Re: Quick question - headgear for the IF troops…?

I would go with both, the ones with the cloth wrapped around the face
would
be popular for a variety of applications. SF units for example?

On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 2:52 PM, Jon Tuffley <jon@gzg.com> wrote:

> Thanks Jason - yes, as you say, from that link it appears that I'm
looking
> at simply two different ways of wearing the same piece of clothing….
so,
> anyone got any suggestions as to how I should differentiate the two
styles
> in the figure pack descriptions?!
> I'm planning to add more packs of IF in 15mm with the Keffiyeh style
heads
> (as I've been calling them, that is the loose flowing style secured
with
> the headband) but also to add some packs wearing it in the "turban"
style,
> some with face exposed and some with the cloth wrapped across the
face….
>
> Jon (GZG)
>
>
>
> On 9 Aug 2017, at 15:39, Jason Weiser <jason.weiser@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Both terms seem to be interchangeable.
>
> This might also help: http://www.arabnews.com/fashion/news/769871
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keffiyeh
>
> On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 10:37 AM, Jason Weiser <jason.weiser@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> You mean the shermagh?
>>
>> https://www.amazon.com/Premium-Shemagh-Head-Neck-Scarf/dp/B0079CT8Y6
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 10:13 AM, Jon Tuffley <jon@gzg.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all, a quick query to the GZG-ListMind….
>>>
>>> This is an odd little question that I've been trying to find the
answer
>>> to online, but obviously my Google-Fu is weak today - wondering if
anyone
>>> here knows it, or can find it more easily than I can….
>>> As most of you already know I do versions of the Islamic Federation
>>> troops in both 15mm and 25mm wearing the traditional "Keffiyeh",
which I've
>>> always understood to be the name (or maybe just one of the names) of
the
>>> classic "chequered teatowel with the headband band round it" (I'm
using
>>> this as a purely descriptive term, not with any non-PC meaning to
it!),
>>> SAS/LRDG /Lawrence of Arabia style. But what I can't find is a name
for the
>>> the longer cloth or scarf worn wound around the head turban-style,
with the
>>> ends either over the shoulders or wrapped across the face as a
sand-mask;
>>> is it still simply called a Turban, or is there a better term for
it?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>
>>> Jon (GZG)
>>>
>>
>>
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