# How many hats do you own? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 30, 2013, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hats-do-you-own/669983 "2013-09-30T05:26:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hats-do-you-own/669983/41 "2013-10-01T00:49:53Z")
I have a few dozen ball caps, a few winter ski caps filled with gloves, and an Indiana Jones hat that my boys bought me once on Fathers Day. I have my father’s tweed walking hat, but that’s a keep-sake and not for wearing. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hats-do-you-own/669983/42 "2013-10-01T01:18:23Z")
I am surprised by the number of hats I own. A Cast-Iron Bowler (it’s a black bowler or derby, that’s just what they’re called), a straw trilby, a sable Ushanka (Russian hat), a black Top Hat, a collapsible Stovepipe hat (mainly for laughs), and a whole bunch of baseball caps, knit caps (including one from Peru). All I ever where outside of a costume-y occasion is the Bowler or the baseball caps. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hats-do-you-own/669983/43 "2013-10-01T01:18:56Z")
about 15 ish that are not baseball caps, or knitted beanies. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hats-do-you-own/669983/44 "2013-10-01T02:00:28Z")
I have about 10 hats probably, about 5 baseball hats and 5 beanie hats. I like to wear silly hats. ---
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hats-do-you-own/669983/45 "2013-10-01T02:16:58Z")
I figured this for a hat wearing crowd. Glad to know I’m in good company. Keep it coming. ---
**Author:** ![MentalGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MentalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MentalGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hats-do-you-own/669983/46 "2013-10-01T02:57:31Z")
I only have one hat that I wear with any regularity. It is a [Real Deal Brazil](http://realdealbrazil.com/detail.php?id=TRDHL&gclid=CLHQtqTQ9LkCFSho7AodyTIAug) hat that my wife gave me as a gift. She found them online and bought me one before they started being seen on TV and in movies. I also have a Panama Jack straw hat and an even older Mickey Mouse black straw hat that was bought at Disney World several years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hats-do-you-own/669983/47 "2013-10-01T05:18:19Z")
"Oh, this is the worst looking hat I ever saw. What, when you buy a hat like this I bet you get a free bowl of soup, huh?.. Oh, it looks good on you though. " 😉 I have a large number of baseball caps. I haven’t counted them so I don’t really know how many I have. ---
**Author:** ![tavalla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tavalla/32/89_2.png) [@tavalla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavalla)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hats-do-you-own/669983/48 "2013-10-01T10:39:12Z")
Broad brimmed cotton bush hat for sun protection, and a short billed cap I keep in the car for when I have the top down (stops my hair getting too messed up). ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hats-do-you-own/669983/49 "2013-10-01T12:33:33Z")
> [@Glazer](#): > > I figured this for a hat wearing crowd. Glad to know I’m in good company. There’s two closet shelves on two walls to hold my hats, most of them in stacks. After 30 years of collecting there’s a wide variety of color combinations, hunting camo styles and products/places for most any casual situation. Usually when I get home from work I put on jeans, sandals and a hat. When I get up at 4:00 on the weekend I put on shorts, a hat and fire up the smoker. If I’ve got to mow in the rain… straw cowboy hat. When packing for a trip I’ll pick out about four that match the clothes I’m going to wear. There’s a good head of hair up there, I just like hats. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hats-do-you-own/669983/50 "2013-10-01T14:39:06Z")
I only own one. I don’t really own hats, and I don’t have a delicate face for those fascinators that I love so. But I do own a lovely wide-brimmed hat, beaded, for sunny days. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hats-do-you-own/669983/51 "2013-10-01T17:55:09Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I am an average looking person with the best hat face in the universe. Any hat I put on instantly looks gorgeous. > > I always wear a hat, and must own over 100. I had a friend like that (named Annie as well, oddly enough). Already pretty, but _adorable_ with a hat on. What’s funny is she said no one ever mentioned it until I did, and suddenly people were stopping her to say how cute her hats were (I think she ramped up wearing them after I mentioned it). I’ve got 3 baseball caps - one souvenir cap a friend brough back from a trip, two gifted from BMW when I made a trip to their factory in Greenville. I’ve got two fedoras, one gray felt with black band, one black felt with gray, for business/formal wear. I don’t count my motorcycle helmets as hats - more sports equipment. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hats-do-you-own/669983/52 "2013-10-01T18:29:03Z")
700 All Fedoras, cause I’m just such a hipster … Actually, got an Indiana Jones looking leather hat (my go to bad weather hat), a couple of cowboy hats (1 straw, 1 felt), and maybe 15 - 20 ball caps, some fitted, most not. Didn’t pay for a single one of those and I tend to wear those to work in. Knitted caps aren’t a “hat” in my pov, but I wear them as the need arises. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hats-do-you-own/669983/53 "2013-10-01T21:46:01Z")
I own zero hats. If it is super-cold I would wear a hood, scarf or earmuffs (or all three), but hats don’t look good on me. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hats-do-you-own/669983/54 "2013-10-02T05:49:58Z")
Many hats… cowboy hats, both felt and straw, a fedora, too many ball caps to count, a couple of knit hats, head ‘rags’ for motorcylce riding, I wear them underneath a beanie-type helmet. 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hats-do-you-own/669983.md?page=2)