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The Captain Kidd Oil/Wax Treated
This is a broad-brimmed pirate hat with a dashingly up-turned front brim. It's big and bold like the Scottish sea captain William Kidd from New York, who was employed by the English crown as a privateer. Wool felt available in an oil/wax treatment, as well as untreated or acrylic-treated.
Kidd and his crew of cutthroats were commissioned to capture all French ships and the Pirates of Madagascar. After near-mutiny from his crew along the way, and having to kill his chief gunner in hand-to-hand combat, William Kidd turned pirate and plundered any ship along India's coast.
Their biggest score was the Quedagh Merchant, a treasure ship of 400 tons. Returning home to New York with a ship filled to the gunwales with swag, Kidd tried, but could not fool the authorities that a large part of his treasure rightfully belonged to the powerful British East Indian Trade Co.
He was clapped into irons and returned to England for trial and execution. This hat comes in the following felt colors: Avocado, Black, Burgundy, Cherry, Cranberry, Dark Choc., Dark Green, Gold, Lt. Choc., Lipstick Pink, Merlot, Navy, Plum, Purple, Red, Royal Blue, Rust, Tobacco Brown. Please see our Hat Color page for color images. Indicated your color selction in the comments section during check out (after your payment method info). Your hat may further be customized by adding feathers, buttons, leather hat bands, and or trim. Please see our Hat Accessories page to purchase these extras and trully customize your pirate hat.
$150.00
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