Organic Strapcap

The Strapcap is where KAVU started.

In 1991, Barry Barr was captaining a commercial salmon fishing boat off the wet, windy coast of Alaska when a gust ripped his hat off and sent it overboard. He figured there had to be a better way to keep a cap on your head in rough weather, so he came up with one.

That idea became the Strapcap: a low-profile four-panel hat anchored by burly patterned nylon webbing, a D-ring adjustment, reinforced bar tacks, and a tough polyurethane bill. It was built for working outside, where wind, water, and weather tend to expose bad design pretty quickly.

More than three decades later, the Strapcap is still hand cut and hand sewn in Seattle by the same family. The construction has stayed remarkably close to the original because, as it turns out, Barry got a lot right the first time.

Now made from 100% certified organic cotton, it is still the hat that started the whole thing.

Details

• Four-panel low-profile cap
• Slightly curved polyurethane bill
• Black heat-laminated underbill
• Patterned nylon tubular webbing with KAVU D-ring adjustment
• Five 43-stitch bar tacks
• 1" grosgrain-covered interior seams
• Sizes: S, M, L
• Head circumference: S/22.5"–24", M/23.5"–25", L/24.5"–26"
• Crown height: 6.5"
• Bill length: 2.5"

Materials

• 100% certified organic cotton
• Patterned nylon tubular webbing

Made In

• Constructed in the USA from worldwide materials
• Hand cut and hand sewn in Seattle

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