Talk:Balaclava (clothing)

message: "exposing only the eyes and often the nose" - Does this mean that the version with a big round hole in the front that exposes the whole face is not a balaclava? -- Heron 12:24, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps two articles would be best.  I moved this to ski mask because on google "ski mask" got many more hits than "balaclava"... but, if they're different then that's irrelevant.  I don't know much about either of them, so I'll leave it to someone else to split the page, if that would be best.  fabiform | talk 19:30, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Please please please don't use Google as a guide to relative worldwide usage. All google hits prove is that there are more websites in the USA than in the rest of the world. Mintguy (T) 21:22, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think that either is more prevalent in the US. I thought that a ski mask was something else for the longest time. I have been told that the "big round hole" one is a balaclava, while a ski mask has separate holes for each eye, but there doesn't seem to be a difference in popular usage.
I added a reference to outdoor sports activities because that is how I initially heard of a balaclava.  I was looking for ski gear, and a balaclava was recommended.  Upon researching in the wiki, I found no reference for skiing or outdoor sports usage.  "Real world" research at REI and other outdoor "outfitters" revealed such use.
Here in the UK they are both called baraclavas (but when we think of one we tend to think of the one with only three small holes for the eyes and the mouth - perhaps because i grew up in a generation when that was what the irish paramilitaries on TV wore). the only time ive ever heard it been called a ski mask is on american tv and books...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.16.153.191 (talk) 01:52, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: exposing only the eyes and often the nose

message: I was surprised to find no reference to heat exchange balaclavas in the discussion. Heat exchangers have been around for over 100 years and commercially available and affordable for over 15 years. The concept is simple and easily verified. Heat is captured from the exhaled air and stored in a heat exchanger. The heat is then released into the inhaled air and the user is breathing fresh air, but it is warmed up. There are many benefits of breathing warm air. The largest is the ability to maintain body heat. 25% to 50% of one's body heat is lost through respiration (depending on activity level, respiration rate, and other clothing.) Other benefits include protection of the respiratory system from cold air. This is a  tremendous benefit for athsmatics for whom cold air is a trigger for an attack. 71.208.205.114 15:17, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: All sounds appropriate for the article.  Why don't you add it?  --Mikebrand 01:42, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Heat Exchange Balaclavas 

message: This article should also include some of the other variants such as two-holed (eyes) and three-holed (eyes and mouth). Another picture or two couldn't hurt as well...I don't personally have a balaclava though. elateral 22:38, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, we need more description of the different variations, such as the three-hole variety commonly referred to as a "ski mask".  As for more photos, though, I'd pass.  Given the length of this article, we don't need any more photos unless this article gets dramatically longer.  SchuminWeb (Talk) 17:04, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Speeking of which, does anyone know what This is?Aryeonos (talk) 09:02, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: late to the table, but whole head coverings exposing just the face were around long before the debacle in the crimea. what were they called? and what would one call one not knitted? --86.151.106.75 (talk) 21:52, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other Variants? 

message: http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=111736 --RCS (talk) 16:16, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Balaclava related (and impossible to make up) 

message: I have added a reference in the lead section to the fact that the term 'balaclava' (like the other knitting/Crimean War-related names, cardigan and raglan) does not seem to have emerged during the period of the war, but instead later in the 19th century.  However, I have not been able to check the source cited in ref.1 (Games 2007), so if that gives an actual 1850s/Crimean War period reference to the things being called balaclavas, perhaps somebody would kindly revert my edit accordingly!  AgTigress (talk) 15:52, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of origin of term 

message: Nitpick:  as a BE-speaker, I say  a Uhlan, not an Uhlan.  The word begins with a 'y' sound. Possibly AE-speakers start the word with 'oo', in which case it would, indeed, be 'an'.   It is a minor point, of course, but I am just explaining why I changed it back to 'a' a couple of times. I shall now shrug my shoulders and let it stand. :-)   AgTigress (talk) 22:27, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Indefinite article with 'Uhlan' 

message: This is an entry about a piece of clothing yet interestingly it's been turned into an advert for Irish Republican terrorism. The image of an IRA display is highly political and no doubt highly offense to millions of Irish people of all denominations. I came here to look at different types of balaclava not to be subjected to IRA propaganda. An image in and of itself showing non-specific/non-identifiable 'terrorist use' of the item is not offensive. But when when viewed with the caption which explains the specific politics of the display even mentioning the unit of the terrorist organization it is highly inflammatory. I can find no other reference to this picture on the web so would suggest it's been put here by a member of the IRA at this event or sympathizer. This conflict is thankfully over but the Peace Process is constantly under threat by those who want to return to killing and maiming. This type of Wikipedia exposure is likely to enable that return to terror in Ireland by romanticizing the IRA in young impressionable minds and by striking fear into the minds of those who themselves turned to terror to kill members of the Catholic community ie UDA. To preserve the peace this shold be replaced.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stevexyg (talk • contribs) 12:02, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Irish Terrorism Reference 

message: There is an error under the last image in this article, that I suspect to be an intentional troll.
The images DOES NOT show "a group of prostitutes" from Russia. It shows the members of "Pussy Riot": a Russian feminist punk-rock protest group based in Moscow. They are not prostitutes. They are artists and activists.
I propose to change the caption to reflect the actual facts and a hyperlink to the Pussy Riot wikipedia article.
:Done by reverting the last edit --Tobias "ToMar" Maier (talk) 22:13, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Erroneous caption under the image of women wearing balaclavas in bright colors. 

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message: The page Deerstalker refers to this page. However, it seems to refer to a different type of headwear, also named "balaclava"? On the Deerstalker page, mention is made of the balaclava helmet also having two visors - a feature that I can't see in what is called "balaclava" here.
This was the distinctive helmet worn by soldiers in the British military during the Crimean War (1853–56) as opposed to the ski mask now known as a Balaklava helmet.
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thread_title:  Balaclava helmet? 

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message: Often times the Mexican police use Balaclava's on regular duty or during a drug raid.
I'm surprised there was no pictures of mention of it.  172.114.196.164 (talk) 04:17, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mexican Police 

message: It might be worth mentioning that in military context balaclavas are also used to reduce dust, sand and debris from get in one's mouth or being inhaled in and around helicopter landings.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.1.220.20 (talk) 15:39, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Military & helicopters

message: I don't think my primary associations with black blocs and bank robberies are particularly unique (of course, in the COVID-19 pandemic, balaclavas have acquired an additional use that is more respected), so I'm surprised that the article does not contain the slightest mention of them. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 01:51, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Usages not mentioned