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[drmaxtejeda]

The felt “ribbon” is a nice touch, Max! Now you’re really off to the races, wearing a Railbird!!

Thanks, Charlie. I didn't use to like felt ribbons, but they're growing on me.

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[BobHufford]

Just arrived 1989 Kevin O'Farrell 3x6 Rancher. BRE with 3-cord ribbon. This would have been from the first Durango shop before he sold out in 1990. Needs some brim tweaking but has a nice soft hand.

Congrats Jack! Great looking hat.

 

[hatsRme]

Thanks, Charlie. I didn't use to like felt ribbons, but they're growing on me.

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Just a little change to make it a railbird. I like it. And, (IMHO) that great lid is the fine hat of a man who has more than one.

 

[Frunobulax]

Brim Raw Edge

Gotcha

Sent directly from my mind to yours.

 

[BobHufford]

Picked up this little thin ribbon western on Offer Up for $7.00. This Byer-Rolnick product (made for a western store in Oklahoma City) has a really nice hand and a cool red liner (with red ribbon at the sweatband seam). Wish it fit me...

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Picked up this little thin ribbon western on Offer Up for $7.00. This Byer-Rolnick product (made for a western store in Oklahoma City) has a really nice hand and a cool red liner (with red ribbon at the sweatband seam). Wish it fit me...

Sadly it's for pinheads...

 

[rclark]

Picked up this little thin ribbon western on Offer Up for $7.00. This Byer-Rolnick product (made for a western store in Oklahoma City) has a really nice hand and a cool red liner (with red ribbon at the sweatband seam). Wish it fit me...

Cool hat! My favorite Resistol San Antonio came from Bundy's as well.

 

[drmaxtejeda]

Ignacio just finished five hats from my last batch. He cleaned them all with Percloro Etileno, so I still have to put Pecard Antique Leather Conditioner on all the sweatbands.

First, an Excellent Stetson. I am pretty sure I got it from Stefan, but I might be confusing it with another.

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[drmaxtejeda]

Lock & Co.

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[drmaxtejeda]

Mossant. Nice felt.

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[drmaxtejeda]

Stetson Twenty The Sovereign. Gold Medal

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[drmaxtejeda]

Another Whippet.

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[Rmccamey]

Very cool, Max, I have a Stratoliner Gold Medal also from C.C. Bradley.

Stetson Twenty The Sovereign. Gold Medal

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[drmaxtejeda]

Very cool, Max, I have a Stratoliner Gold Medal also from C.C. Bradley.

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I wonder if C.C. Bradley had his own Gold Medal stamp, and where it is now.

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[scottyrocks]

This one is not really new-to-me; I've had it about 3 or 4 years, but how it came to me and why I didn't wear it is interesting, to me, anyway.

About 3 or 4 years ago I was working with the kindergarten on their 'Holiday' show. I was in and out of their classrooms more than usual at that time.

One of the teachers had a dress-up area with various clothing, including hats, on it.

I'll always stop and look at hats, so I walked over to the rack and spotted a gray fedora. It definitely looked the real deal.

I took it off the rack, and I could instantly tell this was no toy. Any of us with an experienced hand would know instantly that this was a vintage hat. Great hand, supple felt, feeling no later than a 1950s hat. I looked at the sweat, and although a bit worn, was all there. And there were the words Royal Stetson on it.

As casually as I could, I asked the teacher if I could have this hat, and I would replace it with another like it. She told me it was her father's, but sure, no problem. It was being used as a toy now, anyway.

I walked out of the room with it trying to look like I wasn't going to pop, and brought it home.

There was no size tag on it, but it was definitely too small for me. I estimated it was a 7 1/8 by the way it (didn't) fit me.

So why is this hat being posted here now as new-to-me? Because a couple of days ago I finally decided to put a Hat Jack in it.

First I treated the sweat with 100% shea butter, the best thing for leather, imho, because it is made completely from shea nuts and has no petroleum products in it, whatsoever. Then I put the jack in and steamed all around the brim break, spun the jack quite tightly, and left it overnight. I wanted to get the hat out to a generous 7 1/4.

Important dimensions are 2 1/4" brim, and 4 1/4" front pinch height. I put my now customary diamond into the top.

And that's what happened. I've been wearing the hat off and on for a couple of days. The sweat is cloud-comfortable, and the hat has a certain lived-in look that I prize so highly. Today is the first day I have worn it out of the house.

 

[Rmccamey]

Always be on the hunt, Scotty, well done!

This one is not really new-to-me; I've had it about 3 or 4 years, but how it came to me and why I didn't wear it is interesting, to me, anyway.

About 3 or 4 years ago I was working with the kindergarten on their 'Holiday' show. I was in and out of their classrooms more than usual at that time.

One of the teachers had a dress-up area with various clothing, including hats, on it.

I'll always stop and look at hats, so I walked over to the rack and spotted a gray fedora. It definitely looked the real deal.

I took it off the rack, and I could instantly tell this was no toy. Any of us with an experienced hand would know instantly that this was a vintage hat. Great hand, supple felt, feeling no later than a 1950s hat. I looked at the sweat, and although a bit worn, was all there. And there were the words Royal Stetson on it.

