Cowboy hats losing their cool?

[hatsRme]

Lottsa cowboy hats in Wyoming. There's a standing joke: Why do real cowboys wear tractor caps? So you can tell them from the real estate agents.

Love it!! :roll:

 

[RJR]

neat line!

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Western hats are not common in Portugal also. Everywhere I go, heads turn.

 

[WesternHatWearer]

Western hats are not common in Portugal also. Everywhere I go, heads turn.

They may not have seen such hats worn so well! Keep them in the public eye.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

They may not have seen such hats worn so well! Keep them in the public eye.

Sadly due to my limited budget, I travel a lot less nowadays

 

[C.M. Albrecht]

I'm not a cowboy, although I've spent my time with horses in the past. I like them and they like me. And one day at a flea market, I came across an old Stetson Western hat. Nominally black, it was so dusty and dingy I really hesitated at paying $20 for it. But I took it home, carefully washed it with a damp cloth and when dry, I brushed it for a long time. I sort of reblocked it, so it has a flat top and a nice wide brim. It has that traditional lining with a cowpoke giving his horsie water from his hat, and says XXXX Beaver (although I understand that doesn't always mean a lot). It had one short slightly cracked place on the brim, and from what I've heard about our friend, the beaver, I wet it well and then brushed it front and back and all around. It worked! Everything tightened up and the crack disappeared. Once every week or so I put on jeans, and don my Stetson and feel pretty darn good when we go out to lunch. As to singers, I personally hate those shiny leather or plastic cowboy hats, but otherwise, I guess they can wear whatever suits. Seems like Mr. Cash didn't even need a hat to do his stuff.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

As to singers, I personally hate those shiny leather or plastic cowboy hats, but otherwise, I guess they can wear whatever suits. Seems like Mr. Cash didn't even need a hat to do his stuff.

They wear mostly straw (probably shanthung) hats painted in black (the "shine" comes from the paint).

 

[ofcoursemyhorse]

Still a big fan of my "cowboy" hats.

 

[RJR]

Great "cowboy" hats.

 

[g.durand]

Butch and Co. cleaned up nicely.