All the hats are now made, once we get down on the movie set, I'll see about getting good photos of the actors in wardrobe with the different hats on.
Major Moore
I have been told that we will see Hank Williams ( Tom) wearing the fedora hats alot, will only have on the western style hats when he does the singing parts on stage or in the clubs per the movie scenes
Major Moore
They did not want to use factory made hats, and really did not want them for the western hats needed, because the boxed western hats now days are not even close to the hats worn in 1946 to 1953.
I forgot who but I think John B. in Knoxville when at the hat shop one trip gave me some western...
Thanks everyone, I can tell you this, the dictator is dead set on this being right, he made a statement to me that this movie on Hank was going to show him alot in a fedora hat ( 2 5/8" bound edge , with a 5 3/4" open crown, shape with a diamond crease) when he does his western music scenes he...
They have the online version after the mailed copies have shipped and store copies are on news stands a week or two, before the online version appears
Major Moore
There are several big hat factory's that make long oval hats, most I know of are western hats, here are 3 that I know of Atwood Hats, American Hat Co, Master Hatters of Texas.
Find a retail store that carries one of or all of these brands, the hats from them are Long Oval only.
Good looking hat, the owner and I are friends and they do outstanding work, maybe members here, that see your hat will understand not all western hatters make only western hats, but can make dress hats with the same skill and craftsmanship as they do in making a western hat.
Major Moore
I have to ask on behalf of all of us who read that you like and wear wide brim hats, please let us know what you consider the brim width you call wide, I have seen hats with brims from 1.5" wide to 6 1/2"wide brims. But would really like to know and see what you consider the prefect width for...
Used to be the west Texas cowboys wore the wide brim, turned up sides, we called them Taco Brim Hats, now all over the the USA, you'll see cowboys wearing these styles, most are the younger guys.
Several law enforcement offices I now of have the dress codes on hats, they have a winter and a...
5" wide brim, wide squared off front, sharp turned up sides, we are getting alot of rodeo guys buying this type hats, they are hard to do, because they want the back, round off and turned up in the rear.
But that is why we hat makers are in business, to make what the customer can not get at a...
When I look at old photos from all over the west back then, the clothes in Hell On Wheels, looks pretty good, the streets of the old west were dirt and when it rained they were mud holes, men and women worked hard and worn clothes hard and taking a bath or having clothes washed in a timely...
Seems that any hat he puts on looks great on him, and and a few others I know can wear any hat also, and look great. He didn't want to smile , said he wanted to be like me and not smile
I did not want to over do the distressing on the hat so I didn't go over board as they have done on the movie...
Hardest thing was making the leather hatband, we studied the hatband for several weeks until we felt we had it right, I have a full set of the inward tapered blocks from 6 3/4" to a size 8"
Major Moore
All the wooden tools that Mark DeCou makes were built off of tools I had and sent to him to make , all the band blocks came from my patterns I sent him
He and I talked for many months way back then and I felt he was the most gifted person that could turn out new ones to match the old ones I sent...
They have to be done that way in order to meet the requirements that is needed for a movie, there is no way they can find all the hats needed for the man actors and their stunt doubles, so they have to add the stains and make the new clothes also to have the same aged look.
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