Bandannas
Rothco Trainman Paisley • Camo • Flecktarn • 100% Cotton
One of the largest bandanna selections in military surplus — 16 colors of Rothco Trainman paisley, 20+ camouflage patterns in both standard 22-inch and oversized large-format cuts (woodland, tiger stripe, desert tri-color, city, ACU-inspired, pink, orange, neon, and more), plus the premium German Army Flecktarn bandana from Bundeswehr surplus stocks. Multi-purpose cotton head and neck wear that doubles as sweatband, dust mask, tourniquet, pot holder, sling, pre-filter for water, dog collar, and the most versatile piece of gear you'll ever spend $3 on.
Bandannas at Keep Shooting
Keep Shooting carries one of the deepest bandanna catalogs in military surplus — sixteen colorways of the Rothco Trainman paisley bandanna, more than twenty camouflage patterns in both standard 22-inch and oversized large-format cuts, and the premium German Army Flecktarn bandana from genuine Bundeswehr surplus. All are 100% cotton construction for breathability, absorbency, and the kind of all-day wearability that synthetic scarves and gaiters can't match. At $2.99 to $14.95 price points, bandannas are the single most versatile piece of gear in any outdoor, tactical, or everyday-carry kit.
The bandanna traces its origins to 17th-century India and the Middle East, where the Hindi and Urdu word bāṅdhnū — loosely translating as "a tied or bound cloth" — described the bright-colored silk and cotton handkerchiefs produced using the traditional Bandhani tie-dye technique. European traders brought the bandanna to Britain and the American colonies during the late 1700s, and Glasgow cotton mills began printing bandanna patterns on domestic cotton yarns shortly afterward. By the American Civil War, bandannas had become a functional uniform staple for soldiers on both sides — used to carry personal possessions, bind wounds, filter water, cover faces against powder smoke, and signal among units. During WWI and WWII, bandannas were widely printed with political, patriotic, and military-advertising designs, and the modern military bandanna inherited both that wartime utility tradition and the original Indian paisley aesthetic that still dominates the Rothco Trainman line today.
Our Rothco Trainman Paisley Bandanna line is the widest color selection in the category — sixteen distinct colorways including Navy Blue, Light Blue, Royal Blue, Black, Black/Red, Khaki, Olive Drab, White, Red/Black, Grey, Purple, Orange, Pink, Yellow, Red/White, and Blue/Black paisley. The Trainman pattern is Rothco's signature full-size 22"×22" paisley design, 100% cotton, with hemmed edges — the classic American railroad-worker and biker bandanna silhouette that has been Rothco's top-selling bandanna for decades. Rothco is one of the largest military-inspired outdoor brands in the United States and has been a Keep Shooting partner brand for years (visit our full Rothco brand page for more of their catalog). Trainman bandannas are ideal for color-coding across teams, matching a specific patch or uniform, or simply picking the color you actually want instead of the color the store happens to carry.
Our Classic Camo and Colored Camo Bandanna series cover every camouflage pattern a military surplus customer actually wants — Woodland (the classic 1981 US M81 pattern), Desert Camo (three-color desert), Desert Tri-Color (the DCU/Gulf War variant), Tiger Stripe (Southeast Asia / Vietnam-era), City Camo (urban gray), and Midnight Blue. Our Colored Camo series extends into nonstandard palettes — Pink Camo, Subdued Pink, Sky Blue, Red White and Blue, Ultra Violet, Savage Orange, Red, Stinger Yellow, and Black Camo — for youth, hunter- education, search-and-rescue, range-day, and style-driven uses where a traditional military palette isn't the right answer. The standard Classic and Colored Camo bandannas are 22"×22" (the USGI standard size), and the Large Camo line is approximately 27" square — roughly 50% more fabric for applications that need more coverage (head wrap, scarf tie, sling, or adult-size dust mask).
Our German Army Flecktarn Bandana is the premium piece in the category — genuine Bundeswehr surplus in the five-color Flecktarn pattern officially adopted by the German Army in 1991 and still issued today. This is the same Flecktarn pattern worn on Bundeswehr field shirts, pants, parkas, and rucksacks (see our full German Army Surplus category for the rest of that inventory), and the bandana is a historically authentic piece rather than a commercial reproduction. At $14.95 it costs more than our commercial camo options, but it's a legitimate surplus item with military-issue fabric weight and dye-fastness.
A 22-inch cotton bandanna is probably the most useful piece of gear you'll ever carry for its size and price. Documented field uses include: sweatband or hair tie; head wrap or do-rag for sun protection; neck gaiter for dust and wind; dust mask or breathing filter pre-layer; handkerchief or blow rag; improvised tourniquet or pressure dressing (with a windlass stick); arm sling for an injured shoulder; pot holder; pre-filter for turbid water before passing it through a purifier; cordage for lashing small items; hasty bag for small gear; dog collar or leash tag; horse/pet mouth cover for vet procedures; emergency signal flag in a high-visibility color; and — per Civil War precedent — a way to bundle personal possessions when a pack isn't available. Carrying two in different colors covers roughly 80% of improvised-gear needs in any outdoor kit.
Keep Shooting ships all bandannas from our Pennsylvania warehouse with free shipping on orders over $49.95. With bandannas at the $2.99–$3.60 price point, the $49.95 free-ship threshold is easy to clear by picking up a dozen colors for a unit, a family, a youth-group event, a race team, or a birthday-party set — or by combining bandannas with other small apparel items like boonie hats, beanies, or shooting gloves. Whether you need a single bandanna to match a specific uniform or loadout, a bulk color assortment for color-coding a large group, or an authentic Bundeswehr Flecktarn piece for a historically correct NATO loadout, every bandanna in our catalog is 100% cotton construction ready for a decade of hard wear.
Frequently Asked Questions — Bandannas
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