BUCO ROPE CAP / CHIEF’S Eyewear Birdie was sent to Tinian

Birdie was sent to Tinian and Saipan

a London haberdasher named Albert Thurston formalized the design

and this reproduction follows those period references in black oxide iron

Refining technology at the time was relatively unsophisticated meaning oil quality varied hugely between producers

Compared to later variants

BUCO ROPE CAP / CHIEF’S Eyewear Birdie was sent to TinianThe BUCO ROPE CAP CHIEFS snapback cap has been constructed in a 5 panel design from a cotton twill cloth, fitted with ventilation holes and finished with a rope trim front. The CHIEFS logo and hot rod flame detailing has been hand applied using a rubber based ink at our Kobe headquarters. In post war Southern California, custom painters such as Kenneth Howard and Ed Roth helped formalize this striking hot rod look. Howard refined sharp, symmetrical