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Kinja'd!!! "Kiltedpadre" (kiltedpadre)
05/10/2019 at 12:59 • Filed to: None

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Being a bald man who regularly spends time outside at work I like to keep a straw hat around for protection. The downside is they can easily get beat up in a work truck.

You can buy hat holders to prevent this, but why do that when you have a wire hanger and some duct tape.

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I may add some tape to the portion the hat actually sits on to help spread out the stress.


DISCUSSION (12)


Kinja'd!!! Chariotoflove > Kiltedpadre
05/10/2019 at 13:07

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Nice.  You could also bend the wire to make a belt loop and bypass the tape.


Kinja'd!!! Nibby > Kiltedpadre
05/10/2019 at 13:23

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you made a catheter out of a wire hanger?


Kinja'd!!! Kiltedpadre > Chariotoflove
05/10/2019 at 13:25

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That would’ve worked, but I wanted the tape to protect the carpet and painted metal behind it from the end of the hanger  if it shifts when I take the hat on and off.


Kinja'd!!! Kiltedpadre > Nibby
05/10/2019 at 13:27

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If you need to borrow it I can sterilize it for you.

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Kinja'd!!! Chariotoflove > Kiltedpadre
05/10/2019 at 13:27

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Good point. Got any plastidip?


Kinja'd!!! TheRealBicycleBuck > Kiltedpadre
05/10/2019 at 13:55

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Nice. My headwear of choice is a baseball cap,  e xcept when I’m working in the yard, then it’s a safari hat. Makes me feel like I’m a big game hunter as I drive the mower around the yard.


Kinja'd!!! Tristan > Kiltedpadre
05/10/2019 at 14:11

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Where might one find a hat like that? All the straw hats I can find are hideous or gaudy. 


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05/10/2019 at 15:25

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My left testicle hurts just thinking about that.

Also...


Kinja'd!!! Kiltedpadre > Tristan
05/10/2019 at 17:46

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I believe it is from Rural King, but I’m not 100% certain. I have another straw hat I keep at home. One came from Rural King and the other is from Cabelas.


Kinja'd!!! Kiltedpadre > Chariotoflove
05/10/2019 at 17:54

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Not in the free materials I can use from work. The next time I’m on call and bring the truck home I may make some improvements.

I’m trying to get all my gear more organized, and this was an easy step one.


Kinja'd!!! Kiltedpadre > TheRealBicycleBuck
05/10/2019 at 17:58

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I have a baseball cap in the truck too. On really hot days I prefer the straw hat because my head doesn’t seem to get as sweaty .


Kinja'd!!! TheRealBicycleBuck > Kiltedpadre
05/10/2019 at 20:37

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I hear you. I just don’t like the chance of getting burned through the gaps in the straw weave.