It has a life of its own, like a mushroom or interesting fungus that has spread across the area that used to have hair. it has a simple "Hawaii the Big Island" logo with a patch showing 3 palm trees. But now you can barely make out the dark trees on what used to be a white background, now deeply colored by many applications of mountain climbing sweat in the hot and humid sun. it looks as though someone poured oil across the forehead region of the once white brimmed cap. in the back, the efficient metal two part clasp that enabled the one size fits all band to be tightened or shortened has lost half of its clasping mechanism and so the back strip of material now is run through the metal banded opening on the back and tied in a very tight knot,right at the limit of the strip and above it is the half clasp with its forky teeth sticking straight up. The hat is made of thick tough material, not a lightweight one with webbing but solid around except for the opening for the tightening strip on the back, where my ponytail some day will swing from. there are four small metal airholes around the side's circumference, for air to move in and out, hardly, but overall its a good hat, aged, well made, and it was only two dollars new at the hilo hatties on the big island when i was there 3 years ago. Being me i recognized its potential and bought two immediately and they played tag team for over two years until one ended up left in a doctors office during one of my interminable examinations. since then this one, the survivor, has been my constant companion and doing well, thanks. Its been stolen and washed a couple of times, but in a few days you really cant tell, and now pretty much no one wants to touch it. So yes, its a man's hat and i love it and dearly wish it to be in the box with me when the time comes.
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