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Years back there was a PBS special on the Nicaraguan Civil War. The anti-Sandinistas rebels wore the boonies w/ sides pinned up cowboy hat style. If a safety pin is ever needed for emergency, you have two handy. They were Catholic so some had tiny safety pins in the form of a roman cross on the front part of the boonie. Sadly, the rebels lost as we all know but I wear my boonie pinned cowboy style in honor of them. I am just a hiker, woodsman but love the hats.

Things Larper’s do instead of getting a job.

That last line got me 😂

Devil doc?

So his helmet is actually $80-500 cheap Chinese helmet that I wouldn’t actually recommend. PGD and HHV are ok choices but nothing else. I know this because you can’t achieve a fast legacy cut from cutting an ach or ech. Just not possible. And the rails are mysteriously the same color as the helmet itself… However he is not wrong. If you want a cheap real ballistic high cut, get an ach from a surplus shop for like $200 and cut the ears off. You’ll want the MICH ACH arc rails for the helmet.

That's good ideas bro, Same thing with me. That's the way i do my hat.

Finally someone who knows is teaching this. It's sad how few guys know how to wear a boonie!

i have an old Pasgt is it worth getting it high cut or should I just get an ACH and have that converted instead ? btw theres a guy KustomACH that does ach for $115 and pasgt for $160 . high cut, holes and paint job

I got those same mounts for my peltors, so far they have barely lasted a 6 month deployment and look like they are about to explode any second. Don’t really recommend

Don't thing you should do it. Also think the maker of the video isn't military. Operator was said. Makes me think he isn't x military. If so he was in the rear with the gear

Great video bud

I run bailing wire through the brim to help it keep the shape

One can tell a lot in a soldier by the way he wears his head gear. Peaking the top is Ally

oorah brother

Chief, I appreciate this info.

Think I will wear as is. I am not military. The longer the brim less sun on face.

While the others just tread the thing on vanilla-style, I'll be feeling so superior 😌

Did you have to Redhill any holes for the rails? I've got the same model rail and laid it over both a medium and large ACH. The holes are nowhere close. Would be interested in seeing which rails you used and how they line up on that uncut ach.

I appreciate you sowing this G i was struggling with shaping it for it fuckin mint now. Cheers mate

Rangers had the topside corners rolled slightly up like little horns, the back of the brim angled up, and the front brim crested in the subtle W shape.

I form my boogie just like I did back in the day. I put it on my head, it shapes itself.

Jesus H Christ, I can tell how dated most of you in the comments are. Let me tell you how often you're going on patrol without your helmet in today's modern warfare. Are you ready for it? ...never.

Don’t cut the drawstring. I tried what he saying and if you’re in a vehicle and there’s wind whipping around it will fling your hat off put the fucking strap underneath chin it’s about being functional

Can someone tell me where I can buy one of these?

Nice content

Id much rather have it flat so it doesn't cut of you peripheral vision

Fucking wicked

Now all's you need is some hairy pork chops and a cigar

Want to look like a noob in the field? Follow this video directions.l Seriously, wtf? "Form a boonie"?

Only in Seppostan would you be shaping your giggle hat😂 Your cutting out your peripheral vision AND plays havoc with your spatial awareness/hearing any noises that ain't directly below you

A video lasting 11m40s on how to make your Bush hat somehow cool looking? Modern soldiers are real pussies.

A tutorial for a jungle hat...interesting! Are there any regulations on how the hat has to be shaped? The only thing we have to look out for in a jungle hat in the German army is a good field of vision...and that it fits in the cargo pocket...

What a fucking fashion victim.

A lot of angry fudds in the comments. As a civilian training with my buddies I want to look cool *shrugs*. If you have ANY peripheral vision and you can see ahead without leaning your head back - the brim isn't low enough!

Enough starch to make the EPA cry and a paper towel tube?

Or.... you could just put the hat on your head and not give any more thought about it.

Take it to a seamstress and ask her to sew a double stitch seam on the edge of the brim when you cut it. You can soak it, and use an iron to form the creases in the brim on a new boonies.

I always twitched mine.

Two questions... Wtf is a " boonie " and Wtf is a ' boonie cover" ?

So, you’re worried about looking like a noob, but you’d rather play the tacticool game and look like a fictional character Cpt. Price? Use your equipment for what it’s designed for and who gives a shit if you “look tacticool” or not. 11 years 11B

Only in America do you need a tutorial on how to wear a floppy hat.

In the gulf war we just wore our boonies like, floppy orwhatever. They were great for sun protection, not a fashion statement

When I used it I always started by cutting the edge to make it less regular. I boiled it to "break its shape" and dried it on my head. The French army didn't really like us using them in the 1980s... But we always had one on us bought from a military surplus 😁.

Haircut enthusiast here. The sides of your head refers to the parietal ridge, while I’d say you meant the occipital bone. Great video! Helped me with my new boonie!

I love the look, metal gardening wire so you can bend and adjust it while you’re wearing it, and so it doesn’t blow up in the wind or while running. Also please for the love of god wear the string as a chinstrap, a strong gust of wind could blow it off. I used to wear an unmodified boonie for cross country running, after a bit I realized it would be much better modified

Sounds a lot like his personal preference to me. Its like saying the only correct way to wear a ball cap is straight brim and backwards.

Didn't know that we were all actually going to a fashion show when we we're in the field..pretty sure our enemies aren't stopping to look at our get up b4 they shoot at us..he probably uses a mirror to apply his face paint

I kept mine flat back in the day when I was in boat platoon. Also, the strap under the chin kept it on your head going through the surf, especially in Puerto Rico

Jesus Christ, just put the damn hat on, princess...

Everything is preference. I just need to cover my head if i need it. I will do a Captain Price if i got a boonie with no Molle loops.