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They are handy to pack around...Good as a scarf, hankerchief, headwrap, bindle in case you decide to become a hobo... Toilet paper also if you're a hobo who has had all his stuff stolen and can't find leaves because he's in the artic... View Quote Also for flagging down passing spaceships, so you can hitch a ride. |
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I wear one when hiking to keep the sun off my neck and I also carry a Nikon D300 around my neck and it keeps it from rubbing me raw.
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Around here Hipsters wear them more than anyone else. HSLD wannabes are a distant second.
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Oh look.... lets all gather around and talk about what other men wear. It's fun!
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Their shemags, their rules.
You're also free to date other men with similar fashion sense so... Welp, that's all I got.
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I wear mine in the winter because it's warm, and since it's legit (got it from a dead hajji) it pisses off all the Arabic immigrants when I go downtown. View Quote I consider them poser garb in all situations. I am however forced to change my rule in your case. War trophies are always cool doesn't matter if it's a pink tutu as long as it has pedigree. |
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Question for all the shemahgians:
Why don't you just use a scarf? The guy who took it from the dead fucker is exempt, of course.
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In the old days we took a od green Cravat out of the first aid kits and wore them in similar ways. we called them "Go to hell rags" you kids call our M-16's Muskets View Quote Still have one in the little carton in my Y- harness LBEs bandage pouch.(Yes, getting old.) They worked well to avoid eating dust if you were driving or commanding but we wore them more like old western bank-robber masks. |
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Just like that palestinian scarf women love for some stupid reason.
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I man up and let dust and birds and rocks and stray seeds get in my face. I don't shoot wearing gloves or have any camo or black clothing.
Least-tacticool guy on the site. |
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Bought a couple of keffiyeh when I was in the neighborhood. I use one as a scarf when its cold. Otherwise, they sit on a shelf.
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Isn't this thread repeated every other month or so? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Oh look.... lets all gather around and talk about what other men wear. It's fun! Isn't this thread repeated every other month or so? You know it! Just saw one asking what everyone's measurements and pants sizes and shit were.... Wonder if they have threads like that on bass fishing forums... How you been? Hope everything is well with you brother! |
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You know it! Just saw one asking what everyone's measurements and pants sizes and shit were.... Wonder if they have threads like that on bass fishing forums... How you been? Hope everything is well with you brother! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Oh look.... lets all gather around and talk about what other men wear. It's fun! Isn't this thread repeated every other month or so? You know it! Just saw one asking what everyone's measurements and pants sizes and shit were.... Wonder if they have threads like that on bass fishing forums... How you been? Hope everything is well with you brother! Been doing good. Started work at a new company, going to school, etc. Hope all is well in your neck of the woods. |
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I spent more time in the middle east than I care to remember and even in 2003 we still clowned on people still wearing shemaghs and pakool hats in theater that was sooo 2001 and only the real deal wore that shit to try to blend in while running around some mountainside in Afganistan. Now all these years later I see tons of goofballs wearing those softshell jackets with gay ass morale patches all over them and a fucking shemagh. NONE of them served in the military and they have more shit on them than any SF guy I ever saw. If they wanted to emulate real "Operators" they would wear normal looking shit, not Condor garbage which barely stands up to a few washings. View Quote Just give them your number so they can ask you what to wear the next time they come to the range. Next thread: "Dressing normal at the range is SO poser!" |
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Douche accessory for non-mil folks.....ok for the mil too.....
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I wouldn't wear one, but I would keep one in the BOB. If not a Shemagh, then just a regular hand towel. Some sort of handy cotton something-or-other.
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Quoted: They are handy to pack around...Good as a scarf, hankerchief, headwrap, bindle in case you decide to become a hobo... Toilet paper also if you're a hobo who has had all his stuff stolen and can't find leaves because he's in the artic... View Quote |
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So how does one wrap their head in that thing?
Is there a Utube on how to wrap it? |
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They look like a gangbanger's hankerchief or a chunk of a tablecloth.
