of these for $20.00.
Will do a deal for 10 or more.
Perhaps SLOw could resell to members:cool:

French Style Pith Helmets | eBay (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/300969276937'ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649)

[Bigbjorn]

She has a bunch of these for $20.00.
Will do a deal for 10 or more.
Perhaps SLOw could resell to members:cool:

French Style Pith Helmets | eBay (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/300969276937'ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649)

North Vietnamese Army surplus.

[Landy Smurf]

dag nam it and I just ordered mine last week

[VladTepes]

Might be keen.

[Landy Smurf]

just got my pith helmet a few minutes ago and just wondering does the strap go to the front or back? and are they made out of foam or something light and kind of soft?
Never mind I worked it out

[VladTepes]

front ya knucklehead... :lol2:

[Bigbjorn]

Do any of you remember "Pike Bros. Gentleman's Outfitters" in Queen St. Brisbane?

Pikes offered "solar topees" same appearance as a pith helmet but made from 1" cork covered in a sturdy khaki light canvas with leather chinstrap and brim band. Made to measure.

Pikes were a quite upmarket store. They kept regular customer details on file so one could write or telegram them for a suit, shoes, hats, have them made to your recorded size and sent out. They also had a tobacconist counter and would keep your preferred cigars or tobacco in your personal humidor and send them out as required.

This was a time of gentlemen in business not businessmen. John Pike favoured sports roadsters and would park his in Queen St. right outside the shop. One of them was a custom bodied Bugatti. His mate, Fred Tritton of Trittons Furniture and Coupon Furniture had Downings of Wooloongabba build him a special to race at the Australian Grand Prix at Leyburn. He engaged Bill Kelly who did most of the work as his riding mechanic for the event. The last riding mechanic to be entered in an AGP.

[incisor]

just got my pith helmet a few minutes ago and just wondering does the strap go to the front or back? and are they made out of foam or something light and kind of soft?
Never mind I worked it out

they are made of pith oddly enough!

[VladTepes]

Brian - sounds like a GREAT shop. I wish there were more like that around today.


Modern retailers don't generally have any REAL concept of customer service.



I wonder if that was the same Bugatti that was at the RACQ Motorfest?

[Landy Smurf]

they are made of pith oddly enough!
Really or are you just taking the pith?

[Bigbjorn]

correcting an error in post #31 above. It was Cyril Tritton, not Frank, who had a special built for the AGP. Based on one of those late thirties big Wolseley gentleman's cars. Downing's built a new chassis for it based on the design of the Riley 9 raced by Peter Downing. Didn't start in the AGP following ignition problems in practice. Later got road registered and driven around Brisbane by Cyril.

[Mick_Marsh]

Hey! Digger!
I've found a pith helmet for you.
You might think it's a little expensive but it does come with a free Series 1.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/10/1296.jpg (http://s1074.photobucket.com/user/mick_marsh_AULRO/media/Caribbean%20Gardens%20September%202013/DSC_3248.jpg.html)

[digger]

Hey! Digger!
I've found a pith helmet for you.
You might think it's a little expensive but it does come with a free Series 1.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/10/1296.jpg (http://s1074.photobucket.com/user/mick_marsh_AULRO/media/Caribbean%20Gardens%20September%202013/DSC_3248.jpg.html)

Is that Hebe?

[Mick_Marsh]

Is that Hebe?
Yep! Wouldn't I like to buy it.

[goingbush]

Dropped into Dubbo Zoo the other day for lunch and the gift shop has some Pith Helmets , guess they go with the Safari Theme ,( but no Safari Jackets )

[Landy Smurf]

I really want to get the full safari outfit including the big boots, one day I will.....just like one day I will finish my series one

[wrinklearthur]

Would need to wear a oilskin raincoat and southwester hat today.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/10/1239.jpg
.

[goingbush]

Here you go old chaps

GABICCI VINTAGE Padstow Retro Indie Mod Cotton Safari Jacket (http://www.atomretro.com/product_info.cfm?product_id=10237)

[Landy Smurf]

who are you calling old :p
I want that just need to justify the money first