Hats and Drinks - A Match Made in Heaven

[Bamaboots]

Portis and PBR.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Worth - Walden 15X, drinking a Long Black.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Reviewing some materials and sipping a Caribou cold press.

Eric -

 

[Hurricane Jack]

A beater Knox Fifteen this morning.

 

[40Cal]

A cup of " Blue Bottle" home brewed in my favorite Yosemite cup. My OR is modeling for me today!

 

[Bob Roberts]

A cup of " Blue Bottle" home brewed in my favorite Yosemite cup. My OR is modeling for me today!
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Unusual color? It's a good one.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Caution: Repeated use may cause you to be a cheerful morning person.

Best, Eric -

 

[Bamaboots]

 

[RJR]

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Love that semi colado,Greg.

 

[Bamaboots]

Love that semi colado,Greg.

Thanks, Bob.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

After a full day of final plans for the Memorial Day service & ceremony I'm ready to relax. Some Tennessee White Whiskey & some Legends pipe tobacco will go a long way to accomplish just that!

 

[greatestescaper]

Hurricane Jack, I'm not sure which I prefer, that fine looking hat, or that fine looking pipe.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Hurricane Jack, I'm not sure which I prefer, that fine looking hat, or that fine looking pipe.

Thank you GE! The hat is a Thoroughbred 10X natural that I straightened up & have creased a couple of different ways since I picked it up last yr. I was just never satisfied with how the creases looked. I was recently taking it back to an open crown to try a Boss of the Plains look when I decided to try something appropriate for the various living history programs & groups I'm a member of. I'll wear it to those kinds of events.

The pipe is one of J.M. Boswell's Minie Balls reminiscent of a Civil War lead bullet. It's like a mini churchwarden, if you are a pipe smoker. I had him carve it a few yrs ago to smoke at these same type of events as the hat is now for. You can see pics of the pipe with better lighting at the link:

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/thre...d-you-smoke-today.25597/page-532#post-2255140

 

[greatestescaper]

Thank you GE! The hat is a Thoroughbred 10X natural that I straightened up & have creased a couple of different ways since I picked it up last yr. I was just never satisfied with how the creases looked. I was recently taking it back to an open crown to try a Boss of the Plains look when I decided to try something appropriate for the various living history programs & groups I'm a member of. I'll wear it to those kinds of events.

The pipe is one of J.M. Boswell's Minie Balls reminiscent of a Civil War lead bullet. It's like a mini churchwarden, if you are a pipe smoker. I had him carve it a few yrs ago to smoke at these same type of events as the hat is now for. You can see pics of the pipe with better lighting at the link:

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/thre...d-you-smoke-today.25597/page-532#post-2255140

Thank you for the reply! I've grown more partial to open crowns recently, having always admired some of the styles of cowboy hat at the turn of the century. In the summer months I've been wearing a palm leaf that I shaped to a sort of Gus or Tom Mix. For the colder weather I wear, for the most part, a telescope crown stetson (there may be photos of it earlier in this thread). It is one of their new line made from Buffalo, something I could just not resist. I've worked the brim somewhat because I am not at all fond of the squared off brim shaping western hats seem to feature these days. Lately too I've been thinking I might just steam that crown to open and see what happens after that.

That really is a pipe shape, and even better inspiration. Thank you for sharing the information about the craftsman. I do indulge in pipe tobacco now and again, though I have not yet incorporated it into my historic interp (largely because I usually do US Indian Wars Cavalry, and as such often find myself horseback, and that seems a bit much to be fooling with while in the saddle).

If I may continue to pry, especially off topic, what sorts of living history are you involved with?

 

[Hurricane Jack]

If I may continue to pry, especially off topic, what sorts of living history are you involved with?

I'm most interested in the events leading up to & including the battles as fought guerrilla style on the plains of Missouri & Kansas (the so-called Border Wars), the period of reconstruction & robbery that came after; and the settling of the American West in general. I belong to several organizations & roundtables dedicated to same. I'm not a reenactor but sometimes it is necessary to dress the part. I'm more into research & documentation, & the part my ancestors played in it. I have my grandfather & the memory of his stories he told me to thank for that!


As for this pipe it is not an accurate replica or reproduction of a Civil War era pipe but rather something like what a soldier might have carved for himself in the long evenings during the war and in the yrs after. Carvers Peter Evans or R. Ubben have made the best reproductions of Civil War pipes but they are no longer carving & their pipes never come up for sale second hand. I would like to own one. You would probably enjoy the book "Tobacco and Smoking Among the Blue and Gray" written by Ben Rapaport. The subtitles are "The illustrated history of an American folk-art curiosity", "The Civil War soldier's tobacco pipe." A coffee table book full of pictures & illustrations from the war in private collections today.


Sounds like you & I would have a lot in common.

 

[greatestescaper]

Hurricane Jack, I've got ranchers, farmers, and rural, and western folk all around my family tree. Meeting them, hearing their tales of life outside the city was enough to pull me west. My love of history has become more a hobby than a profession, now that I am a stay-at-home, but with the local historic site I am able to get out and share some history. I have had such great experiences there, and met all manner of fascinating people.

Thank you again, that book is on my "to be added to the library" list. I am very much looking forward to that one.

To get a little more on topic: My palm leaf hat and the buckaroo's, with coffee in my mug, and milk in his, this morning after his second breakfast (that boy really is a hobbit):

 

[DJH]

Cooler today so good to wear my Buckaroo Hatters western and enjoying a crafty drink at lunchtime. We have a lot of great craft brewers in Fort Worth, including Wild Acre Brewing.

Cheers! David

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Cheers from Minnesota. A VS in sage colored felt celebrates with me this evening.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Good morning.

Best, Eric -

 

[40Cal]

Unusual color? It's a good one.

I wish the hat was the color that it photographed , Bob! It's a plain old light beige in reality.