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Re: WW/RR/DI cap style name?
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 11 Oct 2000 11:01:05 GMT
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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 War era, where the flat round top is inclined
downward towards the brim.
Although "kepi" is an acceptable term for this, I think it's
more commonly used for the French cap that looks like a simple
short cylinder with a brim on the front, worn by French officers
and police. Think of Claude Raines in "Casablanca", or all of
those classic French Foreign Legionaires, except that their
kepis have the cloth at the back to protect the neck from
the blazing desert sun.
In lugnet.general, John Robert-Blaze Kanehl writes:
> In lugnet.adventurers, Todd Lehman writes:
> > Y'know that floppy cavalry-looking hat/cap with visor thingum that comes in
> > Blue in Wild West sets,
> >
> > http://guide.lugnet.com/set/?q=6706,6716,6761,6765,6769&v=a
> >
> > Dark Gray in Rock Raiders sets,
> >
> > http://guide.lugnet.com/set/?q=1276,3348,3349,4930,4980,4990&v=a
> >
> > and now Brown in Dino Island sets?
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> > http://guide.lugnet.com/set/?q=1281,5912,5921,5975&v=a
> >
> > What's that style of hat/cap called?
> >
> > --Todd
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> a "kepi"
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> (I love the gray ones)
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: WW/RR/DI cap style name?
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| (...) 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?
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| (...) 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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