When it gets dusty at the outdoor range (and I mean blowing sandstorm of hell red dust) the tatcicool ninjas all start to wear them. I don't feel like cleaning fine dust out of every nook and cranny of my guns, so those days I stay at home and watch TV with my young wife. |
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There's one goofball in my office that will tie his into a complete facemask at his desk before he leaves for the day if it is exceptionally cold outside.
One day I swear he's going to get shot by the guards if he startles them. Kharn |
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Quoted: Why don't you just use a scarf? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Question for all the shemahgians: Why don't you just use a scarf? The guy who took it from the dead fucker is exempt, of course. A lot of us probably have similar bringbacks. And scarfs are for hipster fags Come on, now. Hipster fags wearing shemahgs go in the same category. Hipsters just irritate the shit out of me. It's a sign of age. I know. Then again, wearing a scarf with a wintercoat isn't just for hipsters. If the purpose is to stay warm and not make a fashion statement. I guess that sums it up. Scarves and shemahgs as fashion statements are for fags and hipsters. |
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Quoted: View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Question for all the shemahgians: Why don't you just use a scarf? The guy who took it from the dead fucker is exempt, of course. A lot of us probably have similar bringbacks. And scarfs are for hipster fags Come on, now. Hipster fags wearing shemahgs go in the same category. Hipsters just irritate the shit out of me. It's a sign of age. I know. Then again, wearing a scarf with a wintercoat isn't just for hipsters. If the purpose is to stay warm and not make a fashion statement. I guess that sums it up. Scarves and shemahgs as fashion statements are for fags and hipsters. Yes. |
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I can tell you the last two dust storms to hit my base this week have convinced me to get one.
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Thanks for clearing that up. I was just wondering what you thought of them.
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Also for flagging down passing spaceships, so you can hitch a ride. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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They are handy to pack around...Good as a scarf, hankerchief, headwrap, bindle in case you decide to become a hobo... Toilet paper also if you're a hobo who has had all his stuff stolen and can't find leaves because he's in the artic... Also for flagging down passing spaceships, so you can hitch a ride. Well, aren't you a hoopty frood. |
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I have one but only wore it in sandstorms and a few times around the neck with some dirty canal water. There is only one time I have worn one in conus, and it was at the bundy ranch and I'm happy as hell I brought it cause I hate picking dirt boogers out of my nose... those aren't fun to eat, too much grit. Plus it was dark so only a few people saw me in such a shameful condition.
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[/img] ETA2: If anyone knows of a source of neon/hunters orange shemaghs, let me know. View Quote This, as I wore one this last year hunting, it did better keeping my kneck and head warm than kneck gator and hoods, also felt I could hear better. Edit: Found one! http://www.amazon.com/Mato-Hash-Military-Shemagh-Tactical/dp/B00G6OVL2U |
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Did they not issue you one of these? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/20070102_per_erik_strandberg_balaclava_arranged.jpg View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I can tell you the last two dust storms to hit my base this week have convinced me to get one. Did they not issue you one of these? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/20070102_per_erik_strandberg_balaclava_arranged.jpg Dat skeleton nose. |
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Question for all the shemahgians: Why don't you just use a scarf? The guy who took it from the dead fucker is exempt, of course. View Quote I don't own any scarves. Got a couple of keffiyeh over there becade WTF why not... One morning its fucking 18 degrees and the wind is howling down the neck of my jacket... Ta-dah! |
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Quoted: I spent more time in the middle east than I care to remember and even in 2003 we still clowned on people still wearing shemaghs and pakool hats in theater that was sooo 2001 and only the real deal wore that shit to try to blend in while running around some mountainside in Afganistan. Now all these years later I see tons of goofballs wearing those softshell jackets with gay ass morale patches all over them and a fucking shemagh. NONE of them served in the military and they have more shit on them than any SF guy I ever saw. If they wanted to emulate real "Operators" they would wear normal looking shit, not Condor garbage which barely stands up to a few washings. View Quote <--- I literally just posted a pic of me in a condor shell and a Shemahg. DO YOU EVEN OPERATE BRO. |
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I wear one in the winter to help keep warm when riding my bike, and in the summer to keep cool, I just wet it down with cold water and its like AC all day long.
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