LKWilliams
Active Member
Having just gone to Honri hats to be measured I'm ever so excited for it to arrive. However I understand that it is becoming a bit of a taboo topic. Would you wear a patey? or do you stick to the skull cap and silk?
@LKWilliams you will get lambasted for your post and your choice of hat on here. There are very few people who will put their heads above the parapet on this forum and admit they wear a Patey (*other hats are available ☺)
If you've been to Honri it's not a Patey? And no, I wouldn't wear either. Ridiculous amount of money for something completely useless imo.
The OP asked for opinions, and I suspect the majority of posters on here are more concerned about the state of their head rather than its appearance.
I was practically ostracised when I started wearing a crash helmet back in the early 90s - until our lady master had a terrible fall and had her head (and her lovely Patey) squashed. Suddenly all the elegant ladies of the hunt were sporting crash helmets ...
The OP asked for opinions, and I suspect the majority of posters on here are more concerned about the state of their head rather than its appearance.
I started wearing a crash helmet when my children joined The Pony Club. ( late ‘80’s?) There couldn’t be one rule for me and another for them. Some older riders were heard to say they would not be seen dead in one. Answers on a postcard supplying the comments they received.
That was my point .......
I think the Patey vs crash hat conversation has been somewhat done to death on here, with one side weighing in with its somewhat forceful and sometimes sanctimonious opinions
As a whipper in I think that all hunt servants should wear them as they are traditional and smart. Please do not but second hand get it made to measure or it will extremely unsafe if you do not even if it is you head size all heads are different shapes.Having just gone to Honri hats to be measured I'm ever so excited for it to arrive. However I understand that it is becoming a bit of a taboo topic. Would you wear a patey? or do you stick to the skull cap and silk?
If whippers in are employees, then I think the HSE would have quite a bit to say about failing to provide workers with proper safety headgear. I'd go so far as to say that if they are employees it would almost certainly be a criminal offence not to require them to wear a hat with a proper harness.
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I was told by someone who whipped in that actually the hunts insurance covers people to ride in a patey! I was pretty shocked at this myself[/QUOT