Old Riding Hats

Star the Fell

Star the Fell

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What do you do with yours once you have bought a new one?
I replaced mine a while back but kept hold of the old one, no second hand market for them really, does anyone know of a charity or similar who takes them, or do you just bin them?
 
You should not only bin them, you should destroy them first. A riding hat has a life of about 4 years, and its history is unknown so not safe to risk someone using it. I think Wally gave dramatic pics once of sawing through a hat. Replacing riding hats after a fall used to be a major expense for me as I fell off regularly once a year.
In fact (unless it has suffered a hard knock) I do keep my previous hat to wear when grooming or working on the yard. One of my gt aunts was killed by her horse by a kick to the head while on the ground. So in this family we always wear hard hats round horses. But I never liked to risk having my "new best" hat at the yard when helping.
 
I keep mine in a row in my tack room. They hold good memories and I have sentimental value attached to them. I wouldn't pass them on to anyone because of safety issues. I have had a fall in one of them as well a
- not a bad one but I replaced it anyhow.
 
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Thought as much.
Just replaced for a better version only a couple of years old and never dropped or involved in a fall. Just seems a bit of a waste.

I will take a hammer to it and take out some of my frustration on it!!!
 
Star the Fell said:
Thought as much.
Just replaced for a better version only a couple of years old and never dropped or involved in a fall. Just seems a bit of a waste.

I will take a hammer to it and take out some of my frustration on it!!!
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Didn't they change the safety kite marks recently?? Means all old hats should be binned anyway as they are not valid for insurance and things I think.
 
The amount of folk who think it "trendy and well 'ard" to ride without straps is also scary.

We used to put a mallet through them so they could never be reconstructed or worn again.

The amount of folk who would turn up with a piece of riding kit claiming "they found it in their attic" that we knew we had previously binned.....
 
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