01-29-2013, 04:34 PM
I have seen Phrygian hats on a statue of Paris of Troy - but the statue is dated to 2nd C AD. A Phrygian hat is good for an archer, doesn't interfere with the passage of the bowstring like a brimmed hat does and wearing one makes it easy to loop stuff over your head. Being different schools of thought, I sort-of looked at Mithras for an answer to my Phrygian hat question as one reference has him arrived in Britain by 80AD.
I have other hats - a Scythian hat (the same reason as above and more stylish) ; a rather tonsure-shaped worsted 'cowpat' to serve as a helmet comforter (when I find a helmet that fits me) using good lanolin wool, knit a tea-cosy - without the holes - then boil it to shrink and thicken up. Also a plain wool-felt cap in the shape of a basin. I've tried out leather caps but I find these rather uncomfortable to wear.
In reply to the question - I make all my stuff from patterns copied from statues, images on pottery, etc. Caps are pretty easy to make, needing only the circumference of your head if a close-fit is desired.
Images (if successful) are early but the style of hat seems to remain the same, still worn today
I have other hats - a Scythian hat (the same reason as above and more stylish) ; a rather tonsure-shaped worsted 'cowpat' to serve as a helmet comforter (when I find a helmet that fits me) using good lanolin wool, knit a tea-cosy - without the holes - then boil it to shrink and thicken up. Also a plain wool-felt cap in the shape of a basin. I've tried out leather caps but I find these rather uncomfortable to wear.
In reply to the question - I make all my stuff from patterns copied from statues, images on pottery, etc. Caps are pretty easy to make, needing only the circumference of your head if a close-fit is desired.
Images (if successful) are early but the style of hat seems to remain the same, still worn today
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