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== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
 
* A bucket hat lives up to its name by being commonly used by fishermen to hold various pieces of fishing equipment such as hooks, sinkers, floats, and lures.  
 
* A bucket hat lives up to its name by being commonly used by fishermen to hold various pieces of fishing equipment such as hooks, sinkers, floats, and lures.  
 
* Wearing this hat makes the Sniper bear a striking resemblance to the late gonzo journalist [[Wikipedia:Hunter S. Thompson|Hunter S. Thompson]] who, along with his trademark orange aviator sunglasses, wore many different colored fisherman's hats throughout his life.
 
 
** It may also be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Henry Blake|Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake]] from the hit TV series [[Wikipedia:M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]], who was known for wearing his trademark fisherman's hat (along with a similar vest to the Sniper's).
 
  
 
* The Bloke's Bucket Hat is the only Sniper hat to have team color variants.
 
* The Bloke's Bucket Hat is the only Sniper hat to have team color variants.

Revision as of 07:35, 8 October 2010

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Yeah, that seems about right!
The Sniper

The Bloke's Bucket Hat is a headwear item for the Sniper and was chosen by Valve to be released with the second wave of community-contributed content due to its outstanding quality. It appears as a fisherman's hat, with several lures hanging on the band around the hat and pinned to its brim.

Painted variants

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Single colors
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An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge Color No. 216-190-216 Peculiarly Drab Tincture Aged Moustache Grey
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A Distinctive Lack of Hue After Eight Radigan Conagher Brown Ye Olde Rustic Colour
Painted Bloke's Bucket Hat A57545.png Painted Bloke's Bucket Hat CF7336.png Painted Bloke's Bucket Hat E7B53B.png Painted Bloke's Bucket Hat F0E68C.png
Muskelmannbraun Mann Co. Orange Australium Gold The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants
Painted Bloke's Bucket Hat E9967A.png Painted Bloke's Bucket Hat FF69B4.png Painted Bloke's Bucket Hat 7D4071.png Painted Bloke's Bucket Hat 51384A.png
Dark Salmon Injustice Pink as Hell A Deep Commitment to Purple Noble Hatter's Violet
Painted Bloke's Bucket Hat 2F4F4F.png Painted Bloke's Bucket Hat 424F3B.png Painted Bloke's Bucket Hat 808000.png Painted Bloke's Bucket Hat 729E42.png
A Color Similar to Slate Zepheniah's Greed Drably Olive Indubitably Green
Painted Bloke's Bucket Hat 32CD32.png Painted Bloke's Bucket Hat BCDDB3.png
The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime A Mann's Mint
Team colors
Painted Bloke's Bucket Hat A89A8C.png Painted Bloke's Bucket Hat 839FA3.png Painted Bloke's Bucket Hat 3B1F23.png Painted Bloke's Bucket Hat 18233D.png
Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)
Painted Bloke's Bucket Hat B8383B.png Painted Bloke's Bucket Hat 5885A2.png Painted Bloke's Bucket Hat 483838.png Painted Bloke's Bucket Hat 384248.png
Team Spirit (RED) Team Spirit (BLU) Operator's Overalls (RED) Operator's Overalls (BLU)
Painted Bloke's Bucket Hat 803020.png Painted Bloke's Bucket Hat 256D8D.png Painted Bloke's Bucket Hat 654740.png Painted Bloke's Bucket Hat 28394D.png
The Value of Teamwork (RED) The Value of Teamwork (BLU) An Air of Debonair (RED) An Air of Debonair (BLU)
Painted Bloke's Bucket Hat C36C2D.png Painted Bloke's Bucket Hat B88035.png RED Bloke's Bucket Hat.png BLU Bloke's Bucket Hat.png
Cream Spirit (RED) Cream Spirit (BLU) Unpainted (RED) Unpainted (BLU)

Trivia

  • A bucket hat lives up to its name by being commonly used by fishermen to hold various pieces of fishing equipment such as hooks, sinkers, floats, and lures.
  • The Bloke's Bucket Hat is the only Sniper hat to have team color variants.