Technique that gives your beret the perfect look. How to shape your beret?

The U.S. Army Special Forces wear their trademark green berets. Airborne soldiers wear a maroon beret, and other soldiers in the Army wear black berets. Army Rangers wear a tan beret, and the Air Force special operations teams also wear berets.
If you are new to shaping your beret, seek out advice from experienced soldiers to avoid damaging it. Here is your quick guide.
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[@cclemons3121]

Yall are doing this so differently than I was taught, never seen someone use pins and rulers. I soaked it in hot water and shaped it on my head. Let it dry a little then removed it and let it finish drying in my foot locker. Shaved the excess fuzzy material off with a razor and it maintained its shape very well and looked severely sharp.

[@MarkNorville]

You do not need to soak the whole beret, just the top half, and then you shape while wearing the beret. We used to wear the beret for hours until the beret had dried, keep shaping it in the mean time.

[@GWRProductions-kg9pt]

we were told once shaped leave it in a warm place to dry

[@cmdrarc1869]

we soaked the whole thing, it’s just depends whose teaching tbh

[@finnconnett7465]

@@cmdrarc1869 it’s mainly because the leather band can shrink when really wet

[@connerjohnston2606]

It’s personal preference, but it is advised to do so, because then the band will conform to your head, thus giving it a better fit and a more clean look.

[@danielbrennan08]

yea same here that’s what i do, i currently have my beret on moulding as we speak 😂

[@jashaanwright4668]

You can also freeze it and shave it down to get rid of the fuzzy part and easier to form when it’s thinner.

[@gionncaomhinmorpheagh4791]

What a rigmarole! Shaping a beret. Dump it in hot, ideally, boiling and then cold water alternatively four or five times. The crown shrinks by "felting". To envisage the method, think of how a woolen jumper/sweater can shrink in the "normal" wash when the fibres bind together more tightly. To enhance the process, put a tiny drop of washing-up liquid in the water every time you dunk the beret. That will ensure that all the fibres are "degreased" and can shrink accordingly. When removing the beret from either the hot or cold water, tightly gather up the rim evenly in one hand and wring the beret out thoroughly and very firmly up towards the crown. That will help the fibres "felt up". Don't worry about the creases you create, they'll disappear completely during the shaping process Once finished with the shrinking caper, you should be able to ascertain where the cap-badge goes because there's a strip sewn onto the inside of every beret to support it, which also accommodates the cap-badge slide (at least that's the case with British Army berets). Slide in the cap-badge (which should be "Stay-brite" anyway, so won't "rust"), put the beret on your head and shape it accordingly while looking in a mirror and positioning the cap-badge correctly (one inch over the left eye, as per British Army dress regulations). The leather rim will have shrunk and will shrink further while drying. Just walk around with the beret on your head and when you feel your eyes starting to bulge from the pressure of the rim-shrinkage, take the beret off and stretch the rim. To do that, place the beret over your knee with the ribbon opening towards your face. Firmly grip the edge both sides of the ribbon opening with all your fingers and gently stretch the beret. That's to make sure that you don't tear the beret at it's weakest point; the ribbon opening. Then put the beret back on (occasionally re-stretching the rim if necessary) and return to the mirror at intervals to make sure you still have the shape you're aiming for and that your cap-badge is in the right place. Wear the beret until it's dry. As a final touch, rub a thin layer of some sort of natural grease onto the outer surface of the leather rim (lanolin is ideal, but Vaseline, thinly applied, with do at a pinch) because it will also have been "degreased" and you don't want it cracking/splitting on you. The inner surface of the leather rim will be taken care of by the natural grease on your hair/ other parts of your head. I've actually watched this vid twice now and I've still no idea what all that fucking around with rulers and pegs is supposed to be about. MsG

[@0smuzz0]

Cheers for this one. With the cap badge, this might seem like a silly question, but how to fit it? Do you make a small cut in the beret, at the stitched rectangular box, to then slide it down? Or is there some other magic method to it all?

[@paulcollyer801]

@@0smuzz0, it’ll literally depend on your beret. Same supplier, same stores, same Regt, some already had a slit at the top, some didn’t. Mind you, my 2nd had a sewn on embroidered cap badge (not wire embroidered, that was Ossifers).

[@SuperKanonier]

I just waited until I got my first stripe which allowed my head to enlarge thereby making the beret smaller. Simples.

[@CraigLumpyLemke]

Should I play cheezy AutoZone commercial metal music in the background while I'm shaping my beret? Thanks - Lumpy

[@ramenramrod]

Deadass. 😂

[@CraigLumpyLemke]

@@ramenramrod Deadass RamRod was my stripper name back in the 70s.

[@GWRProductions-kg9pt]

well you've buggered that beret up

[@ZahidHussain-uk9cv]

It's not a baseball cap

[@marioskarakatsanis5351]

My greek army berret never had problems of staying in shape always looked great and how it was supposed to look like

[@markward3981]

Depends on the material and how it is stored when not worn. I never have problems of having to shape any types of hats , beret etc but I treat them like gold lol. I never crush nor bend them unnecessarily.

