Posted on 07/01/2019 3:45:06 PM PDT by DFG
Canadians are celebrating Canada Day on July 1 and even though it is a long way from Texas, one of the northern neighbor’s hallmarks is made exclusively in the Lone Star State.
The flat-brimmed hats with the center dent worn by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are produced at the Milano Hat Company factory in Garland.
“We make custom hats for each one of the Mounties,” said Milano President Scott Starnes. “They are made one at a time and we take very good care to make sure everyone is happy.”
The factory in Garland produces just about every type of hat imaginable for several brand names, including Justin and Larry Mahan’s Hat Collection. Since being founded by John Milano in 1983, the company has specialized in western-style cowboy hats but expanded their horizons in 2011.
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Dudley Do-Right.
In return, we ought to have the Canadians make berets for our military, the ones that we have are pieces of cr*p.
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Benton Fraser would object.
“In return, we ought to have the Canadians make berets for our military, the ones that we have are pieces of cr*p.”
Made in Chicago? China probably better.
I had to cut away from FR for a moment, and go to youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q83Jqd2h0Yg
IIRC, the original berets for Kennedy’s Special Forces were produced in Canada, since Canadian forces were already wearing berets.
We lived in Juneau for 25 years and every July 4th the RCMP sent a squad of Mounties to march in the parade. They were very sharp - with their bright red jackets, campaign hats and spit shined boots.
Not so spiffy ....
Not so spiffy ....
I always liked the red serge.
That would explain why they looked good back then. The secret is to keep the upper circumference small, so that it fits to the head and drapes properly. The Gringo made version is too big and looks silly. It doesn’t help that the front stiffner is too big also, The Canucks have a small one, just big enough to support the badge.
My favorite Mountie story is from a book about the Klondike gold rush. There was a pass between Skagway and Canada, and the Mounties monitored it and required anyone entering Canada have a years worth of supplies hauled up there before they could cross into Canada. A mobster named Soapy Smith ran Skagway, and one of his henchment hiked up to the pass and went into a Mountie’s office and asked, well, what if I don’t want to bring in a year’s worth of supplies? What if I shoot my way in?
The Mountie opened a drawer, pulled out a revolver, put it on his desk and said “Start shooting. Find out.”
The thug slunk back to Skagway.
Surely this is photo shopped? Nobody is really that pear shaped and on the POlice force are they?
Who knows? Anything is possible in this country.
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