As casually as I could, I asked the teacher if I could have this hat, and I would replace it with another like it. She told me it was her father's, but sure, no problem. It was being used as a toy now, anyway.

I walked out of the room with it trying to look like I wasn't going to pop, and brought it home.

There was no size tag on it, but it was definitely too small for me. I estimated it was a 7 1/8 by the way it (didn't) fit me.

So why is this hat being posted here now as new-to-me? Because a couple of days ago I finally decided to put a Hat Jack in it.

First I treated the sweat with 100% shea butter, the best thing for leather, imho, because it is made completely from shea nuts and has no petroleum products in it, whatsoever. Then I put the jack in and steamed all around the brim break, spun the jack quite tightly, and left it overnight. I wanted to get the hat out to a generous 7 1/4.

Important dimensions are 2 1/4" brim, and 4 1/4" front pinch height. I put my now customary diamond into the top.

And that's what happened. I've been wearing the hat off and on for a couple of days. The sweat is cloud-comfortable, and the hat has a certain lived-in look that I prize so highly. Today is the first day I have worn it out of the house.

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[Bamaboots]

This one is not really new-to-me; I've had it about 3 or 4 years, but how it came to me and why I didn't wear it is interesting, to me, anyway.

About 3 or 4 years ago I was working with the kindergarten on their 'Holiday' show. I was in and out of their classrooms more than usual at that time.

One of the teachers had a dress-up area with various clothing, including hats, on it.

I'll always stop and look at hats, so I walked over to the rack and spotted a gray fedora. It definitely looked the real deal.

I took it off the rack, and I could instantly tell this was no toy. Any of us with an experienced hand would know instantly that this was a vintage hat. Great hand, supple felt, feeling no later than a 1950s hat. I looked at the sweat, and although a bit worn, was all there. And there were the words Royal Stetson on it.

As casually as I could, I asked the teacher if I could have this hat, and I would replace it with another like it. She told me it was her father's, but sure, no problem. It was being used as a toy now, anyway.

I walked out of the room with it trying to look like I wasn't going to pop, and brought it home.

There was no size tag on it, but it was definitely too small for me. I estimated it was a 7 1/8 by the way it (didn't) fit me.

So why is this hat being posted here now as new-to-me? Because a couple of days ago I finally decided to put a Hat Jack in it.

First I treated the sweat with 100% shea butter, the best thing for leather, imho, because it is made completely from shea nuts and has no petroleum products in it, whatsoever. Then I put the jack in and steamed all around the brim break, spun the jack quite tightly, and left it overnight. I wanted to get the hat out to a generous 7 1/4.

Important dimensions are 2 1/4" brim, and 4 1/4" front pinch height. I put my now customary diamond into the top.

And that's what happened. I've been wearing the hat off and on for a couple of days. The sweat is cloud-comfortable, and the hat has a certain lived-in look that I prize so highly. Today is the first day I have worn it out of the house.

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Cool story and a good looking hat. Well done, Scotty. Oh, what did you replace it with?

 

[scottyrocks]

Cool story and a good looking hat. Well done, Scotty. Oh, what did you replace it with?

One of my woolies from the (my) 'olden' days of hat wearing.

 

[scottyrocks]

Always be on the hunt, Scotty, well done!

Funny thing is that school is one of those places that I would never think I'd find a great old hat in. It sort of fell into my lap.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

This one is not really new-to-me; I've had it about 3 or 4 years, but how it came to me and why I didn't wear it is interesting, to me, anyway.

About 3 or 4 years ago I was working with the kindergarten on their 'Holiday' show. I was in and out of their classrooms more than usual at that time.

One of the teachers had a dress-up area with various clothing, including hats, on it.

I'll always stop and look at hats, so I walked over to the rack and spotted a gray fedora. It definitely looked the real deal.

I took it off the rack, and I could instantly tell this was no toy. Any of us with an experienced hand would know instantly that this was a vintage hat. Great hand, supple felt, feeling no later than a 1950s hat. I looked at the sweat, and although a bit worn, was all there. And there were the words Royal Stetson on it.

As casually as I could, I asked the teacher if I could have this hat, and I would replace it with another like it. She told me it was her father's, but sure, no problem. It was being used as a toy now, anyway.

I walked out of the room with it trying to look like I wasn't going to pop, and brought it home.

There was no size tag on it, but it was definitely too small for me. I estimated it was a 7 1/8 by the way it (didn't) fit me.

So why is this hat being posted here now as new-to-me? Because a couple of days ago I finally decided to put a Hat Jack in it.

First I treated the sweat with 100% shea butter, the best thing for leather, imho, because it is made completely from shea nuts and has no petroleum products in it, whatsoever. Then I put the jack in and steamed all around the brim break, spun the jack quite tightly, and left it overnight. I wanted to get the hat out to a generous 7 1/4.

Important dimensions are 2 1/4" brim, and 4 1/4" front pinch height. I put my now customary diamond into the top.

And that's what happened. I've been wearing the hat off and on for a couple of days. The sweat is cloud-comfortable, and the hat has a certain lived-in look that I prize so highly. Today is the first day I have worn it out of the house.

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Cool story. That crease tells the story about how nice the felt is too.
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