BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / That hat

**Posted by crazybbcamerican** January 25, 2013 4:59 pm

Please tell me if I'm wrong:
Sherlock Holmes does not wear a deerstalker in any of the original canon stories, does he? If so, which one?

**Posted by tobeornot221b** January 25, 2013 5:15 pm

Yes, he does; „an ear flapped traveling cap“ is mentioned in "The Adventure of the Silver Blaze" - but only there.

**Posted by crazybbcamerican** January 25, 2013 5:58 pm

Cool! Thank you :D

**Posted by Davina** January 27, 2013 11:01 am

Sidney Paget the illustrator interpreted this description as a deerstalker.

**Posted by Lupin** January 28, 2013 2:26 am

I think it's a joke by the creators that Sherlock repeatedly emphasizes it's not his hat, since in the canon he didn't have a deerstalker or a pipe like he did in the movie adaptations as part of his regular attire. The pipe was introduced to hide the large nose of one of the actors who played Sherlock. He never wore an inverness cape either.