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BIG-TARGET
27-10-2007, 23:47
An EDCer's/bushcrafter's best friend.
Anyone else wear them??
brumby
28-10-2007, 01:12
yes, my mum likes them yet she's no bushcraft lady!
BIG-TARGET
28-10-2007, 20:50
But they do happen to be popular with EDCers!! http://edcforums.com/index.php?topic=10809.0
hefty
29-10-2007, 10:34
I have a choc chip destert cam boonie i swapped with a US marine during op Granby (desert storm for those of you acroos the water)for a tin of boiled sweets!!! its lasted well and is my summer hat choice, keeps the sun off all round and the showers out too, good bit of kit!!!
RobertRogers
29-10-2007, 13:43
Yes! (http://www.survivaltopics.com/survival/sog-seal-pup-knife/) (second pic down)
BIG-TARGET
29-10-2007, 13:53
Also, if you ever noticed(my wife has), those of us who wear boonies, are wired into the world/universe quite differently from everyone else!:rolleyes:
RobertRogers
30-10-2007, 16:30
Also, if you ever noticed(my wife has), those of us who wear boonies, are wired into the world/universe quite differently from everyone else!:rolleyes:


Thats why we get those looks.
BIG-TARGET
03-11-2007, 02:26
Thats why we get those looks.

and we seem to be more RIGHT than anyone else!!\\:D/

and if you really want to wow them,,,, http://www.tigerstripeproducts.com/php3fe00blg0101/products.php?cat=19 http://www.tigerstripeproducts.com/php3fe00blg0101/products.php?cat=18
dill
07-11-2007, 07:58
I used to wear one, some 30 yrs ago. Then I grew up! Kidding.

I wore one in combat. I went to a baseball cap as soon as I could. I have a Military Triangle bandage I soak in water and wear under the baseball cap for shade and to keep me cool.

In winter, I have a blue jeep cap I wear. A jeep cap is a stocking cap with a bill. If it is too cold for the Jeep cap, I have an insulated stocking caps and one with a face cover.

The Boonie hats are OK. They just never impressed me outside of the jungle or desert use. As a fashion statement, they just yell wanta be or wish I were!

Don
Jedadiah
27-11-2007, 14:30
It took me ages to find a plain OD boonie and when i did i loved it. Right up to the point where a light breeze blew the rim back into my face! If there's no wind, excellent. In the wood's, brilliant! As soon as there is a breeze i take it off as i like to see where i'm going. And before you ask, no i am NOT going to starch it a la Gunny Highway!:wink:
BIG-TARGET
27-11-2007, 21:34
I wear mine more like Sydney Possuelo!

He's the dude with the boonie hat. Brim up!!http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0308/sights_n_sounds/media2.html