[@rolladice8739]

Just put it under a running tap a bit and then roll the right side. Always keep it this way only

[@nunyabusiness4904]

Absolutely not how you form/shape a beret, after sizing it to your head you shave it with a razor to remove excess fuzz and lint, then you soak it in warm water being careful not to get the leather band wet, gently squeeze out excess water then while it is still wet put it on your head, use your hands to shape it while looking in a mirror then let it dry on your head, that is the way to get a beret properly formed and looking good.

[@PMDG738flyer]

Yeah, in my RAFAC squadron, I was taught that putting the leather band in the water will shrink it.

[@KermitTheG_2011]

I have been in the cadets for 5 months now i just got my uniforn last Tuesday and this rlly helped thank you btw im 12

[@Samuel-cu9vo]

Everyine I know just showers with it

[@benjaminschmidt3612]

Can somebody tell me why so many people are saying “don’t get the leather band wet”? My first lieutenant and sergeants told us to wear it in the shower and really just give it a lot of attention while it’s wet to shape it well. They also told us to roll it up tight and put it under out mattress when we weee going to bed to make it hold it’s shape better. Seems to be working quite well for me

[@Oi....]

I wish people in movies could learn to wear a Berett properly, it annoys the piss out of Me.

[@thra5herxb12s]

What's with the square screen. The rest of the world has been widescreen for 40 years 😂

[@danstine5446]

A Velcro flash on a beret? Oh and by the way...nice try on shaping that beret.

[@thedoctorairsoft6813]

I don't know how i feel about that velcro part....

[@AWK_2]

Hi, can you tell me that how many times do I have to soak in the cold water and then the hot one please.

[@morpheus2615]

Looks nice but many militaries will make you earn it. We had to march 45km and needed 15 hours for that we also had to do some stations like swimming and stuff. At the end we ran 100 steps and then walked 100 steps for about 4km where we had to wear it to sweat it in. And after that it fitted pretty good

[@paulcollyer801]

The Maroon beret of The Parachute Regt, ant the Green of the Royal Marines are earned. Until then you have, I believe, a black beret, referred to by the Paras as a Crap Hat, also the name for the recruits yet to earn the honoured Maroon

[@ollie3893]

I can’t take my thing off it’s not Velcro it’s sewed on and I’m not aloud to get it wet so what do it do cause I need to fully soak it

[@ronalddunne3413]

Soak, squeeze, stretch and wear til dry. YMMV

[@didierleon2658]

Je trouve que KZbin recrée notre enfance et me sastisfait

[@valles6903]

Voi sunteti in moldova? Daca da, aveti magazin in chisinau?

[@Blakeskate55]

most boot camp sht ain’t ever saw

[@whiterabbit75]

Zach lied to me. You didn't shave that thing once!

[@JaroslavZeman]

If you would ever been in army, you couldn't present so amateur way how to shape beret. - Sorry, anyway there is much better way how to shape it. I did use it, when I was in army. Watter is ok. But NO ruler, No pins. Just roll the beret.

[@sethsyoutubeaccount4876]

Can I shape it like Donald duck’s?

[@vivienamare2231]

3:10 well darn, guess I’ll do it the other way I guess

[@willierodriguez8461]

Where can I order this particular Brown Beret?

[@Nathan.150]

Not for sale, army or Cadets

[@callofduty6899]

Can i shape a Yunarmy beret?

[@didierleon2658]

KZbin est un réseaux du futur grâce aux quelle nous naviguons

[@zachwulf-americanpatriot5015]

Im not military but i know how to shape a beret, this in my opinion is extremly unacceptable. this is terrible, it looks terrible , this is a half ass job..cant stand it

[@h3ct0rhill]

us americans dont wear it the same, you obviously know something, maybe if you served and worked with coalition forces u would know this.

[@amardhillon5]

Does this work for soviet berets?

[@wbond6692]

Who sent you?

[@amardhillon5]

@@wbond6692 That information is redacted

[@wbond6692]

@@amardhillon5 We're *onto* you.....

[@amardhillon5]

@@wbond6692 Thats what you want to think

[@Alienalloy]

personally i was waiting for the man on man sex action to kick in

[@shajums8152]

Every NCC cadet, plz like this for our country

[@GWRProductions-kg9pt]

grow up

[@theoutdoorlabchannel4267]

@@GWRProductions-kg9pt stfu do u know what NCC is?? If u dont know just shut the fuck

[@user-xu8vv6vd4l]

ok

[@goalieboarder8931]

Be a man? Cave man mentality.

[@rickj.9202]

Holy. Fucking. Shit. The obnoxious music rendered this unwatchable. 😫

[@scootes212]

that beret is ruined, why did you dip the whole beret in the water!?

[@freedomconstruction]

That’s how you do it my friend

[@freedomconstruction]

Well

[@christopherfisher128]

The water causes the wool to shrink a bit (hotter is better but not scalding) and will cause it to keep it's final form permanently.

[@GWRProductions-kg9pt]

@@freedomconstruction no you don't

[@BSFilms1997]

I’ve been taught to snip the liner off and wear it in the shower. I was also a dumbass at the time and chipped my teeth sewing on the flash.

[@ryanangelos6458]

Nope

[@pilgrum23]

Shit

[@callumfreebairn8082]

''be a man'' lol

[@daybot8440]

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[@ramenramrod]

Military Surplus: Be a man. Also Military Surplus: I don’t wanna show my face. 🥺