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  1. suitedcboy

    How do I stretch my hat?

    Is it really too big or not conformed to your head all the way around? If you put it on snugly can you almost get your pinky in at the temples? I wear western felt hats every day and fedoras once or twice per week. I often have to take my much stiffer westerns and "train" them to my forehead and...
  2. suitedcboy

    Stetson Stratoliner Premier Open Crown

    Yes, a lot of dark hats will stain your hands. Black and dark brown, Resistols and the other Garland Texas made hats from RHE/HATCO or whatever the name of the day have stained me many times while steaming and shaping. Aprons or an old shirt required for that task if you use your body to block...
  3. suitedcboy

    Hat Storage Advice

    have no idea where you are from profile but if there is a western store anywhere around you likely can get a hat box for very little. A lot of western hat buyers buy a hat and leave the box. Those hatboxes will have the rolled cardboard with a cardboard flange so the hat sits on the brim just at...
  4. suitedcboy

    Fedora brim width???

    I think this is the Bugs Bunny & Warner Brothers parody of Bogart as Rick. Yep, the comment was strong but short of disparaging to any great degree. He said LOOK like a fool, not that you are a fool in that style hat. I wear 4 1/2 inch or larger brim westerns and like my fedoras larger brim as...
  5. suitedcboy

    M.C. Gannon Hat Company

    Michael's hats are promoting sin. Being covetous is sinful and his hats affect me that way. The brown western is amazing.
  7. suitedcboy

    Movie hats

    I walked in to eat lunch and the TV was on to an OTA local channel that shows old movies. The Fuller Brush Girl with Lucille Ball and Eddie Albert was on. It had ample fedoras but what caught my eye was the creases. There were some mob baddies and they had the front crest of crown as high as the...
  8. suitedcboy

    Western, anyone?

    This is a new western brand? FB Marketplace
  9. suitedcboy

    Tatton Baird Hatters

    I was kidding (not about spending time deciding on which hat). There are some aspects that can be judged rigidly but a whole lot of parts of this craft are subjective as is evidenced by many conversations on here.
  10. suitedcboy

    Tatton Baird Hatters

    Yep, spill it. We'll keep it under our hats. We'll have to spend a bit of time figuring out WHICH hat of course.
  11. suitedcboy

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    Is 2 inches a frugal brim?
  13. suitedcboy

    How many custom hat shops are left?

    In 1978 I visited a hat maker in Lubbock on my way west. It was mid week and the gentleman was not busy and showed me around. In the course of conversation he showed me the band blocks and grabbed a block and said a custom hat from them might be the fix as a band block like my head shape could...
  14. suitedcboy

    How many custom hat shops are left?

    OK, I misused "hat block". It is a block with a head form or whatever the proper term. I have the head form I got with a custom western I bought at an estate sale in attached picture on red background. Another is ashelves of head forms. I attached another picture of a block with head form I...
  15. suitedcboy

    How many custom hat shops are left?

    OK, what do YOU mean by "bespoke"? A truly bespoke hat to me would be a conformateur used to make a block or at least referenced to a particular hat block that maker has with similar shape within minimal shape deviation. Then there is likely a hat form made that you can use to keep the odd...
  16. suitedcboy

    How many custom hat shops are left?

    Capital Hatters-Stephenville TX, Colby Hebert-New Orleans, Dorer-New Mexico, Biggars Hat co.-Dectur TX, Johnny's Custom and Mike's custom Hatters-Both in Longview TX, North Valley Hat-Salem OR, Bar None and Cowboy Up both in Denver CO, Shorty's Caboy Hattery-OKC OK. the list is bigger than you...
  17. suitedcboy

    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    The whole band looks to be from a Resistol Black Gold. The band is not color or texture matched to the Dorer felt. That hat would have been fitted with a self band and a horse shoe buckle and a simpler keeper originally.
  19. suitedcboy

    Stetson Pure Beaver Stratoliner

    I like the looks of that one in the photos. I wear and buy way more new westerns than anything and I am fully versed in stiff hats. I have a long offset oval head and I always have to do a little to get a comfortable fit on stiff hats. Steam can do it but you might end up with a kink or whoopy...
  20. suitedcboy

    Anyone ever hear of 'Stetson Ermine Series B'?

    When bash becomes smash.
  21. suitedcboy

    Anyone ever hear of 'Stetson Ermine Series B'?

    I have never seen the font used for "Stetson" that is in that hat. WOW! Right out of Indian Jones and the Temple of Beaver. Wasn't that a movie about a resourceful guy that beats off all kinds of Ebay bidders and a flaky non-responsive seller to get that ONE hat he was seeking?
  22. suitedcboy

    How do you like your sweatbands?

    I have 2s and 1 5/8s in many different hats and I can't one bit of difference once it is on my noggin. Off my head the 2 inch look a little better for reasons I couldn't answer. Isn't there a bigger choice than treated and untreated? Roan leather, goat leather, natural cowhide and dyed cowhide...
  23. suitedcboy

    Knox Hat Company History

    I only see thumbnail size photos that are too small to enlarge and see an detail. The info you posted from inside hat is standard production markings that are common for decades and don't tell us anything about the hat date or model. H23749 is usually some ID number but I do not think anyone has...

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