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  1. gtdean48

    Open Crown Stetsons: A Call (Plea) to Retailers!!

    It is more the size of the open crown than the fact they are shipping them in open crown state...
  2. gtdean48

    Feet Up! The Work Boot Thread

    Yep, Roper toe, walking heel = standard Roper configuration with the saddle vamp. Got 2 pair of them myself.
  3. gtdean48

    Dating Vintage Stetsons by Liner: A Field Guide

    Unless he's been conversing with the dog again....
  4. gtdean48

    Ask a question, get an answer

    Measure length of opening front to back & then side to side. Use ellipse circumference calculator then use size chart...
  5. gtdean48

    Ask a question, get an answer

    Not sure how you divide it up but I always do the entire crown at once...
  6. gtdean48

    Dobb's "Fifty Cattleman" FS on eBay

    By far. Most likely 100% beaver like most 7X Clear Beavers that were 50$ from JBS...
  7. gtdean48

    Ask a question, get an answer

    Brush thoroughly, spray bottle with distilled water, spray liberally, shape to taste, set with steam from boiling pot of distilled water, dry while wearing...
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    Mark center based on your nose with a paper clip on the hatband. Nothing more annoying than off center pinch
  9. gtdean48

    Open Crown Stetsons: A Call (Plea) to Retailers!!

    Headed this way
  10. gtdean48

    Dating Vintage Stetsons by Liner: A Field Guide

    Another slant on the story = The hats were manufactured by the Stetson Hat Company until the mid-1960s when its chief stockholder, Ira Guilden, closed down operations due to a decline in demand. Guilden switched to licensing the Stetson name. In one of the more successful ventures, Cody...
  11. gtdean48

    Dating Vintage Stetsons by Liner: A Field Guide

    Good article too = http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1908&dat=19790420&id=C0wrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XdQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3089,1617270
  12. gtdean48

    Dating Vintage Stetsons by Liner: A Field Guide

    OR of the late 70's only had a perforated paper tag that had the model name on it. They are definitely OR's but those tags could be long gone.
  13. gtdean48

    Open Crown Stetsons: A Call (Plea) to Retailers!!

    Yippee Ki-Yay!!!!
  14. gtdean48

    Johnny Depp's Latest Hat...

    give him time, sure he'll have a hole worn in the pinch soon enough...
  15. gtdean48

    Akubra Adventurer advice.

    Get a band block. It'll train hats to your head shape when you aren't wearing them. Best device I ever got outside a hat stretcher.
  16. gtdean48

    Post New Hats Here!

    I'm going 1919
  17. gtdean48

    Dating Vintage Stetsons by Liner: A Field Guide

    They were made in St Joe, MO in 1972
  18. gtdean48

    Dating Vintage Stetsons by Liner: A Field Guide

    That liner, I'd not say anything in the 70's. 80's would be oldest I would go....late 80's at that. I bought an Open Road new in the mid-80's came in that style box...different liner tho...
  19. gtdean48

    Dating Vintage Stetsons by Liner: A Field Guide

    Unless you have receipts for added provenience, precision is limited to decades...

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