The hat that Brad Donnaud wore in the show was Jim Nall's personal hat. The Band on it was made from an alligator that Brad and Jim caught and ate. Brad tanned the hide himself and stiched it to the hat. Jim calls it his magic hat. He wore it on all his adventures from biking accross Vietnam to Alaskan crab fishing in the Berring Sea. From the month he spent in Kathmandu to his attempt to sail the seven seas with two friends. This hat has an amazing history.