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Feet Up! The Work Boot Thread
Sam, those soles look different that regular IR soles, more like Beckman's...- gtdean48
- Post #1,100
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Akubra Campdraft
Yep, been there, done that, enuff said.... well covered before some folks ever came into the Lounge in this thread... A hat model is a hat model based solely on the size of the ribbons, edge binding or raw.... -
Hat sponsor
The Lounge is sort of a virtual support group....but NOT to keep you FROM acquiring too many hats! We are here to SUPPORT the hat industry, custom as well as factory makers & vintage resale.... You have a black hat, so you need a brown one & a light grey one & a silverbelly one & wider... -
The Stratoliner Association {Premiere}
Silverbelly Premiere Strat delivered last night, so not 6 weeks, just about 3. This is some lightweight felt. Sweat does not say Royal Deluxe, just Premiere Stratoliner is a cursive script with Stetson crest. Crown holds dry crease of center dent with a front pinch well. Brim snaps down all... -
Akubra Campdraft
No longer a Campdraft but a customized Akubra. Conversion Corral or Akubra Overload threads... -
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The Resistol Roundup
Nice one Rick! Hazard a guess that was Resistol's answer to Stetson's 7X CB/50. Typical B&R style to be a notch above hence the 10 X's -
New Royal Stetson
College buddy of mine works at P'cola Hardware, family business. -
Ask a question, get an answer
I wear felt fedoras with t-shirts & jeans all the way to tuxedo. Lots of mine are thin ribbons which are "country" hats but do have some mid-ribbons that I consider "city" hats. I also have outback & western hats but no derbies/bowlers, homburgs, or top hats. I even wear some vented... -
Seeking Symmetry
I put a hat on, & take a paperclip or toothpick/match stick & place in the hatband ribbon where it lines up with my nose then go to creasing... -
Leather jackets on TV shows - Goat or Lamb?
Ori Pfiffer plays the Israeli detective in Dig. Not a good shot of him in the jacket but in episode I watched he actually zipped it up... http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2303783424/tt3597606?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_21- gtdean48
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- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Cowboy Boots
I resisted the square toe look for years. The Cutting & Reining show circuit went there quite a while ago. I was a dyed in the wool Justin Roper wearer for years then went to Ariat Hexcel Pro Ropers for all of my Reining horse show career, roughly 1989 to 1999. Wore medium/semi round toe up to...- gtdean48
- Post #827
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Cowboy Boots
These are latest Justin's I've acquired...coming from Roper toed, the wide square is not too much of a "duck foot" look- gtdean48
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- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Help with {date or identify} a hat please.....!
I use steam but for major shaping, I just spray distilled water, crease it, let it dry, then steam it to set the crease. The steaming will reactivate the shellac. Hope that helps.... -
Ask a question, get an answer
I have given hats to key folks in my life, not really for any specific occasion except maybe their birthday... Have quite a few Loungers that have bought hats to commemorate the birth of a child, so giving one seems like a good & generous gesture. -
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Help with {date or identify} a hat please.....!
Most telescope westerns I see now are "gambler" style = like Stevie Ray Vaugh & Ronnie Van Zant. You can luck into an old open crown western on ebay that you can easily crease to a telescope. Or just see if a western store will get an open crown western -
Leather jackets on TV shows - Goat or Lamb?
Tim Allen on Last Man Standing has worn a nice leather jacket but sitcom is set in Denver suburb. Tim's looks like a Aero style. Yep, character in Chicago PD does have padded shoulder jacket. Other character has a leather "Members Only" looking jacket.- gtdean48
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- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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The irrationality of looking out the door for your package
We all be nuts???- gtdean48
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- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Help with {date or identify} a hat please.....!
Very 1960's looking. Check out Miller catalogs for that period. Pecos model looks close http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?52929-Miller-Stockman-Catalogs&p=1896472&viewfull=1#post1896472
