The Ideal Cap Company

I have been chasing this cap for far too long...

1983 Portland Beavers

Triple-A affiliate of the Phillies

Juan Samuel, Steve Jeltz, and Larry Anderson played on this team.

Somehow I wandered onto the webpage of the Ideal Cap Company.

Wait...What?  They will make custom caps for you?   Oh My!

Here is what they made for me:

Let me just say that I could not be happier with the shape and  the quality.

The minimum amount for a custom order is seven at a cost of 42 dollars for a plain cap and 49 for a logoed cap.

When I called the company, I spoke directly with the owner, Will, who was kind enough to answer a few questions for me.

Are you a cap collector?  Only of the Ideal Cap Co.

What are some of your favorite caps that you have created over the years?  The favorite over the past many years is the eight panel short visored cap.  The one that really started this business was the 1926 road Washington Senator's Walter Johnson cap in the HOF.

How do you decide what teams to sell?  We used to sell all the old MLB teams until MLB sent their lawyers after us.  A greater tragedy  to the afficionado than even to us, as no one has picked that up -owing no doubt to the lack of revenue produced.  These days we try to find the off beat, the neglected and the downright historically important styles - adding at least one a month.

Do you wear a baseball cap most days?  If so which ones?  Everyday - mostly the eight  panel, but often the 40's style three" visor traditional cap usually with an offbeat logo.

Do you have a preference in the material of the caps...wool or polyester?  No synthetics.  Wool mostly, but cotton and linen too.

Are you aware that New Era is putting their logo on the left side of the mlb on-field caps this year?  What is your opinion? Despise branding especially in prominent places.

Anything else that you would like to add would be great!  Here's something from the great mystery novel The Talented Mr.Ripley. "He could pull down its visor, down over his whole face when he wanted to nap in his deckchair, or wanted to look as if he were napping. A cap was the most versatile of headgears, he thought, and he wondered why he had never thought of wearing one before? He could look like  a thug,  or a plain American eccentric depending upon how he wore it. Tom amused himself with it in front of the mirror.  He thought he had a dull face.A cap changed all that."

Check out the website here:   The Ideal Cap Company

Unable to find your Holy Grail....give Will a call.

I'm glad I did.