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    Re: WW/RR/DI cap style name? —John Robert-Blaze Kanehl
   (...) a "kepi" (I love the gray ones) (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: WW/RR/DI cap style name? —Todd Lehman
     (...) When referring to the element, would it be more correct to call it a "Kepi Cap" or a "Kepi Hat"? (I realize that it might be most correct simply to call it a "Kepi"[1] but I figure the redundancy can't hurt. Leaning toward "Kepi Cap" at the (...) (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: WW/RR/DI cap style name? —John Robert-Blaze Kanehl
      (...) It's just a cap or a kepi, as far as I know. (...) However, in trade deals and sales, people have referred to them as "Kepi caps" so I think they wanted to be doubly sure... (...) That would be a great way to keep this hat in (...) (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: WW/RR/DI cap style name? —John Rudy
     (...) Correct terminology for this style of hat is a "kepi" or a "Slouch Cap/Hat" <Encyclopedia Mode> OT, This style of headgear has it's origins in France, having migrated to the USA in the early 19th century (just around 1830-40) and were first (...) (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: WW/RR/DI cap style name? —Paul Ferguson
   I see that Todd has adopted "kepi" as the term for this hat in Auczilla XIV, so I suppose that's now our standard term. Left to my own preferences, I would have used "forage cap", which is the common term in use for the ones from the American Civil (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: WW/RR/DI cap style name? —Todd Lehman
     (...) Hmm, is "forage cap" technically more correct? Which would be the all-around best of the choices below?-- Kepi Cap Kepi Forage Cap Kepi/Forage Cap Forage/Kepi Cap Is a Kepi cap not inclined downard[1] toward the brim. --Todd [1] somehow (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: WW/RR/DI cap style name? —Kevin Wilson
   (...) I thought a forage cap didn't have a brim at all, but was one of those fore-and-aft type caps that aircrew wore in WWII. Kevin ---...--- Personal Lego Web page: (URL) Park: Limited edition kit (URL) Kits & Custom Lego models: (URL) (24 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
 

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