Recent content by Thundercolt

Reminds me of Jasper from Lonesome Dove.

While I'm waiting for some professionally restyled hats from a friend, I was motivated by Mark’s (Voo) restyling efforts and decided to restyle my old Weather Hat Co. lid into something with a less drastic crease and softer side dents, then added a bit more brim curl and side profile. I like how...

Restyled yesterday - I've had this Weather hat for 30 years.

The hat was copied from a photo of Wyatt Earp taken on June 10, 1883, less than 2 years after the shootout in Tombstone, AZ. Wyatt didn’t want to brandish his revolver in public, so he had a waxed canvas pocket custom made to conceal his 7 ½” SAA in his frock coat.

Inspiration from Jesse James :>)

Thanks Zombie! That's exactly what I was going for. The thing about restyling your own hat is that you can put a little of your own spirit into it.

Summer beater hat - Guatemalan palm leaf with my own restyle. I like it and that's all that matters to me. :>)

Standing next to Wild Bill, in all his frontier grandeur.

A hat worthy of Virgil Caine

This has been done before:

Before and After of a $20 restyle on my tired and worn Stetson Gun Club (nothing special, just a work hat for me).

Beater hats are the tough love icon of the headwear community. They may not be expensive, or socially dignified attire, but they show you’ve got style and do their job none the less. So, let’s hear it for the lids commonly worn by the salt of the earth working folks, the everyday misfits...