Old style jd hat

Anonymous-0 · Jun 21, 2013

Looking for what they may call a pith hat.They were wore in the 50,s and 60,s seen many in photos of that era on threshing crews.The ones I found on the internet do not seem to be as round as i remember as a child . JD made them of hard plastic

Bob · Jun 21, 2013

I have 2 vintage IH pith helmets. I checked on ebay are there are NO DEERE or IH pith helmets to be found, which surprised me.

wilson ind · Jun 21, 2013

what a pithy!!! I know I'm just in one of thoss todaye mood

ShadetreeRet · Jun 21, 2013

Sounds like a business opportunity to me! When I was a kid we called them "Jungle helmets".

Mike (WA) · Jun 21, 2013

Mailmen wear them around here in the summer. They have some acronym on them- "USPS", or some such. Would look better with an Oliver tractor.

730 virgil · Jun 21, 2013

there is a local man that has a massey harris one near me

rusty6 · Jun 21, 2013

(quoted from post at 09:46:43 06/21/13) there is a local man that has a massey harris one near me

I still have the helmet my dad wore in the sixties. No name on it, just silver paint. It looked like some type of cork material.

Big-Game · Jun 21, 2013

Is this the style you are talking about ?

RayP(MI) · Jun 21, 2013

My dad used to wear one, probably late '50s, 'early '60s. Remember it well. Was made of a paper pulp material - like a very good grade of paper mache made from brown paper towels. Relative water resistant. Really suprisingly durable considering what they went through on the farm.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 21, 2013

old style to jd means not made in china! Try Gemplers, and get an orange one, they work better, LOL!

rustyplow · Jun 21, 2013

This what your looking for? Found this at an antique mall Bay city Mi. There out there. Just gotta keep watch. I have several, all differant brands. Have found them at swap meets, flea markets. They show up on Ebay regular. $50 to $75 will usualy buy them.

rusty6 · Jun 21, 2013

(quoted from post at 15:51:27 06/21/13) Is this the style you are talking about ?

That is the style but it appears to be perforated. Dad's was solid construction that would not let any light through. Couple of little vent holes in each side and a headband inside.

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