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  1. suitedcboy

    JW Custom Hats, SLC Utah

    On the felt question: I have handled a lot of felts over the course of 45 or so years of wearing and buying hats once I was paying attention. Inconsistency has been the rule. Resistol (now Stetson by association) has their own hat body plant in Longview TX and their 100X and 20X hats rise and...
  2. suitedcboy

    Making a Western hat by hand?

    The expectations for a hat do vary widely. They vary widely for me. I love a fedora to have the malleable felt and to have that soft as a baby's behind feel. I always wear my fedoras snapped but stiff would not work for a snap brim fedora. I want my western hats that I use outdoors to be stiff...
  3. suitedcboy

    Making a Western hat by hand?

    "I've bought two custom pure beaver hats from two different makers in my lifetime and neither one could hold up to the elements. I was disappointed in both. " I'm curious how they failed. I wear felt hats almost daily, even in summer, in Texas. I learned decades ago that a hat that would go a...
  4. suitedcboy

    Pouncing

    I agree 100% with Yahoody. I have Purchased some 100% and 50% beaver hats that I wanted to have more velvet like finish. I sanded with 1000 grit and I found inconsistencies with which way got the fine finish. I know some hat restorations are done by turning hat inside out. The sanding on some of...
  5. suitedcboy

    Do Dogs Really Hate Hats?

    I have had several dogs of mine that LOVE hats. I wear a hat when I get in the car to go somewhere and the dog gets to go most of the time. I come into room with my hat on and sit down to get shoes or boots on and he is READY. He has no fondness for ball caps as I don't go anywhere wearing a...
  7. suitedcboy

    Worried about everyone here.......

    The generic version of that drug is vodka.
  8. suitedcboy

    Help With Custom Hat Order

    Mike Miller has made me 2 100% beaver westerns and I love them and they gets loads of wear and are doing great.
  9. suitedcboy

    Ask a question, get an answer

    To compound matters about estimating this one, the hat is larger than his head. Look at the first picture that is an upward shot with brim and sweatband line visible. That sure looks to me to be a good gap from the dark line of sweat to the wearer's temple. Likely a wardrobe person's use of what...
  10. suitedcboy

    Ask a question, get an answer

    Not a fearmonger here but folks in here buy hats online and ship them about. How long does COVID-19 live in felt? Does putting a hat in the freezer for 48 hours kill the virus? Is a spray with denatured alcohol the best way? Diligence is the way today and for a while into the future.
  11. suitedcboy

    New midrange cowboy hat quality difference

    A Resistol 20X Black Gold is one of their best values. They are fairly consistent for the 35 or so years they have been around. Those are available on Ebay or FB Marketplace in Texas cities most of the time. DO not pay over $300. South Texas Tack has them new on sale right now for $307.
  13. suitedcboy

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

    If a straw hat has X count it is due to the beavers urinating on the plants the straw is harvested from. I hope that hat doesn't smell like beaver piss.
  14. suitedcboy

    Vintage Silhouettes Custom Hats - Official Affiliate Thread

    I googled and found several threads in different places where denatured alcohol was being sought. There has to be a regulation against it in CAN. The closest anyone came to it was ethanol stove fuel. The last I got at Home Depot is Kleen Strip brand and is it labeled FUEL Denatured Alcohol. I...
  15. suitedcboy

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

    I want to start a Gofundme for RMcCamey's neighbor. His situation got a lot worse in a relatively short time. I am leaving his hat price alone though, not my monkey- not my circus.
  16. suitedcboy

    How many hats is enough?

    Me, the dog, the spouse, and the hats are all still inside the house so I'm not there yet. I will cop to having lowered shelves and hanger rods so the space on shelf is a dimension that some multiple of hat box height will fit. You can't put a 9 inch hat box into that 4.25 inches left above...
  17. suitedcboy

    Western, anyone?

    American Hat Company is not in any way affiliated with Hatco in Garland TX. It is an independent hat manufacturer in Bowie Texas. They are doing very well and make hats equal or better than their competition.
  19. suitedcboy

    Seasons for your hats

    Where I grew up it was a sign of teens with vehicles and guns.
  20. suitedcboy

    Western, anyone?

    Also falls in the grulla color range too.
  21. suitedcboy

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    I always love your photos. Maybe you should do this for a living;)
  22. suitedcboy

    This is an essential tool for reshaping a hat brim

    DO you want to modify that hat into a fedora like mot of the hats in the video above? Fedoras have the curved flange brim treatment that allows the brim to be "snapped" where the front would turn down while the back of the brim is still turned up. To convert will require losing the bound edge on...
  23. suitedcboy

    How do folks react to your hat wearing?

    I wear western hats more than fedoras when I'm out and about shopping and so forth. I get a rare comment about the hat but if I ever go out hatless I am shocked at how many people I will encounter that I do not recognize will ask, "where's your hat?" and some may add something like "you have...

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